The Given Day: A Novel
by Dennis Lehane
Best Book of 2008(11/27/2008)
I've not read a historical novel this good since Ragtime. Lehane has a definite Doctorow feel to his writing - carefully intermingling uncommon characters - both real and imaginary - into a real page-turner. Highly recommended.
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A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner
From the USA Today bestselling author of Only the Beautiful. 1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle.
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