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And the Mountains Echoed

May 20, 2013

And the Mountains Echoed

  I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.  The first time we met Khaled Hosseini was ten years ago when he ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Afghanistan, book clubs, cultural, literary, Riverhead Books

When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

April 26, 2013

When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

  Those of us left behind dug in. Through the fall, through the winter, it seemed we lived on the border of a real life lived elsewhere. It seemed that the absence was ours somehow, not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, debut, mystery, Riverhead Books

The Interestings

April 10, 2013

The Interestings

  At a summer camp called Spirit-in-the-Woods, a group of six teens is brought together. For five it is a return to a paradise they’ve known in past summers but for Julie Jacobson, a scholarship ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, literary, Manhattan, marriage, Riverhead Books

No One is Here Except All of Us

February 22, 2013

no one is here

That one world is at war does nothing to interrupt the patient churning of peaceful years someplace far away. There are so many kinds of fiction and so many ways an author can draw a reader in. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, Europe, historical fiction, magical realism, Riverhead Books, WWII

Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures

September 3, 2012

laura lamont

From an idyllic childhood near the lakes of Wisconsin to the glamour of Hollywood’s studio days, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures traces Elsa Emerson’s journey to becoming Laura Lamont.Elsa’s family is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1930s, debut, historical fiction, Hollywood, Riverhead Books

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