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Y: A Novel by Marjorie Celona

January 16, 2013

Y: A Novel

In my head, late at night, I draft letters to my mother and my father. I say everything I want to say, everything that needs to be said. In my head I am so eloquent.  Abandoned on the steps of a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary life, debut, Free Press

Me and Mr. Booker

January 11, 2013

Me and Mr. Booker

Me and Mr. Booker is sixteen-year-old Martha’s story of her affair with a married man. It’s Lolita from Lolita’s perspective which is physically less disconcerting but still likely to evoke moral ... Read More...

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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

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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