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Go as a River

By Shelley Read - Published 2023

Genres:

Western

Read creates an alluring sense of place in her coming-of-age story for protagonist Victoria “Torie” Nash, whose life takes a detour after a ...Read Review

The Madonna of the Mountains

By Elise Valmorbida - Published 2018

Genres:

Literary

This is the story of one woman’s struggles to maintain her marriage and particularly to protect her children during the Fascist Era ...Read Review

The Last Watchman of Old Cairo

By Michael David Lukas - Published 2018

Genres:

Joseph, a graduate student in America, receives a mysterious package involving his father. The note reads, “Hope you can use this.” Joseph’s ...Read Review

The Patriots

By Sana Krasikov - Published 2017

Genres:

Literary

Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn during the Depression for promises of love and a future in accord with her communist idealism in the Soviet ...Read Review

The High Mountains of Portugal

By Yann Martel - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

A mythical white rhinoceros, an autopsy that reveals the cause of life, a chimpanzee that pores over family albums… what a tale Yann ...Read Review

At the Water’s Edge

By Sara Gruen - Published 2015

Genres:

Maddie lives life to the fullest in 1945, partying continuously with her wealthy friends and getting herself involved in escapades with her husband, Ellis, ...Read Review

The Unwitting

By Ellen Feldman - Published 2014

Genres:

Thriller

Nell and Charlie Benjamin have a solid marriage, though it’s not without its ups and downs. They’ve got journalism jobs that ...Read Review

Darwin’s Ghosts

By Rebecca Stott - Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

Darwin was famously troubled by his discovery of evolution by survival of the fittest, which set him at odds with a great many ...Read Review

Next to Love

By Ellen Feldman - Published 2011

Genres:

Literary

Babe, Grace, and Millie are three lifelong friends, living in South Downs. They share more than their hopes and dreams; they also participate ...Read Review

Leaving van Gogh

By Carol Wallace - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In his 37 years, Vincent van Gogh produced hundreds of paintings and letters; but there is still much we do not know about his ...Read Review