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The Van Apfel Girls are Gone

Catherine — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:23:17 +0000

I’ve recently learned something about my reading taste—which is kind of awesome after seven years of writing reviews. Here it is: I enjoy ambiguity but not in anything purported to have a mystery component. I can be even more specific. If young girls disappearing are the principle premise of the story, then I need to […]

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The Golden Age: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 07:47:54 +0000

Joan London’s The Golden Age is a quiet novel about a frightening time in the 1950s when, instead of fun and freedom, summer came to mean fear and isolation as pools were closed and children kept inside the house in the hopes of avoiding the dreaded polio. The Golden Age is a convalescent home […]

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The World Without Us

Catherine — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:45:10 +0000

Tess Müller hasn’t spoken in six months. Her mother, Evangeline, pushes a pram around all the time. Her younger sister draws trees and more trees. In most places they would stand out, but in the Australian town of Bidgalong strange is a relative concept. For decades the hills near the town were home to […]

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