contemporary Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/contemporary/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg contemporary Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/contemporary/ 32 32 38398750 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:16:24 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497 I love Indian writers and fiction so was very excited for Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, but this story of two strangers from India who have been trying to make life in America work went all kinds of wrong for me. Sunny’s and Sonia’ families still live in India and are known […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/feed/ 9 19497 September Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/september-reading-wrap-up-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/september-reading-wrap-up-7/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:04:26 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18695 Having binged the final two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this was the only possible graphic I could use for my September recap. Plus, it’s been quite chilly and grey here. So many big book releases this month and I didn’t read most of them. I’m embracing the new normal of my reading—whatever keeps me turning […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/september-reading-wrap-up-7/feed/ 2 18695 A Great Country https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/a-great-country/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/a-great-country/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:44:20 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18346 In every way but culture the Shahs consider themselves to be an embodiment of the American Dream. They’ve lived in California for over 20 years, their three children were all born here, and Ashok has gone from freelance work to owning his own company. In the latest example of their achievement, they’ve just purchased a […]

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