The Sidewalk Artist: A Novel14 reviews Gina Buonaguro, Janice Kirk Thomas Dunne Books, 2006 The Sidewalk Artist + Romance with a touch of fantasy + The Sidewalk Artist + A beautiful tale + Beautifully Written!             The Fugitive Wife: A Novel10 reviews Peter C. Brown W. W. Norton, 2006 A New Great American Story + A Trip Through Nome's Gold Rush + Storytelling At Its Finest + A fine yarn             Haweswater: A Novel (P.S.)1 review Sarah Hall Harper Perennial, 2006 lyrical, crafted writing with decent story As the first reviewer, I'll summarize the story, which is a fictionalized account of the construction of an actual dam called Haweswater in the Lake District of northern England, resulting in the flooding of a valley by the reservoir, and the loss of the community and its traditions. The water ...             The Last of Her Kind: A Novel29 reviews Sigrid Nunez Picador, 2006 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... + Finely Written and Deeply Evocative + Fantastic Story About Coming of Age In the Sixties + excellent idea - grand plot - wooden writing             Sweetness in the Belly: A Novel17 reviews Camilla Gibb Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 a wonderful read + Intiguing glimpse into village life in Ethiopia + Lovely prose, Bittersweet story + A whole New World! + 'We still have dreams ..'             The Floor of the Sky (Flyover Fiction)8 reviews Pamela Carter Joern Bison Books, 2006 A true gem of the storyteller's art + Story about real people + Good old fashioned keep on keepin' on + Nice Story + Take Me Home             The Trial of True Love7 reviews William Nicholson Nan A. Talese, 2006 "Worship before knowing, icons before photographs, dreams before memories." + intriguing look at true love At age thirty, Bron, a London writer, remains commitment phobic, on the verge of what he hopes will be a successful career, with a contract to compose a book about love at first sight. Bron throws himself into this task with a vengeance, his premise based primarily on the life and love of Artist ...             The World Made Straight: A Novel18 reviews Ron Rash Henry Holt and Co., 2006 A major voice in American letters + the crookedness of the world made straight + It hooked me. Few writers can expose the complexities in an array of characters like Ron Rash. Just when you think you know who're the bad guys and who're the good guys, Rash shows us that below the surface we all struggle with soical pressures, we all try desperately to overcome our fears and inadequacies, and ...             The Other Side of the Bridge25 reviews Mary Lawson The Dial Press, 2006 VERY BEAUTIFUL + A much, *much* better effort than 'Crow Lake'. MUCH. + The Other Side of the Bridge + Unanimous opinion + Sibling Rivalry?             The Heiress of Water: A Novel24 reviews Sandra Rodriguez Barron Harper Paperbacks, 2006 A Very Spiritual Story + Exquisite Work of Art + A vivid tale + BRAVO!             Dream Wheels1 review Richard Wagamese St. Martin's Press, 2006 An Eye-Opening Read that's Hard to Put Down Joe Willie Wolfchild's life was shattered just three seconds away from becoming rodeo's World Champion. He had drawn the meanest bull on the circuit, and the bull won. With his left shoulder completely obliterated and right leg pulverized, Joe Willie has gone home a man of broken dreams. Aiden ...             House of Childhood1 review Anna Mitgutsch Other Press, 2006 You CAN go home again - but the past is a different country This is a story of a Jewish boy, raised in an Austrian small town by a well-off family in a beautiful house, until at the age of 5, his parents and their three sons head off to America before the Nazi takeover forces them out. In the new world, his father, formerly a penniless Polish Jew, takes ...             Another Green World1 review Richard Grant Knopf, 2006 Reprinted from the Nov 2006 "The Historical Novels Review" In 1929, four young Americans journey to an international youth conference in Weimar Germany which promises the dawning of a new era. Here they forge friendships with their European counterparts, relationships which become immersed in the political and racist currents that will plunge the world ...             Brothers: A Novel18 reviews Da Chen Shaye Areheart Books, 2006 Don't listen to the 1-star reviews. + livrelovre + Enthralling, loved it This book was amazing and enthralling. I do not understand the criticisms depicting the book as "juvenile" and "sophmoric." First of all, the plot line is incredibly complex, reaching far beyond a child's book. I was completely absorbed into the story. I wanted to find a story which would ...             Not Enough Indians: A Novel16 reviews Harry Shearer Justin, Charles & Co., 2006 Worth it to me, but I don't know about you I enjoy this book on more of a micro than a macro level. That is, the laughs are to be found more in isolated turns of phrase than in the story. There are many, many funny sentences (example: "Her physical appearance revealed a refreshing lack of vanity"), but the overall experience is less than ...             The Tree-Sitter: A Novel5 reviews Suzanne Matson W. W. Norton, 2005 How easy it can be to lose yourself in activism and love + Tree-Sitter left me uneasy + Hedonism in the trees + "I felt our hungers merge into one hunger. I agreed to go" + A big book -- and a gorgeous one too             Song of the Cuckoo Bird: A Novel9 reviews Amulya Malladi Ballantine Books, 2005 Absolutely stunning! + Highly recommended!! + Great read! + Song of the Cuckoo Bird             Midnight Cactus9 reviews Bella Pollen Grove Press, Black Cat, 2006 A fascinating, gripping read you can't put down + Did not want it to end + A heartbreaking and realistic take on the immigration issue. This book just gets better and better as the story progresses. The characters are so well drawn, especially the gorgeous Duval, Alice herself who narrates the story and her two eccentric children, Jack and Emily. Set on the Mexican border where Alice takes her children in order to escape an ...             The House of Scorta12 reviews Laurent Gaude MacAdam/Cage, 2006 A Vivid Account of Southern Italian Life + good reading, but the writing is rather ordinary + Reads like a dark, tragic fairy tale + A poetic narrative of an Italian family struggle over the generations + A poetic narrative of an Italian family struggle over the generations             The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel68 reviews Debra Dean William Morrow, 2006 The power of the mind + Madonnas of Leningrad + Poignant, lovely book! + Beautiful!