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A Girl is a Body of Water

September 30, 2020

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I came upon Jennifer Makumbi’s novel, A Girl is a Body of Water, in my efforts to further diversify my reading. It’s a multi-generational saga centered around a young Ugandan woman named Kirabo. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, Africa, cultural, literary

Monogamy: A Novel by Sue Miller

September 25, 2020

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  Recently, my reading has involved both unusual plots and characters. Today I’m back with Sue Miller’s Monogamy, a novel that is, appropriately for this week, about grief. Annie McFarlane’s ... Read More...

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

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

September 14, 2020

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There are so many things I wish I could forget, but maybe “forget” isn’t quite right. There are so many things I wish I never knew.   Transcendent Kingdom is a novel that lies at the intersection ... Read More...

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The Last Story of Mina Lee

September 11, 2020

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Even though her mother is the only family she has, Margot Lee has never felt close to Mina. Margot left L.A. for Seattle for college and never moved back. She would dutifully call regularly, but ... Read More...

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Against the Loveless World

September 4, 2020

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Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa is about Nahr, whose name means “river”, in Arabic. She has been in solitary confinement for 16 years in a cell she calls the Cube somewhere in modern-day ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, literary, Middle East, war, women

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