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What Could Be Saved

January 18, 2021

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The word “normal” ceases to exist in families who lose a child. Either they re-form together into a new unit or they separate. After 8-year-old Philip disappears in What Could Be Saved, the Preston ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, family, Southeast Asia

The Majesties: A Novel

August 11, 2020

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Sometimes novels that begin with a bang end with a fizzle. That’s not the case with The Majesties, which opens with Gwen, the main narrator, lying in a coma. After being poisoned by her sister, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, family, literary, Southeast Asia

If I Had Your Face

April 29, 2020

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  I would live your life so much better than you if I had your face. Last week, I visited historical Korea when I read Pachinko. I learned so much about the country, but once again, fiction ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, debut, literary, Riverhead Books, Southeast Asia

Pachinko: A Novel

April 20, 2020

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Historical fiction seems to be the safest bet for my reading right now. Novels that put me in another place, in a different century or even a different decade, all seem to work at distracting my ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, family saga, historical fiction, Southeast Asia

Mothers’ Week: The Island of Sea Women

May 6, 2019

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This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day so this week my reviews are focused on three books with very different perspectives on motherhood. Each offered something important in its own way and reminded me ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, historical fiction, Scribner, Southeast Asia, war, women

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