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“. . . if Maisie drew a map of her life in Leaving Everything Most Loved it would mirror a Jackson Pollock painting.”

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“Jim Harrison has created a real treat . . .”

Few well-known literary figures call themselves Jim—in print at least.

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“. . . difficult to sum up.”

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“It’s the best wedding ever.”

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“Mr. Newland successfully engages some of the most difficult questions we will ever face.”

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“Connie Dial perfectly captures the highs and lows, the best and worst of what it’s like to be a cop. Well done.”

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“. . . compulsive and engaging, . . . crackles with energy and wit . . .”

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“. . . a lean and mean, modern-day noir western filled with complex characters and situations . . . a candidate for best crime book of 2013.”

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Imagination takes flight from the first scene, in which our nameless narrator finds himself in proximity to a one-eyed restaurant chef who leads him into a sauna.

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“. . . a novel that breaks all the rules . . .”

Unconventional best describes Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles.

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“. . . an unsettling read . . .”

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“A tour de force . . . expertly chronicles the experiences of the youngest of the baby boomer generation.”

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“. . . an absorbing debut novel. . . . Bear Is Broken is an exciting read.”

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

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“. . . some very fine writing indeed, . . . I want to read [it] aloud just for the joy of hearing precisely how the words have been strung together.”

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“Moon Over Edisto is enchanting.”

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Daddy Love pushes us to confront what lurks behind the front door.”

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The year is 1830 and Mary and her three sisters, Violet, Beatrice, and Hope live on a large farm with their diffident mother, crippled grandfather, and critical, abusive father.

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“We can only hope to meet the unlikely team of Bridget and Martha in Sam Thomas’s future work.”

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“Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being is one of the best novels of 2013—and will surely inhabit that position for years to come.”

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“. . . an engaging read for fans of speculative fiction . . .”

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Ms. Clark debuts with a sharp novel combining all the right elements into a page-turner.

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“. . . plays with the notion of the afterlife.”

“It’s not the tragedies that kill us,” Dorothy Parker once noted. “It’s the messes. I can’t stand messes.”

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Louder Than Words tells the story of a teenage girl who must uncover her past in order to pursue her future.

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