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Amazing Grace

by Claire Foster

Losses and dramas are nothing compared to the faith of the good family at the center of the historical novel "Amazing Grace". In Christiane Banks’s charming multigenerational novel, "Amazing Grace", a middle-class family endures... Read More

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How to Make a Life

by Karen Rigby

"How to Make a Life" is a sharp historical novel whose panoptic view of family relationships makes its secrets, estrangements, and reconciliations satisfying. In Florence Reiss Kraut’s arresting multigenerational novel "How to Make a... Read More

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Quest for Revenge

by John M. Murray

In the historical novel "Quest for Revenge", a man reconsiders his beliefs, even as the times move away from his way of thinking. In RLK’s sweeping historical novel "Quest for Revenge", a betrayal forces a Musketeer to reconsider the... Read More

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Mneme ("Memory")

by Karen Rigby

Mneme (“Memory“) is an intriguing historical novel featuring secrecy, fears, and shame. In Stephen Partridge’s experimental, fragmented novel Mneme (“Memory“), an epic Greek poet deals with a brain injury and his wrenching... Read More

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