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"At times funny, at times moving, Contrapposto describes the lifelong friendship between two artists."
Contrapposto, Italian for "counterpose," is an artistic technique in which most of the subject's weight is shifted to one foot, causing the figure's hips and shoulders to ride at opposing angles and resulting in an appealing S-...
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“A tender, romantic drama that soars as high as it’s astronauts.” —Kate Quinn
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
Penguin edition - Briggs translation - Black cover w/ chandelier: Volume 1, Part II, chapters 1-21, 96 pp. Signet edition - Dunnigan translation - tan cover w/ flag: Book 1, Part II, chapters 1-21,...
A young woman’s coming-of-age story set in the early American frontier, shaped by tragedy, nature, and resilience.
A glamorous biographical novel on Mary Quant, whose daring design of the miniskirt revolutionized fashion.
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Yrsa Daley-Ward’s The Catch (2025), recently released in paperback, has a bizarre and intriguing premise: twin sisters who were separated at a young age, adopted into different families after their mother’s death, diverge in their ...
"A young woman grapples with loss after her twin sister goes missing in a mysterious spiritual realm."
When the parents of twin sisters Ayanna and Olivia divorce, each takes primary custody of one daughter. Though both girls are growing up Black in the Midwest, their upbringings could not be more different. Their mother raises Olivia as a devout ...
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
"When Sarah and her sister marry the original "Siamese twins" in the antebellum South and become a scandalous foursome, Sarah must navigate the judgement of others, her complex marriage, and her changing views."
Sarah Yates's prospects are grim. After falling pregnant out of wedlock and losing the baby, her reputation, as well as that of her sister, Adelaide, has been ruined. So when conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker—the original "Siamese twins," so...
Three women reshape their family's Napa Valley winery after the 1967 Summer of Love.
The bestselling, beloved author returns with her first novel in over a decade, an intimate and profoundly moving look at a long marriage and the ways in which a startling request can change a couple's...
"In this YA anthology, authors and illustrators explore the meaning, causes, and consequences of book bans, and provide resources for teens who want to stand up to censorship."
In the heat of the righteous anger many of us feel when confronting a book ban, it can be easy to lose the forest for the trees. We may feel incensed that anyone would tell us what we can or cannot read—but to truly combat this growing national...
"Fascinating and Frightening: Why Our Planet Is Heating Up and What That Means—for This Summer and the Future"
Stephen King, move over. This book is far more frightening than anything you could write. It's not only a dire warning for the future, but also for today. I read this book during a newsworthy, week-...
Nine linked stories reveal how globalization sparks life-changing consequences across continents.
A conversation with Dave Eggers on Contrapposto.
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"Maria Reva breaks the fourth wall in her novel about Ukrainian romance tours."
Maria Reva's debut novel Endling follows a group of Ukrainian women involved in "romance tours"—a cultural phenomenon akin to the mail-order bride system in which men from around the world come to meet Ukrainian women with the goal of marriage....
"Samantha Allen reimagines a classic Shakespearean comedy for the age of reality television in this clever, funny novel."
Unlike the Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who is a mischievous servant of the Fairy King, Samantha Allen's Puck is a producer on a reality show. Puck's boss is not Oberon but Ron, the executive producer of Homewreckers, a dating show...
Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and In Five Years—a beautiful, powerful, and transportive new novel about a music executive desperately trying to bring a rock band back from the ...
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June 24, 2026
This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Land by Maggie O'Farrell, Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth, and Contrapposto by Dave Eggers. We ...
Love Island meets Lord of the Flies in this must-talk-about-it read, as bingeable as the best reality TV.
The members of the Girls' Night In Book Club in the Washington DC area are an eclectic bunch of women with a shared love of books. They particularly ...
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