Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Quartet Author: Ann Cleeves First Edition: 2007, Minotaur Books Original language: English Awards: Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award for the best crime novel of the year. Summary: The story opens in the home of Magnus Tait, on New Year’s Day in the Scottish Shetland Islands. A short time […]
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October
12
White Oleander, Janet Fitch
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***** White Oleander Author: Janet Fitch First Edition: 1999, Little, Brown and Co. Original language: English Summary: White Oleander is narrated by Astrid Magnussen, the daughter of little-known poet, Ingrid Magnussen. Ingrid is self-centered and isolates Astrid from others as she grows up having trouble at school, with an eccentric often out of work actor […]
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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