Fiction

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“Nothing ventured, nothing gained—but in venturing, all could be lost. Some people just can’t accept that risk, and Clover is one of them.”

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The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky offers a gentle, inspiring story of economically disadvantaged people uniting to assert their right to define beauty on their own terms.”

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A picture of ordinary lives living in extraordinary times.”

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Karate Chop displays an admirable willingness to take on difficult stories, and Dorthe Nors tells these difficult stories very well.”

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“The closeness of this large Irish Catholic Massachusetts family highlights all the laughter—along with the frustration—that goes with loving, close family bonds.

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“It makes us all madmen. Cowards and madmen. It’s only the degree that varies.”

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“Given the awards she has already received, we are sure to hear much more from Hazel Gaynor—and that is a good thing.”

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Dust is a story of both Kenya and of Odidi and his family told in a rich, colorful narrative and numerous shifts from past to present in the lives of all the characters.”

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"Dead Water shows these universals through the uniqueness of its setting and characters, adding another award-quality book to Ms. Cleeves’s body of work."

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“. . . an entertaining whodunit, with one drama going on before the footlights and another behind them . . .”

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“Molly Antopol is an astute, insightful observer of human relationships . . . a remarkable collection of short stories. . . . In a word: Wow!”

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Doc Savage: Phantom Lagoon is the perfect mixture of adventure and escapist fantasy matched against unbelievable action while surprising twists keep us turning ev

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Still Life with Bread Crumbs digs deep into the female psyche . . .”

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“. . . a beautiful, personal variety of storytelling rarely found in works of young adult literature.”

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“The story told here about Afghanistan is nearly exactly the story that was told in Iraq. Two wars that if they had any validity in the first place . . .”

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“Deeply discomforting, The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone mixes evil with redemption and forgiveness on a landscape of terror, which makes the combination of poetry, my

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“This is a collection that sees a writer hitting his stride, working from a base of confidence and inspiration.”

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“Just like the ski runs at Sochi, the arc of Russian politics in the Putin era point in only one direction. Downhill.”

The Olympics Moment Putin Doesn’t Want You To See

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“. . . Be with Me is delicious, unabashed melodrama. And it works.”

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“Live blooms with the freshness of thoughtful storytelling carefully tended by beautiful prose.”

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“Brimming with acute observation and inspired prose, Mary Miller’s The Last Days of California is a blessing of a book.”

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How this book is supposed to impress intelligent readers is only something that publicity managers can imagine.

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Carthage shows an author still in command of her vision . . .”

Pity the first-time reader of Joyce Carol Oates.

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“. . . both bittersweet and disturbing . . .”

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Apple Tree Yard is a suspense novel set in London, England. The story, written in first person present tense, opens with a prologue.

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