In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado
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In the introduction to In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado (a National Book Award finalist for her collection of short stories Her Body and Other Parties) tells us she is...
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Beyond the Book: The Murder of Freda Ward
In Carmen Maria Machado's memoir In the Dream House, she writes of her abusive relationship with another woman and the lack of scholarship and cultural representations available on the subject of abuse in queer relationships in general. Having ... Beyond the Book
Father of Lions
by Louise Callaghan
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Our readers have given high marks to Father of Lions by Louise Callaghan. Out of 21 reviewers, 18 rated the book 4 or 5 stars.
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Beyond the Book: Mosul Before, During and After ISIS Occupation
Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city after Baghdad, lies on the banks of the Tigris River. Mosul's current boundaries encompass the remains of the old Assyrian city of Nineveh, and signs of civilization in the area date back as far as 8,000 years ago. ... Beyond the Book
Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
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As we meet Amma, a 50-something playwright finally experiencing mainstream success in Bernardine Evaristo's Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other, her thoughts flow ...
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Beyond the Book: Bernardine Evaristo's Booker Prize Win
In October of 2019, Bernardine Evaristo took home the Booker Prize in a win that garnered special attention for multiple reasons. Specifically, Evaristo was the first Black woman to win the prize, and she didn't have the win all to herself; the ... Beyond the Book
The Revisioners
by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
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The chapters of Margaret Wilkerson Sexton's second novel, The Revisioners, alternate between three timelines. In present-day Louisiana, 34-year-old Ava Jackson and her 12-year...
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Beyond the Book: Income Inequality in New Orleans
In Margaret Wilkerson Sexton's The Revisioners, mixed race protagonist Ava moves into her aging white grandmother's ostentatious New Orleans mansion in order to help out, and also to save money so she can one day afford to buy a home of her own. ... Beyond the Book
Father of Lions
by Louise Callaghan
A true-to-life narrative of one man's remarkable quest to save the Mosul Zoo.
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Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins
by Katarina Bivald
A heartwarming story of love, friendship, and the art of living.
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The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
"Strong characters, riveting plot and an honest look at life in the Australian outback make it easy to give this 5-stars!"
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The Adventurer's Son
"A brave and marvelous book. A page-turner that will rip your heart out."
--Jon Krakauer
Set within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia, Sugar Run is a searing and ...
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Told in vibrant, quicksilver prose, The Falconer is a coming-of-age story, providing a ...
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A powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-...
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If the Creek Don't Rise
by Leah Weiss
“If the creek don't rise," debut novel by Leah Weiss, is a treasure. Set in an environment of extremes-wretched poverty amidst the majesty of the NC mountains, its ...
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Olive, Again
by Elizabeth Strout
As with the first book, Olive Kitteridge, this is the story of a singular woman living her brief life on the coast of Maine, creating wreckage with her acerbic tongue and...
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The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
I loved this book just as I loved THE NIGHT CIRCUS. Two different reads but Erin Morgenstern is a wonderful writer. THE STARLESS SEA is a book you need to read daily or...
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Inland
by Téa Obreht
I am not surprised to see that this strange and wondrous novel has generated a wide range of opinions, that it is found by some to be opaque or even pointless. As with ...
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News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
Captain Kidd had experience traveling uncharted lands as he read his newspapers in different towns to spread the news of the world, but traveling with a ten-year-old girl...
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Father of Lions
by Louise Callaghan
This book is much more than a book about a zookeeper and his animals. Callaghan writes of the occupation of Mosul by Daesh, the new laws invoked that make daily life very...
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