Confessions of the Fox
by Jordy Rosenberg
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In Confessions of the Fox, a fictional academic, Dr. Voth, finds a manuscript in the library where he works, and takes it home to read and edit. The lengthy manuscript ...
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Beyond the Book: Historical Characters in Confessions of the Fox
Jack Sheppard Jack Sheppard was born in London in 1702. As described in The Confessions of the Fox, Sheppard was apprenticed to a carpenter before succumbing to the attractions of the inns and whorehouses of Drury Lane. He began a relationship ... Beyond the Book
Tango Lessons
by Meghan Flaherty
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Meghan Flaherty's touching memoir, Tango Lessons, reveals some hard but important truths about cleaning up a congested personal history. One is that it can never be ...
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Donna Chavez
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Beyond the Book: Whitewashing Argentina
In her memoir Tango Lessons, author Meghan Flaherty says that tango is 'more than its prurient reputation. It contains genres, movements, cultures, continents. It is both African and European, yet uniquely Argentine - and carries within it the early ... Beyond the Book
The Almost Sisters
by Joshilyn Jackson
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Joshilyn Jackson's The Almost Sisters is a powerful look at the intersection of privilege, family, race and secrets in the South. Our BookBrowse First Impressions readers ...
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Beyond the Book: Female Comic Book Writers
Leia Birch, the central character in Joshilyn Jackson's The Almost Sisters, is the writer of a comic books series published by DC Comics. While the characters and the comic are both fictional, in real-life, as is in the book, female writers are in ... Beyond the Book
I Will Be Complete
by Glen David Gold
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Glen David Gold is a writer best known for his wryly observant, mordantly funny novels Sunnyside and Carter Beats the Devil. It turns out, however, that his most remarkable ...
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Norah Piehl
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Beyond the Book: Popular Los Angeles-area Bookstores
In Glen David Gold's memoir's second section, Gold recalls his experiences working at a branch of Hunter's Books in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles (near UCLA) during a gap year he took in college. Hunter's, as Gold notes, was 'part of a ... Beyond the Book
So Much Life Left Over
by Louis de Bernieres
An evocative and emotional novel set between the World Wars.
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Our House
by Louise Candlish
A disturbing and addictive novel of domestic suspense.
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Meet Me at the Museum
by Anne Youngson
A celebration of letters, kindred spirits and writing a new story for yourself.
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Fly Girls
by Keith O'Brien
How five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history.
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The Radium Girls
The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger.
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VOX by Christina Dalcher
The story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter in a society where half the population is silenced.
A breakout romantic comedy by the bestselling author of five critically acclaimed novels.
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In the wake of Marlon James's Man Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven ...
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Girl in the Blue Coat
by Monica Hesse
A young woman living in Holland during the Nazi Occupation is forced into smuggling and utilizing the Black Market in order to feed her family and friends. One of her “...
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
This book was such a surprise! Outside my usual genres of mystery or historical fiction, I was totally captivated, I did not want it to end! I plan to have my book club ...
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An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
I read this book for a book club discussion. I found it a little difficult to get into at first but then was caught up in the story. Our lives often seem to be following ...
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Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney
Awesome, captivating book - don't pass it by !! I don't know where to start or what to say except maybe.... it is mind blowing! compelling and exciting! It keeps you ...
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The Radium Girls
by Kate Moore
I knew I wanted to read this book because I was curious about a part of history which I had not heard about previously, but what I did not expect was to find the book so ...
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America for Beginners
by Leah Franqui
If you enjoyed Fatima Farheen Mirza’s A PLACE FOR US, I highly recommend AMERICA FOR BEGINNERS.
Three misfits set out on a journey across America, a journey of ...
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