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The Home Place

August 6, 2014

home place

  Alma Terrebonne is doing well as a corporate lawyer in Seattle until she gets the call that her younger sister Vicky is dead. Suddenly, she has to walk away from one of the biggest deals of her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, family, the West, William Morrow

Plainsong

December 2, 2013

Plainsong

  From an aerial satellite view one might think Holt, Colorado to be a town so tiny as to be without interest. That would be the case if not for Kent Haruf, who brings this town to quiet, poignant ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, family, literary, the West, Vintage

Sweet Thunder

August 26, 2013

Sweet Thunder

In Sweet Thunder, Morrie Morgan and his new wife Grace are still on their year-long honeymoon when they get called back to Butte, Montana. A former boss is giving them his home, a grand old mansion. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1920s, book clubs, historical fiction, Riverhead Books, the West

Benediction

February 25, 2013

Benediction

Yes. You know how much they think of you. Well, I think a lot of them too. But they never say much, do they? They never say much to me. You don’t let people, Daddy. You never have. You think that’s ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, dying, family, Knopf, the West

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