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    Sarah Pinder turns the mundane into the poetic sublime.”

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    Debut author Bobby Finger wields crisp, bright language in succinct, ample prose to reveal secrets deliberately hidden from the norms of social order. . . .

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    In this first new collection of essays in five years, poet, fiction writer, essayist, and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry delivers a basketful of ripe fruit, like the symbolic red raspberries on the

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    “Lauren Denton unfurls a mystery by reconciling a buried past with a modern-day story set in a town with vibrant characters brimming with Southern charm.”

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    A Place to Land is an engaging book with enough intrigue . . . to stand alone and keep you guessing . . .”

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    “Ms. McFadden has a beautiful writing style that is simultaneously lyrical and transparent.”

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    "This book is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys fantasy, magic, complex relationships, and family dynamics.

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    “It's a masterful and unexpected bit of literary legerdemain illustrating fully why Camilla Sten’s novels of psychological suspense have become internationally acclaimed.”                  

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    It could be argued that the core of both cultural and national identity lies in our stomachs!

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    “A supernatural thriller that promises much at the outset but ultimately fails in its execution.”

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    “The power of the written word will never be made more clear.”

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    “. . . a good balance between literary and entertainment fiction.”

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    “gorgeous collection of complex poetry.”

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    Ms. Macomber’s tenth installment in the Cedar Cove series is every bit as entertaining as her prior nine.

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    Location, location, location—geography can determine not only the cost of our homes but also where we feel at home.

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    There are not many recent novels about life in Iran.

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    Near the end of this third suspense novel by the Irish writer Tana French, her rough-edged undercover cop Frank Mackey observes, “Nobody in the world can make you crazy like your family can.”

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    In its own inimitable way, West of Eden is as epic as John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden.”

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    Bird Cloud, Annie Proulx’s memoir-cum-construction diary is an amuse-bouche of a book, a lovely nibble of a thing, that has, strangely, been inserted somewhere deep in the rich, dense feas

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