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What Was Lost

by Meg Nola

A scarred art therapist who’s hungry for personal healing returns to her hometown to confront troubling memories in the cathartic novel "What Was Lost". In Melissa Connelly’s evocative novel "What Was Lost", a woman’s pursuit of... Read More

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Escaped at Thirteen

by Meg Nola

A story of escaping war to thrive abroad, "Escaped at Thirteen" is an affecting memoir. Iranian emigrant Alieza Mogadam’s compelling memoir "Escaped at Thirteen" is about his forced departure from his homeland during the war between... Read More

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The Caricaturist

by Meg Nola

Set in 1897, Norman Lock’s riveting historical novel "The Caricaturist" focuses on Oliver, a Philadelphia native and a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Uninspired by the academy’s faculty of “myopic old men,”... Read More

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Civilisation Française

by Meg Nola

In Mary Fleming’s evocative novel "Civilisation Française", three women’s lives intersect in 1980s Paris. Lily moves to Paris in 1982 to study at the Sorbonne. American-born, Lily was raised in London and speaks French quite well;... Read More

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Fair Youth

by Meg Nola

In the spirited historical novel "Fair Youth", the oft-debated “Oxfordian” theory of Shakespeare’s authenticity is explored with humor, verve, compassion, and irony. Lawrence Wells’s historical novel "Fair Youth" enlivens the... Read More

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Unrooted

by Meg Nola

Erin Zimmerman’s resonant memoir "Unrooted" is candid in chronicling her scientific career centered around the splendors of botany. Zimmerman grew up in rural Canada and opted to study physics in college. But the purchase of an orchid... Read More

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