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The Quick
by Lauren Owen
A Wonderful Story Filled with Twists and Turns (4/27/2014)
Lauren Owen's The Quick is something of a "slow burn" read, first leading you down one path of Victorian England by the hand, then pushing you quite suddenly into something else that it leaves you shocked. The book keeps on doing this, time and time again as it changes frommore
Precious Thing
by Colette McBeth
Brilliantly Dark and Chilling (1/13/2014)
Colette McBeth's Precious Thing is a brilliantly dark and chilling story. It grips you from the very start, wondering how two women (Rachel and Clara) got to this place after being friends for so long. Page by page, chapter by chapter, it all comes together in such a waymore
Safe with Me
by Amy Hatvany
Heartbreaking and Life-Affirming (12/4/2013)
Amy Hatvany's Safe With Me reels you in from the very first page. The characters and their actions are so real, you can't help but feel for them. The story is both heartbreaking and life-affirming. It makes you feel thankful for all you have, and for simply being alive. Itmore
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    The Bluest Eye
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    The story of a black girl in America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others. First published 1970; won the 1993 Nobel Prize.

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