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BookBrowse Reviewer Suzanne is a BookBrowse Reviewer and has written reviews featured in The BookBrowse Review.

Suzanne Reeder's short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in descant, Midwestern Gothic, and The MacGuffin. Her nonfiction has been published in national and regional magazines, including Colonial Homes, Alternative Medicine, Arts Indiana, Indianapolis Monthly, and Connecticut Magazine. Previously, she worked as a newspaper reporter.

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The Children Act
by Ian McEwan

(11/5/2014)

At 221 pages, The Children Act is one of McEwan's leaner books. It's an absorbing read but lacks the riveting suspense and intricacies of some of his previous works. Unfortunately, too, the marital conflict between Fiona and her husband—while compelling in the first few chapters—becomes less so as the story continues. Without giving too much away, the resolution comes across as a bit too strained, and therefore difficult to believe. Nonetheless, McEwan's powerful prose radiates throughout

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Florence Gordon

(10/1/2014)

Florence Gordon is a joy to read for its beautiful and complex depiction of an intelligent, uncompromising woman who defiantly—or courageously—remains steadfast in living a life of her own determination.

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Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces
by Miles J. Unger

(8/13/2014)

This meticulously researched book is equally insightful and entertaining, teeming with detailed accounts and rich descriptions that bring not only Michelangelo to vivid life but also the Renaissance era in which he lived, when "the princes of the Church" had the power to make or break an artist's career.

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The Snow Queen
by Michael Cunningham

(7/9/2014)

At its core, The Snow Queen is about searching: for clarity, miracles, faith, love, and meaningful work. Despite some flaws, the book is a sensitively rendered story in which significance, even hope, might be found in a stunning night sky yet also may be present closer to home, just waiting to be discovered.

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I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50
by Annabelle Gurwitch

(4/23/2014)

No matter what your age, if you like your comedy subtle, even on the dry side, these essays may not be for you. But if you're searching for unsparing, often hysterical frankness, I See You Made an Effort just might reflect some of your own experiences or serve as reassurance that what's ahead may not be so bad, as long as you do what Gurwitch's gynecologist told her: Stay funny.

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For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind
by Rosemary Mahoney

(3/19/2014)

For the Benefit of Those Who See is a compassionate, remarkable book that offers a rare and insightful look at blind culture. The history and stories Mahoney presents are often shocking and disturbing but also reflective of human dignity, intelligence, determination, and triumph.

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The Wives of Los Alamos
by TaraShea Nesbit

(3/5/2014)

The Wives of Los Alamos is a provocative novel that boldly re-imagines one of the most monumental periods in our history from an original — and long neglected— women's point of view.

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In the Memorial Room
by Janet Frame

(2/5/2014)

For readers who crave unconventional stories, piercing prose, and peculiar, sharply drawn characters, In the Memorial Room should garner its inimitable author new admirers while further establishing her reputation with already devoted fans.

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The Kept
by James Scott

(1/8/2014)

Throughout The Kept, there are several direct and implied references to the Bible, religiosity, God and the Devil, evil and goodness, retribution, atonement and redemption. With Caleb, especially, James Scott captures his young character's kind yet profoundly damaged soul. A particularly moving section depicts the boy's love—and anguish—for his horses and other farm animals he knows he must leave in order to find the murderers. The book tends to be overly ambitious, however, with its incl

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One Doctor: Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine
by Brendan Reilly MD

(10/16/2013)

"Feelings matter in medicine," Reilly writes, an opinion that pervades this entire work. One Doctor is gutsy and heartfelt, a recommended read for anyone interested not only in modern medicine but also one man's professional and personal journey, as instructive as it is inspirational.

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Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent

(9/18/2013)

Through a varied narrative that includes multiple perspectives, letters and haunting poems, Kent’s novel unravels with superb pacing and suspense, eventually revealing the truth of what happened the winter night the murders occurred. Chapters employing Agnes’s direct voice are especially powerful when she contemplates death. Kent also keenly captures the uniqueness of her novel’s setting: Iceland’s beauty and isolation, its sense of solitude—and despair.

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Claire of the Sea Light
by Edwidge Danticat

(9/4/2013)

In Claire of the Sea Light, Haiti, once again, is her own formidable character. One with a deeply capricious nature: by turns sublime, terrible, even bizarre. Through Danticat's intoxicating prose, it seems almost possible to feel the drizzle of a sun shower, taste salt in the sea air. Throughout this work as a whole, Danticat reminds us just how powerful certain moments can be, and that whether these moments are precious, tragic, wishful, or frightening, they may mysteriously lead to a life bot

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In the Garden of Stone
by Susan Tekulve

(6/19/2013)

Though Tekulve thoughtfully executes a multi-generational tale, its epic intentions sometimes falter, due in part to Emma’s fate restricting her character’s potential too soon in the story. In some spots, related but distracting storylines tend to hinder cohesion and momentum. Overall, however, Tekulve’s patient, absorbing prose is well worth lingering over, contemplating, and even savoring until the final page.

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