The World That We Knew
by Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman's sparkling prose and immersive descriptions of place summon readers into World War II. Chapters are place- and time-marked from 1941-1944, to guide readers ...
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Karen Lewis
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Beyond the Book: Children's Art of the Holocaust
In Alice Hoffman's novel The World That We Knew, Julien, 14, escapes occupied Paris and finds temporary refuge at a rural chateau-turned-orphanage. He tutors math and participates in art workshops there. The displaced children survive day-to-day, and... Beyond the Book
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
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A subversive feminist noir mystery set in a remote Polish village, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead both dazzles and defies categorization. Olga Tokarczuk's seventh ...
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Rachel Hullett
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Beyond the Book: Women in Translation
Translated fiction is something of a rarity in the English-speaking world. It's been widely reported that only about 3% of books published in the United States were originally written in a language other than English – a statistic that led ... Beyond the Book
The World Doesn't Require You
by Rion Amilcar Scott
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You can't move for young authors being marketed as "unique," "bold" and "visionary" these days. So it comes as quite a shock to the system to encounter the genuine article. ...
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Dean Muscat
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Beyond the Book: The Play of Slave Children
One of the stories in The World Doesn't Require You is inspired by the games of slave children. Given the harsh and miserable social realities forced upon slaves, it almost seems antithetical to think there was opportunity for play and games. However... Beyond the Book
The Long Call
by Ann Cleeves
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Penning a great murder mystery seems like it would be particularly challenging. The story often fits into a standard template: there's a murder; someone investigates; clues ...
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Kim Kovacs
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Beyond the Book: Ann Cleeves' Five Mystery Series
Ann Cleeves (b. 1954) is best known for her mystery novels set in rural Britain, which have sold over five million copies in the thirty-plus years she's been writing. Cleeves has penned four series before releasing The Long Call, the first entry in ... Beyond the Book
The Seine
by Elaine Sciolino
"A soulful, transformative voyage along the body of water that defines the City of Light."
—Lauren Collins
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Ordinary Girls
by Jaquira Díaz
Reminiscent of Tara Westover's Educate and Roxane Gay's Hunger--a memoir that reads as electrically as a novel.
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
A story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere.
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
An enchanting story for fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
A moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days...
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Jordan Lynch
Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief ...
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Consumed by the longing for a different life, a teenager flees her family and carefully ...
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Norah Piehl
Everything Inside
by Edwidge Danticat
Edwige Danticat in these delicately told stories faces head on the lives of immigrants from Haiti facing hardship there and here, people between two cultures, the high ...
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Where the Light Enters
by Sara Donati
I enjoyed this book, it is a great follow up to the Gilded Hour, and can't wait to read the 3rd book! At 600 pages, I was at first dubious on how the author could keep ...
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The Stationery Shop
by Marjan Kamali
“Look, Zari, being in love is difficult to explain. When you know it’s right, you just know. There’s no avoiding it. It’s like … it’s like a tree has fallen on your head....
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The Secrets We Kept
by Lara Prescott
Now a Reese's Book Club pick! Happy to see that this Cold War thriller with literature at its heart is generating so much interest. I had no idea of the controversy ...
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The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Sarah Grimke and Handful were complete opposites in the society of the 1800's.
Sarah was the daughter of a plantation owner, and Handful was her maid. Both were ...
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Inland
by Téa Obreht
Inland captivated me from the beginning. It is that rare story, one that once I reached the end I wanted to go back to the beginning and start again. There are so many ...
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