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Mina’s Matchbox is not only a compelling tale, but it is also beautifully written and constructed. The prose is clear, graceful, and engaging.”

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“Sullivan is a strong writer, and each of her separate narratives is interesting in and of itself.”

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“explodes with brilliant language. . . . a lovely, richly written first novel.”

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Kevin Barry is an Irish writer to the core with his wild, dark humor and his Gaelic intonations, a beautifully skewed syntax holding up a delicate balance of spluttering facetiousness and a sly ack

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“Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez is quoted as saying on the frontispiece of The Lost Letters from Martha’s Vineyard.

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“captivating, powerful, and touching.”

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Bear is a dark tale, redeemed by good writing.”

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“Mwanza’s writing captures her own passion as well as that of her central character.”

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“block out a few days on your calendar to settle into a cushy chair, put up your feet, and fall helplessly—and gleefully—into this riveting story.”

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“the book’s language is lyrical and poetic throughout, making even difficult passages somehow beautiful to read even as they raise goosebumps.”

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“Roxana Robinson is one of our best novelists, writing about mature people and their very real emotions.”

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“Alex Espinosa has drawn rich, fascinating characters and offers a detailed picture of Mexico at a politically turbulent time and Los Angeles at key moments in its recent history.”

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“pungent insights into people’s motivations, emotions, and relationships”

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Crow Talk is a many-layered story of grief and healing. Of lessons learned from solitude and nature.”

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As the earth seasons in cycles, so do women, as shown in this humorous and touching novel.

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“a fighting novel, and one with a great heart.”

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“In spite of the earlier wanderings throughout the story . . . Elmendorf provides the reader with an engaging story that is hard to put down, and satisfying at the end.”

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This book is about blood. Not the kind that immediately comes to mind—there is very little violence or bloodshed in its pages.

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“what could be better than a cursed island, some supernatural happenings, and the righting of centuries of social wrongs?”

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Middletide is a mystery novel whose twists and turns will keep the reader intrigued and turning pages.”

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With a primary setting in the backwoods of Montana in the late 1970s with some spillover into the earliest eighties, Old King tells the story of Duane Oshun, a divorcé who leaves Salt Lake

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Brooklyn, NY, resident, Hannah Brewster and author of women’s romantic comedies has a deadline to meet for her second book, and she is dealing with writer’s block.

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Dr. Peter Bannerman, a Canadian veterinarian, returns for his third crime adventure.

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Jess, somewhat of a wanderer, lives with her girlfriend, Sarah, 11 years her senior.

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