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Luz

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Written with verve and sensitivity, Gonzalez crafts a humorous Cuban tale full of unexpected twists and rich characterizations. Luis Gonzalez’s debut novel is a hefty, surprising, and absorbing exploration of faith, both in political... Read More

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The Roof Walkers

by Joe Taylor

With a unique narrative approach, Keith Henderson recreates the birth of Canada. "The Roof Walkers" by Keith Henderson, an epistolary novel about the birth of Canada, is historical fiction at its best. It not only illuminates a point in... Read More

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Explaining Wardiyah

by Jill Allen

Yes, even prehistoric humans had motives and desires we’d recognize today, and Uerkvitz tells this ancient tale well. Fans of Jean Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear will thrill to David Uerkvitz’s inventive prehistory of clans. The... Read More

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Angel Hair

by Sheila M. Trask

Evocative symbolic imagery beautifully illustrates the pains and complexity of growing up. The tradition of the wise child in literature is long: from Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden to Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, we have... Read More

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The Bribe

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Two main characters prove to be evocative letter writers, adept at setting scenes from decades past and schooled in the art of looking for meaning in horror. From concentration camp survivor Oskar Klausenstock, author of The Prayer,... Read More

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