HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
The Seventh Well
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The Seventh Well was originally published in East Germany in 1971, but not until its reissue in 2006 did it begin to achieve the ...Read Review
It’s One of Ours
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This is a story that begins on the day of the first air raids in London, 1939 and weaves a story that surrounds ...Read Review
The Lazarus Project
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History and literary narrative are inextricably interwoven in MacArthur “Genius Grant”-winner Hemon’s latest work. Two stories are told: one is ...Read Review
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
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Molly Murphy is back in New York City after doing some detecting in Ireland that almost cost her her life. It is ...Read Review
The Disagreement
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Framed by the gift of roses, everything in between this debut novel is haunted by the body- and soul-stealing times of the ...Read Review
Sun of Silver, Moon of Gold
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In 1837, following her father’s death, Flora Scott is not surprised when her family decides to send her to the New World to ...Read Review
Lavinia
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I’ve always wished I could write Ms. Le Guin’s lucid prose. In so few words she can create a world and ...Read Review
People of the Weeping Eye
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During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Mississippi River Valley was populated by a number of Native American chiefdoms; this culture was known ...Read Review
Michaelmas Tribute
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The Brehon Judge, Mara, returns in this second historical murder mystery set in the Burren in north-west Ireland. It is 1509 and people are ...Read Review
Now Face to Face
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In 1721, Barbara Montgeoffry, Countess Devane, newly widowed and mourning the death of her brother as well, travels to her grandmother’s Virginia plantation. ...Read Review
