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Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
by Nayomi Munaweera
Beauty, madness, grief and loss of a homeland (4/28/2014)
There is such lovely and poetic prose in this novel, in spite of the subject, that I want to read it again. The author describes the smells, sounds, tastes of Sri Lanka vividly, as only a person who once called it home can. There is the same personal depth of feeling in the …more
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar: A Novel
by Suzanne Joinson
A Lady Cyclists Guide to Kasgar (5/23/2012)
The descriptive imagery in this novel is almost lyrical. The eccentricities of the female characters and their individual motivations for rejecting traditional lives are finely drawn. The two distinct and separate tales in this novel ultimately connect in a surprising and unexpected way.
The Sisters
The Sisters: A Novel
by Nancy Jensen
Quietly devastating,enormously moving (9/11/2011)
Nancy Jensen's debut novel is an emotionally weighty and melancholy portrait of two sisters forever separated by an event which ultimately reshapes their lives, characters and future. It is a well written, complex and compelling portrayal of family, unintended consequences …more
The Borgia Betrayal
The Borgia Betrayal: A Poisoner Mystery Novel
by Sara Poole
History Lite (6/22/2011)
As a fan of historical fiction, I was disappointed. Based upon the title, The Borgia Betrayal, I expected far more detail about this infamous family than was delivered. This novel is essentially about the main character, Francesca, and her motivation to avenge her father's …more
A Good Hard Look
A Good Hard Look: A Novel
by Ann Napolitano
A Good Hard Look (3/24/2011)
Ann Napolitano has produced one of those rare novels which will pull you into another time and place- Milledgeville,Georgia and Andalusia-home of Flannery O'Connor.Like Flannery's famed peacocks perched precariously in a magnolia tree,the inhabitants teeter on the edge of …more
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