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The Other Typist

December 1, 2014

other typist

  Suzanne Rindell sets her novel The Other Typist in 1920s New York City where Rose is one of a new kind of working woman, earning her living as a typist for the police department. She is an orphan ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1920s, book clubs, debut, historical fiction, mystery, Penguin

Everything I Never Told You

June 25, 2014

favorite debuts of 2014

Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You is the story of the Lee family. They live in Ohio where the father James is a professor and wife Marilyn stays at home and raises Nathan, Lydia, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, literary, mystery, Penguin

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

August 28, 2013

Troubled Daughters

Apparently, I’m getting all adventurous and flexible in my old age. Penguin Books was kind enough to send me a new anthology of crime fiction short stories. Crime? Short stories? Neither is a genre I ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, Penguin, short stories

What the Nanny Saw

July 26, 2013

What the Nanny Saw

  What the Nanny Saw is not the first book to look at the insular and dysfunctional world of nannies and the uber-rich but it may be the first to delve into that life as the employers are on their ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, contemporary life, London, Penguin

Sometimes a Great Notion

September 17, 2012

sometimes

When I learned that Ken Kesey grew up in Oregon I thought I was long overdue to read one of his books. I had seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and didn’t think I needed to revisit that subject so I ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, classics, family saga, literary, Pacific Northwest, Penguin

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