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Writers & Lovers by Lily King

March 4, 2020

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Everyone knows the writer’s life is not an easy one. For 31-year-old Casey it feels almost impossible. Her mother died suddenly, her boyfriend is gone, she’s working two jobs, and she lives in a space ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, Grove Press, literary

The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora

June 12, 2019

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The Paper Wasp is the story of two young women living in small Michigan town who were best friends. Up until high school that is, when Elise was discovered and left town for L.A. to become an actress. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, friendship, Grove Press, Hollywood, literary

Virgil Wander: A Novel by Leif Enger

October 10, 2018

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Greenstone, Minnesota is a hard luck little town. Once known for its taconite mines it has settled into a slow decline when Virgil Wander’s car goes over a cliff and into the lake one night in the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, Grove Press, literary, magical realism

It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews

March 10, 2017

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  Back for the first time in 2017, it's the It's Not You, It's Me review extravaganza. All right, maybe not an extravaganza, but I do have two books I read recently that did not ring my bell but ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: art, Grove Press, mini-reviews, mystery, William Morrow, WWII

An Untamed State

March 14, 2016

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  When Mireille Jameson returns to Haiti with her husband and infant son to visit her wealthy family she knows of the tensions between the island’s poor and its rich. What she cannot anticipate ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, cultural, debut, Grove Press, Haiti, literary

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