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Young Girls Are Lured into a Life of Prostitution in “The Third Daughter” by Talia Carner

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Third-Daughter-2.jpg The Third Daughter by Talia Carner explores a dark time in history at the turn of the 20th century when Jews from Russia emigrated to the Americas to flee persecution, sometimes to suffer worse fates at the hands of those who would help them. I was fortunate enough to attend…
Jennifer Blankfein
November 6, 2020
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Resurrecting a Character Is No Simple Task, But Dominic Martell Makes it Look Easy

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktrib_DominicMartell_FBLiveRecap.jpg Resurrecting a character from twenty years ago presents an interesting challenge. Unlike author Dominic Martell, his repentant ex-terrorist Pascual Rose did not have the good fortune of watching the world grow and change at the usual pace when his creator decided to pluck him from the 90s and drop…
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October 13, 2020
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Three Generations of Indian Women Who Defy Cultural Traditions and Expectations

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/well-behaved-indian-women-saumya-dave.jpg Well-Behaved Indian Women (Berkley) by Saumya Dave is a mother-daughter story about Indian women, culture, relationships and life choices. Simran is in her 20s, pursuing a degree in psychology and has just written a book. Her parents, Nandini and Ranjit Mehta, are both doctors and are encouraging her to…
Jennifer Blankfein
September 30, 2020
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Vigilante Seeks Justice in Native Author’s Crime Novel, “Winter Counts”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Winter-Counts.jpg "A propulsive crime novel and a wonderfully informative book." — Louise Erdrich, author of The Night Watchman “A marvel.  A thriller with a beating heart and jagged teeth ... I couldn’t put it down.” — Tommy Orange, author of There There —∞— On South Dakota’s Rosebud Reservation, Virgil Wounded Horse waits…
Neil Nyren
August 28, 2020
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Julie Zuckerman on Her Linked Short Story Collection “The Book of Jeremiah”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-book-of-jeremiah-julie-zukerman.jpg With a healthy dose of Jewish tradition, a little Yiddish, and deep, very real characters, author Julie Zuckerman treats us to The Book of Jeremiah (Press 53), a story of a complex life well lived, spanning from the 1930s through the first decade of the 2000s. Through 13 linked stories that…
Jennifer Blankfein
August 12, 2020
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ITW Spotlight: Slaughter on Writing Violence and Her Latest, “The Silent Wife”

"Emotionally sophisticated characters work through the brutality of their jobs in this dynamic psychological thriller and police procedural." —Library Journal "An unflinching, deeply empathetic exploration of the stigma surrounding rape and the enduring trauma suffered by its survivors." —Publisher's Weekly “Her talent is the equivalent of Poe or a Hawthorne…
Dawn Ius
August 3, 2020
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Charlotte McConaghy on Love, Adventure and Survival in “Migrations”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Migrations.jpg "Written in prose as gorgeous as the crystalline beauty of the Arctic ... deeply moving, haunting and, yes, important." — Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You "An astounding meditation on love, trauma and the cost of survival." — Julia Fine, author of What Should Be Wild I loved the adventure…
Jennifer Blankfein
August 5, 2020
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Corey Lynn Fayman’s Inspiration For “Ballast Point Breakdown:” A Mystery of Plot-Twists and Surprises

“A cozy hero living in a noir world.” That’s how Corey Lynn Fayman describes Rolly Waters, a guitar-playing gumshoe and recurring protagonist who breaks the investigator mold in his mystery series and most recent work Ballast Point Breakdown (Konstellation Press). “He doesn’t carry a gun. He’s not physically intimidating. He…
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August 5, 2020