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Age of Desire

July 25, 2012

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There are two stories of love in Age of Desire. One is Edith Wharton’s affair with a young journalist and the other is the more enduring constant love between friends.  In 1907, Wharton resides in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, historical fiction, Pamela Dorman Books, Paris

Tigers in Red Weather

July 17, 2012

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In Tigers in Red Weather It’s 1945 and in a small apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts cousins Nick and Helena prepare to celebrate the end of the war and the beginning of their lives. Helena is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, debut, family saga, historical fiction, Little Brown and Company

The Darlings

July 14, 2012

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  Typically by the time Sol was pitching an exit strategy, the client was already so far in the woods that they had lost sight of any ambient light long ago. Sol’s job was to lead them out of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, family, literary, Manhattan, Pamela Dorman Books

The Submission by Amy Waldman

July 13, 2012

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  An anonymous competition to design the 9/11 memorial in NYC. A panel of 13 judges including the widow of a man who died in one of the towers. A winner who turns out to be a Muslim. With ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, debut, Farrar Straus Giroux, Manhattan, social issues

The Help

July 10, 2012

  Important preface to this review: I am one of those people who doesn’t do well when faced with exhortations to view/read something widely and unanimously praised. Call it childish or ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, historical fiction, Penguin Group, Southern life

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