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Sweeping Up Glass
by Carolyn Wall
I can't get no ..Satisfaction(8/10/2009)
I love great narratives and characters that ignite passion and a plot that is dappled with factual fiction and this book has all that...however, it comes up short. I do think that it was delivered hastily and could have...should have... delved deeper into its own story... …moreInstead of leaving me wanting more it has left me wanting to know more and knowing that it can't happen...kinda like waking in the middle of a great dream.(less)
The Last Secret: A Novel
by Mary McGarry Morris
....breathe deep ,the gathering gloom....(5/2/2009)
This novel is a masterpiece of dialogue ... At this point in time I was loathe to read anything that would remind me of the turbulent times of modern day American society but Ms. Morris's intricate use of inter-character banter and her way of giving voice to the innermost …more thoughts of all her important players was, in my opinion, mesmerizing. I found myself not wondering what was going to happen next but what was going to be said .... they say to only write about what you know and it seems Ms. Morris has done just that.(less)
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The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin
A book-length essay on racism in American films, by "the best essayist in this country" (The New York Times Book Review).
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