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Bill Buford looks like an old soccer goalie: slightly ravaged, but wily, with a glint of madness in his eyes, cloaked by a genial-looking half-grin. So it is no surprise that his first b...
Symphony
, by Jude Morgan
, by Jude Morgan
Romantic fiction is different from romance fiction, of course. If you want to see how different, may I recommend “Symphony” by Jude Morgan? It is a frustrating, moving and accurate portrai...
Wide Sargasso Sea (Essential.penguin), by Jean Rhys
, by Jean Rhys
I just finished Wide Sargasso Sea for the second time; this book stands up to countless readings. I don't know if Jean Rhys was the first novelist to tell "the other side of the story"...
My Booty novel, by Bill Campbell
, by Bill Campbell
A witty narrative about [some of] life's anxieties as they are experienced and [very amusingly] chronicled by a smart, thirty-something, struggling writer. The issues in question are genuine; the ...
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross
, by Alex Ross
The title of Alex Ross’ The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a play on Hamlet’s last words. “Rest” for the Prince of Denmark was “silence.” Ho...
Shelf Comments
My 4 yr old has loved this book for over 2 years. A great visual of the stages of the apple tree.
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, by Anne Tyler
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, by J.K. Rowling
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, by John Okada
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