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The Marriage of Opposites

September 16, 2015

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Beginning in 1795 on the island of St. Thomas The Marriage of Opposites is Alice Hoffman’s newest novel. It is the story of Rachel, a strong willed and intelligent woman, bound by the confines of the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 19th century, book clubs, family saga, historical fiction, Paris

A Reunion of Ghosts

April 1, 2015

  The Alter sisters, Lady, Vee, and Delph, have decided that, given their family history and their current life situations, it’s time to step off the planet. They’ve picked a date six months ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, family saga, Harper, historical fiction, Manhattan, World War I

A Spool of Blue Thread

February 27, 2015

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A Spool of Blue Thread is Anne Tyler’s newest novel. It is broken into four parts, three of which are about the present day lives of the Whitshanks and two are about previous generations. Initially, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family saga, historical fiction, literary, Random House

Land of Dreams

October 29, 2014

land of dreams

When Ellie Hogan’s sixteen-year-old son leaves his expensive boarding school and heads across the country to Hollywood she wastes no time in asking questions but gets on a train from New York City and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family saga, historical fiction, William Morrow, WWII

Some Luck: A Novel

October 20, 2014

some luck

  Some Luck is the first book in Jane Smiley’s The Last Hundred Years trilogy and in it she covers the lives of the Langdons. They are an Iowa farming family and it’s evident by the loving care with ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, family saga, Knopf

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