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The Stager by Susan Coll

July 17, 2015

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Given that we're still in the midst of our home remodel I thought it appropriate to re-publish this review The Stager, a book I loved from 2014. It's just been released in paperback and is a hilarious ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, family, humor, satire

China Rich Girlfriend

June 15, 2015

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  As summer appears in all its sweltering glory China Rich Girlfriend is the sumptuous equivalent of a decadent ice cream in book format. The novel is Kevin Kwan’s follow-up to his biting and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, China, contemporary life, cultural, Knopf, satire, wealth

The Diamond Lane

October 6, 2014

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Life here was weighted with the vague feeling that if anything was happening, it was happening wherever one wasn’t. Maybe that accounted for all the driving…Eleven million people scurrying around, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, Hawthorne Books, Hollywood, satire

The Stager: A Novel

July 21, 2014

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As the real estate market appears to be rebounding it has given birth to an entire new industry—staging. And you know an industry has arrived when it makes its debut into fiction. Susan Coll’s new ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Sarah Crichton, satire

Crazy Rich Asians

June 12, 2013

Crazy Rich Asians

  “I don’t think she cares how fat her ankles get. Do you know how much she inherited when her father died? I heard she and her five brothers got seven hundred million each." When a novel ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: China, contemporary life, cultural, debut, Doubleday, satire, wealth

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