***** Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Author: Beth Hoffman First Edition: Viking, 2010 This edition: Kindle edition, Viking 2010 Original language: English Awards: Southern Independent Booksellers Award Okra Pick Summary: From Amazon.com: “Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town-a […]
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August
27
The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka REVIEW
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**** Title: The Buddha in the Attic Author: Julie Otsuka First Edition: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 This edition: Kindle edition Original language: English Awards: 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2011 National Book Award finalist, fiction Quotes: “A girl must blend into a room: she must be present without appearing […]
August
19
The Tiger’s Wife, Téa Obreht REVIEW
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***** This is a book about a young woman’s relationship with her grandfather, how that relationship changes and grows as they both get older and understand each other on deeper levels. The story begins after Natalia’s grandfather’s death, as Natalia, a young doctor, tries to understand the meaning of her life and the impact that […]
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