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White Truffles in Winter

November 7, 2012

White Truffles in Winter

Nothing speaks more accurately to the complexity of life than food.  Whether you seldom eat in a restaurant or consider yourself to be a foodie, your life has been impacted by Auguste Escoffier, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 19th century, Auguste Escoffier, book clubs, food, France, historical fiction, Sarah Bernhardt, W.W. Norton

The Weight of Temptation

November 3, 2012

Weight of Temptation

Marina Rubin is overweight by about 65 pounds. She has reached the point well past doctors, diet plans, and pills, and is ready for extreme measures, so she signs up for 3 months at a weight loss ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, social issues

Silent House

October 31, 2012

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It is the summer of 1980 and in a tall, dilapidated house in the seaside town of Cennethisar in Turkey, ninety-year-old Fatma awaits the arrival of her three grandchildren, Faruk, Nilgün, and Metin. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, Eastern Europe, Knopf

Accelerated

October 29, 2012

accelerated

Sean is an artist working as an editor at a celebrity rag while trying to take care of his 8-year-old son, Toby. Several months ago his network executive wife decided she needed “time away” to find ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, family, New York City, Pegasus, social issues

Back to Blood

October 26, 2012

Back to Blood

Religion is dying…but everybody still has to believe in something. It would be intolerable—you couldn’t stand it—to finally have to say to yourself, “Why keep pretending? I’m nothing but a random ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Little Brown and Company, satire, social issues

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