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Good Company: A Novel

April 12, 2021

good company

A happily married woman discovers her husband’s engraved wedding band in an envelope buried in a filing cabinet. Fifteen years ago, he told he lost it. Now, it’s the night of their daughter Ruby’s ... Read More...

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

We Run the Tides

February 24, 2021

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I'm not sure it's an actual publishing trend for 2021, but it's fairly unusual for me to read three novels on the same subject in one year. In this case, it's private girls' schools—always fascinating ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, friendship, literary, San Francisco

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis

November 23, 2020

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Take high school sports, an oil refinery explosion, a grandmother ready for the Rapture, and layer in a fetus found in a dumpster and a Purity Ball and you have the world that is The Unraveling of ... Read More...

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

Text Me When You Get Home

August 28, 2020

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Today is the last of my summer nonfiction reviews, but it’s a bit unusual. It’s only partially a review of Text Me When You Get Home and mostly a rumination on all the thoughts the book brought me. ... Read More...

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The Girls from Corona del Mar

June 24, 2020

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When Lorrie Ann and Mia become best friends, Mia believes herself to be the shadow behind Lorrie Ann’s golden girl. By the time they reach high school Mia is even more sure that Lorrie Ann is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, friendship, Knopf, literary

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