Every mother of a daughter will find something to relate to in Fran Hawthorne’s novel about a woman who loses her connection with her beloved teenage daughter and wonders if […]
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Author: Fran Hawthorne
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Fiction
The Bailiff’s Wife
Author: Maren Halvorsen
Maren Halvorsen is a historian by profession, and her knowledge and love of history explode through every page of this engrossing debut novel. The Bailiff’s Wife is not only a […]
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Seeds of the Pomegranate
Author: Suzanne Uttaro Samuels
Seeds of the Pomegranate is a well-written debut novel with an inside look at organized crime, counterfeiting, and the desperation of immigrants in early 1900s New York City. The plot […]
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Did You Have the Life You Wanted?
Author: Andrea Simon
When I saw the title, I knew I wanted to read Andrea Simon’s book, Did You Have the Life You Wanted? How would people answer? What would work in their lives and […]
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Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak
Author: Leslie R. Schover
Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak is a WWII story that covers a different ‘front’—a little-known group of technical/electronic intellectuals who gave up much to stop Hitler. They were part […]
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Angels at the Gate
Author: Sheri Joseph
Since its publication in 1992, The Secret History by Donna Tartt has probably become the template for the genre of “novels about a group of privileged students at an elite […]
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