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The Story of a Marriage: A Novel 33 reviews
Andrew Sean Greer
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
A multi-layered shimmer that bedazzles
+ Intimate and surprising
Andrew Sean Greer is a riot of talent. He carves his words with such precision that one can have no choice but to be surrender to his writing. His works, including Story of a Marriage, always deal with the subtle underplay of the human mind, and ultimately reveal the fragility of our existence.
I ...
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The Girl Who Stopped Swimming 34 reviews
Joshilyn Jackson
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
+ A moving, absorbing thriller hard to put down
+ Highly entertaining page turner
+ Great reading! Jackson is an excellent writer!
+ Review
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North River: A Novel43 reviews
Pete Hamill
Back Bay Books, 2008
Understanding another time
+ "Forever's" Missing Pieces Found in "North River"
+ "North River" by Pete Hamill
+ True To The Times
+ North River a joy from beginning to end
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter 873 reviews
Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Freeze Frame
+ What a memory!!!
On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...
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The Things They Carried705 reviews
Tim O'Brien
Broadway, 1998
"Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it..."
+ O'Brien Cuts To the Core Of Our Fragile Lives
+ Perfection
+ Great read - Not what I expected
+ The ThingsThey Carried
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Finding Nouf: A Novel22 reviews
Zoë Ferraris
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
A current favorite
+ a Woman's Life
+ An Excellent View of Another Culture
+ A frighting look at our "friends" in the Middle East
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society296 reviews
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
If you like epistolary novels you'll love this one
+ Love, love, love this book!
+ light & sweet read
+ Cynical Free
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 222 reviews
Junot Díaz
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
Not So Brief, But Just As Wondrous
+ One of the best bad novels or one of the worst good ones?
+ Joys, suffering, fears and passions
+ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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The Third Angel: A Novel45 reviews
Alice Hoffman
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
A Magically Delicious Read!
+ Lovely
+ Wistful and sad
+ Wow Excellent Book
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The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries)231 reviews
Chris Bohjalian
Vintage, 2008
Double Bind
+ Excellent
+ Gatsby on the Rocks with a Twist
+ Whose Reality is Real?
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Barefoot: A Novel46 reviews
Elin Hilderbrand
Back Bay Books, 2008
Great summer read
+ If you're planning to wait for hours in the airport or somewhere else..
+ K. Bills Barefoot Review
Entertaining, the characters are so real, you feel like you are part of the Nantucket summer.
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel217 reviews
Joshua Ferris
Back Bay Books, 2008
I Laughed, I Cried - Three Thoughts
+ Adperson's anomie
+ Funny, fantastic, tragic book (and gorgeous dust jacket design!)
+ Funny, and a little bit of drama
+ One of the best you'll ever read!
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Bulls Island44 reviews
Dorothea Benton Frank
William Morrow, 2008
Bulls Island
+ Another great tale
+ Easy read
I have read all of Dorothea Benton Frank's novels. I am a fan because she always accurately includes the history and local color of the Low Country. While this was not my favorite, I enjoyed reading it while vacationing on Isle of Palms.
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Mudbound37 reviews
Hillary Jordan
Algonquin Books, 2008
Mudbound people and relationships
+ Excellent. This book will touch all your emotions!
+ Compelling, gripping and tragic as fierce, brave women emerge
+ A Bit Shy of Originality
+ Language and voices tell the same story
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The Secret Life of Bees1433 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Nostalgically Current
+ the secret life of bees
+ SECRET LIFE OF BEES
+ A Beautiful Story
+ The Secret Life of Bees
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Mister Pip54 reviews
Lloyd Jones
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008
Popeye
+ an unusual find
"Everyone called him Popeye." Thus begins Mister Pip, an eloquently written story about how profoundly literature can influence lives. As Popeye evolves into Mr. Pip, the personalities and character traits of the islanders also emerge. Mother and daughter, war and resistance, husband and wife, ...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel604 reviews
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
Phenomenal Women Book Club (Houston, TX)
+ Snowflower and the Secret Fan
+ SNOWFLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
+ chinese culture insight
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Free Food for Millionaires55 reviews
Min Jin Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Brilliant novel helpful for all who face East-Meets-West issues
+ Free Food for Millionaires
+ Was it really 600 pages?
I'm in love with this novel for many reasons.
As a novelist, I could appreciate Min Jin Lee's uncommon clarity of personal voice, the exceptionally well constructed dialogues, the authenticity of each character, the marvelous plot.
Shakespeare comes to mind as my favorite comparison. I'm not ...
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Change of Heart: A Novel189 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Atria, 2008
Changes Hearts and Minds
+ This one really made me think...
+ One of the Best Picoults Yet
+ Mesmerizing. One of a kind.
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The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)128 reviews
Anne Enright
Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007
Graceful & Imaginative
I'm not surprised that this book won the Booker Prize. Enright has a superior command of the language. She creates fluid yet surprising prose, moving between real and imagined events, past and present with astounding grace and skill. This book is a surreal meditation on family--mother love, sister ...
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