Books reviewed by Lisa Guidarini at BookBrowse.

Lisa Guidarini

Lisa Guidarini is a Reference Librarian, Professional Media/Literature reviewer for Library Journal (and BookBrowse of course), and a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle. You can visit her at her blog: bluestalking.typepad.com

Books reviewed by Lisa Guidarini

Harvest (04/03/13)

The Blackhouse (10/31/12)

Gold (07/25/12)

Darwin's Ghosts (06/28/12)

The Lifeboat (05/09/12)

The Cove (04/18/12)

The Outlaw Album (01/11/12)

Zone One (10/19/11)

The Astral (09/21/11)

The Paperbark Shoe (06/15/11)

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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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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

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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The Girls of Good Fortune
by Kristina McMorris

Brave the Shanghai tunnels in this tale of love, identity, and resilience passed through generations.

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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan

A forbidden affair erupts at a lavish Hawaiian wedding in this wild comedy from the author of Crazy Rich Asians.

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The Original Daughter
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A dazzling debut by Jemimah Wei about ambition, sisterhood, and family bonds in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.

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