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A Measure of Light
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It is often said that New England’s Puritans came to America for freedom of worship. In a sense that is true. They ...Read Review
They Were Like Family to Me
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A compelling blend of folktales, magical realism, Nazi barbarity, and family history, They Were Like Family to Me offers a series of interconnected ...Read Review
Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew
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In 1889, the painter Vincent Van Gogh is expelled from the Provençal town of Arles after being caught walking through the town with ...Read Review
A Coin for the Hangman
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Capital punishment seems so alien to modern Britain that it is a shock to be reminded that just over fifty years ago there ...Read Review
That Bright Land
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In the mountains and small towns of western North Carolina in 1866, returning soldiers from both sides have settled into uneasy peace—but, for ...Read Review
The Gustav Sonata
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Switzerland in the years just after the end of the Second World War. Gustav Perle is a young boy living a bleak and ...Read Review
Windmill Point
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The grit, tragedy and bold strategy of the American Civil War play out in Jim Stempel’s Windmill Point. Am I glad I ...Read Review
The Versions of Us
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In 1958 England, Eva, a talented writer, and Jim, a gifted painter, are strangers. When a nail (or a rock or a dog) stops ...Read Review
A Country Road, A Tree
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This is the story of an Irish writer’s bleak WWII years in German-occupied France. “A Country Road, a Tree” is the setting ...Read Review
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
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In her debut novel, Kaitlyn Greenidge sets a high bar for future books. This unusual novel about a chimp and a human family ...Read Review
