Susan Lowell
The Dove Upon Her Branch: A Novel Portrait of Christina Rossetti
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The Rossettis were a truly remarkable family. As Anglo-Italians they stood out among the English Victorians with whom they lived. Arriving from their ...Read Review
The Wildest Sun
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This is a Bildungsroman—a novel of education and formation of character—as our narrator, a French teenager named Delphine Auber, helpfully informs ...Read Review
The Bullet Swallower
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A woman’s red shawl blows off her grave and into a tree, where it turns into a red bird. A cruel and ...Read Review
The Rossetti Diaries
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In the mid-19th century, a group of rebel artists challenged the art establishment with their avant-garde ideas, techniques, and behavior. These were ...Read Review
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion)
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When Adam Gidwitz, the author of this rousing adventure story, was a child, he used to lie awake at night and wonder if ...Read Review
The Smoke in Our Eyes
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Here is a great new addition to a classic American genre: the small-town story. James Grady, whose distinguished career began with Six Days ...Read Review
Sweetness All Around
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This novel has exactly the right title. It’s far from saccharine, as it takes a set of discouraging facts—unhappy ten-year-old, deadbeat ...Read Review
A Wild and Heavenly Place
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“Remember! Washington Territory.” These words echo throughout Robin Oliveira’s new wide-ranging, romantic historical novel. They link a pair of star-crossed lovers all ...Read Review
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
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No mud, no lotus. This aphorism captures the essence of Lisa See’s latest novel: pithy, yet entertaining; thought-provoking, yet down-to-earth; dark, yet ...Read Review
Ride a Fast Horse (A Captain Tom Skinner Western)
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In this cinematic western, part of a series set in Arizona in 1889, the plot moves as fast as the horses. Kevin Warren’s ...Read Review
