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Island of a Thousand Mirrors
by Nayomi Munaweera

Beauty, madness, grief and loss of a homeland (4/28/2014)

There is such lovely and poetic prose in this novel, in spite of the subject, that I want to read it again. The author describes the smells, sounds, tastes of Sri Lanka vividly, as only a person who once called it home can. There is the same personal depth of feeling in the …more

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar: A Novel
by Suzanne Joinson

A Lady Cyclists Guide to Kasgar (5/23/2012)

The descriptive imagery in this novel is almost lyrical. The eccentricities of the female characters and their individual motivations for rejecting traditional lives are finely drawn. The two distinct and separate tales in this novel ultimately connect in a surprising and unexpected way.

The Sisters: A Novel
by Nancy Jensen

Quietly devastating,enormously moving (9/11/2011)

Nancy Jensen's debut novel is an emotionally weighty and melancholy portrait of two sisters forever separated by an event which ultimately reshapes their lives, characters and future. It is a well written, complex and compelling portrayal of family, unintended consequences …more

The Borgia Betrayal: A Poisoner Mystery Novel
by Sara Poole

History Lite (6/22/2011)

As a fan of historical fiction, I was disappointed. Based upon the title, The Borgia Betrayal, I expected far more detail about this infamous family than was delivered. This novel is essentially about the main character, Francesca, and her motivation to avenge her father's …more

A Good Hard Look: A Novel
by Ann Napolitano

A Good Hard Look (3/24/2011)

Ann Napolitano has produced one of those rare novels which will pull you into another time and place- Milledgeville,Georgia and Andalusia-home of Flannery O'Connor.Like Flannery's famed peacocks perched precariously in a magnolia tree,the inhabitants teeter on the edge of …more

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For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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Praised by Parade and The New York Times Book Review, this debut features a 1960s scientist turned TV cooking star.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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