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The Noise of Time
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This is a fictional account of the life of the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It is by no means a conventional linear narrative, ...Read Review
The Letter Writer
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Dan Fesperman’s The Letter Writer is a classic example of old-fashioned noir with gritty detectives and seedy police officers, plenty of dead ...Read Review
Green Island
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The tumultuous years of post-Japanese, then Chinese military, rule on the island of Taiwan provide the backdrop of Shawna Yang Ryan’s epic ...Read Review
Unspeakable Things
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Poet Kathleen Spivack’s last book was a memoir about her time at Boston University with Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and ...Read Review
Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart
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The author of Jane Eyre, fiery? As Harman fleshes out Charlotte, her siblings, her home, her writing, the answer is a resounding “yes.” ...Read Review
Dictator
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In 58 BC, Cicero is exiled. Once the staunch defender of the Republic, the canny orator didn’t reckon with the machinations of the ...Read Review
A Friend of Mr. Lincoln
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During the 1830s, Springfield, Illinois, is a political hotbed for both Whig and Democratic politics. Abraham Lincoln, a young lawyer, is a Whig ...Read Review
Charlie and the Grandmothers
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In this young adult Victorian-era, lightly gothic tale, a brother and sister find themselves imprisoned by a pair of ghoulish grandmothers at an ...Read Review
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came To Fight America
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Since the arrival of the Mayflower, the American colonies had been a prized possession of the British Empire. Yet in 1775 violence erupted and ...Read Review
In the Unlikely Event
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This is the story of Elizabeth, New Jersey, a town shocked by three plane crashes within months of each other during the years ...Read Review
