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| "The Birthing Tree" by Amanda Peters, told in first person present and past, reads like a memoir of someone recounting their life story and how their childhood influenced their beliefs and choices. Aliet's mother died in childbirth and her father is ...more | |
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| Forced to commit the atrocities of World War I, German soldier Josef Müller trades his past life to escape a morally unbearable situation and save himself, adopting the identity of downed English soldier Joseph Moore. Sixty some years later, Moore's ...more | |
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| While neither of the protagonists of "Take What You Can" are very likable, I found them compelling. Milly and Val bonded during an exchange program in France, brought together by their similar positions as the only Black students in the program. We k ...more | |
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| Set in Romania in 1989 at the end of Ceaușescu's rule, "Astronaut!" deftly portrays people trying to make the best of a bad situation, some by taking advantage of a corrupt political system, others by keeping their head down. A young girl, Lia, puts ...more | |
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Fantastic new novel set in Romania 1989, about the absurdities of totalitarianism and a society in which any neighbour or colleague can be an informer. The main character is Lia, a little blabbermouth who can't help getting herself into trouble. S" Read more of this review » |
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| Set in Romania in 1989 at the end of Ceaușescu's rule, "Astronaut!" deftly portrays people trying to make the best of a bad situation, some by taking advantage of a corrupt political system, others by keeping their head down. A young girl, Lia, puts ...more | |
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| I found myself laughing out loud more than once while reading Daniel Mason's most recent book, "Country People." Miles, the book's "hero," has been living in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children and trying to finish his dissertation on Russi ...more | |
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| In "Sourland" Ariel Delgado Dixon has written a compelling, character-driven plot that keeps the reader guessing. That said, I struggled to like or have interest in any of those fully-developed characters. The writing is so good that I kept going, ho ...more | |
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| Liz Lewis wrote "You Are Not the Problem" to speak to women diagnosed with ADHD. Her refreshing approach does not offer hacks, workarounds, or solutions, but rather fully illustrates the obstacles and expectations in neurotypical society that most im ...more | |
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