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The Covenant of Water

May 1, 2023

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Abraham Verghese is back with a new novel 14 years after his critically acclaimed bestseller, Cutting for Stone. The Covenant of Water is a saga spanning 70 years about one family with an unusual ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, historical fiction, India, literary

The Shadow of Perseus

March 21, 2023

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For some, the retelling of Greek myths may have run its course, but for others (me!) I’m still on board to read mythology from a different perspective. My first 5-star novel of the year was Stone ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, Greece, historical fiction, literary, women

Dust Child

March 14, 2023

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The Vietnam War has been written about from many points of view in fiction, but for the most part my reading has focused on the years of the war, rife as they are with the atrocities perpetuated on ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, historical fiction, Vietnam, Vietnam War

This Other Eden

February 21, 2023

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In 1911 there was a small island off the coast of Maine comprised of a group of families who were the descendants of the island’s original 1792 settlers—an escaped slave, his Irish wife, and later, ... Read More...

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Exit the Actress: A Novel

February 10, 2023

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I’m sticking with historical fiction this week. Monday was mythological history with Stone Blind but now I’ve got a real bit of history set in 17th century England.  Exit the Actress is by Priya ... Read More...

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