Book Review
Unfinished
This raw and tender memoir celebrates one woman’s ability to transcend difficult circumstances and forge a life of meaning. A testament to the strength of the human spirit, Isana’s Unfinished: A Personal Journey of Healing,...
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El Reino del Terror
Part historical text and part political thriller frightening in its reality, "El Reino del Terror" presents a wealth of information on a tormented era in Latin America’s history. El Reino del Terror: Un caso insólito vivido durante el...
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Baby Steps
This memoir of life as an amputee affirms the beauty of life, even when the body undergoes drastic changes. "Baby Steps" is John Rollo’s graphic and inspiring account of his journey from near-death experience to recovery, aided by the...
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From This Valley
This vibrant historical novel honors the Plains Indians, imparting much information even as it touches the heart. Inspired by a family mystery and stories of Americans living anonymously in Canada, Murray Harvey’s fictional...
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My Darling Dorothy
Virden captures the ethos of the time perfectly, contrasting the rigidity of conservative social norms with spirited rebellion on the part of the children. The bundle of old letters, carefully tied with a blue ribbon, that Jo Virden...
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The Bad Mother
In this award-winning fictionalized autobiography, eighty-nine-year-old writer and educator Marguerite Andersen shares her struggles with the choices she made when love for her children came into conflict with her longing for freedom,...
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Killer Deal
An abused wife with a small, strange child; real estate agents with plenty to hide; a pregnant cop with a complicated love life; a shadowy stalker, and several gruesome murders make this third book in Sofie Sarenbrandt’s Emma Sköld...
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The Miner
In this unusual offering by one of Japan’s greatest novelists, a nineteen-year-old has run away from his Tokyo home and is walking through an endless pine forest in a “fog of unsettling anxiety,” accompanied only by familiar...
