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Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

December 5, 2024

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I’ve been trying hard to stick with reviewing more comforting reading, but I had a chance to delve into a favorite author’s backlist and took it. I’ve been an Anna Quindlen fan for years and recently ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, crime, social issues, women

There Are Rivers in the Sky

September 9, 2024

rivers

  Elif Shafak is one of my favorite authors for the kind of writing that makes me marvel at its beauty while reeling at its impact. Whether it’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical, literary, social issues

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

June 14, 2024

real americans

Rachel Khong’s new novel, Real Americans is one family’s story told in four parts spanning from the year 2000 into some time in the near future. The first is set in NYC and introduces a young woman ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family, literary, social issues

A Fever in the Heartland

August 4, 2023

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I had little idea what to expect when I picked up Timothy Egan’s new book, A Fever in the Heartland. I knew it was about the Ku Klux Klan, but its subtitle seemed a bit dramatic: The Ku Klux Klan’s ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: 1920s, history, racism, social issues, true crime

The Many Lives of Mama Love

July 24, 2023

mama love

It's a picture-perfect Saturday in Northern California with soccer parents lining the field and watching their kids play. As the game winds down most mothers go to retrieve their young, but Lara Love ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, memoir, social issues, true crime

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