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Magic Hour Sisterhood must fascinate Kristin Hannah. She certainly has written several novels that dwell on the complex of feelings that drives sisters apart, that
Magic Hour Sisterhood must fascinate Kristin Hannah. She certainly has written several novels that dwell on the complex of feelings that drives sisters apart, that
MISS GARNET’S ANGEL and THE CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS Since the coronavirus has curtailed travel this year, books must take us to new and different
RETURN TO SENDER In Return to Sender, Julia Alvarez, popular American novelist whose cultural roots are in the Dominican Republic, has once again turned her depth of
Audrey Niffenegger possesses an astonishing imagination. Often weird, often egocentric, often wildly fanciful, her mind pivots, swivels, dives, soars from one tangent to another. The
A Race to Splendor Historical romances tend to follow a predictable formula. Set at some crucial moment in the past, the story centers on a
East of the Sun Julia Gregson’s novel, East of the Sun, invites her readers to join the “fishing fleet.” I happily did so, and thus
MOSTLY WHITE DEPENDING ON WHO’S ASKING I picked up Mostly White at a trade show, choosing it solely because its publisher is Torrey House Press,
Not long ago I enthusiastically reviewed Chris Pavone’s new novel, The Accident, for “Bookin’ with Sunny.” Because I liked The Accident so much, I immediately
Is it possible for a novel to be both an apocalyptic and a coming of age story? Or would that be a literary oxymoron, an
VICTORIA THE QUEEN: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF THE WOMAN WHO RULED AN EMPIRE The inevitable question I am asked: is the TV series recently aired
A Cafecito Story Heads up, readers! Summer is gone, fall is still falling, goblins have spooked, the really big bird has been eaten, and then
The Opposite of Fate – Rape, a resulting pregnancy, and a 16-year coma. Alison McGhee stretches the reader’s emotional imagination in profound ways. Alison McGhee’s
A GRANDFATHER’S LESSONS A Grandfather’s Lessons: In the Kitchen with Shorey by Jacques Pépin answers the question of where to start if your child or
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