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Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books

March 24, 2025

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It begins with a letter sent from Paris to Seattle. Nothing romantic or between friends, but business because in 1991 that’s how these things were done. Frida writes to the Puget Sound Book Store ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1990s, book clubs, friendship, historical, women

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

December 9, 2024

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A successful food writer, Nina Dean is happy with her life. She has close friends, her own apartment in London, and her breakup with her longtime boyfriend was amicable. She’s happy being alone, but a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, friendship, literary, women

The Lion Women of Tehran

July 12, 2024

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When Ellie’s father unexpectedly dies, she and her mother find their circumstances dramatically changed for the worse. There is so little money left they have to sell their beautiful home and move to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, friendship, historical, Iran, women

The Rachel Incident

July 21, 2023

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Rachel is working in London as a journalist when an unfamiliar man throws out a name from her past that catapults her back to her university days. From this modern-day beginning author Caroline ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, friendship, Ireland, literary

Rules for Visiting: A Novel

March 29, 2023

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May Attaway is given a monthlong sabbatical from her job as a gardener at a local university. At 39 she worries about her lack of relationships so decides to split the month into four non-consecutive ... Read More...

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