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Tigers in Red Weather

July 17, 2012

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In Tigers in Red Weather It’s 1945 and in a small apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts cousins Nick and Helena prepare to celebrate the end of the war and the beginning of their lives. Helena is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, debut, family saga, historical fiction, Little Brown and Company

The Dovekeepers

July 11, 2012

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  I’ve read enough Alice Hoffman to believe that she is one of the world’s best writers about women. Her plots may be fantastical but even as her female characters behave in magical and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, historical fiction, Middle East, mythology, religion, Simon & Schuster, women

The Help

July 10, 2012

  Important preface to this review: I am one of those people who doesn’t do well when faced with exhortations to view/read something widely and unanimously praised. Call it childish or ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, historical fiction, Penguin Group, Southern life

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