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Identity Is Complicated in “The Vanishing Half”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.jpg In an outstanding second novel that's now a Good Morning America Book Club pick, author Brit Bennett tackles the topic of identity, showing that who we are on the outside is only one part of us. The Vanishing Half is the story of African American identical twins in the 1950s…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 10, 2020

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The Lives of a First-Time Mom and Her Babysitter Intertwine in “Friends and Strangers”

Two different women, both at critical moments in their lives, come together unexpectedly in Friends and Strangers (Knopf), the latest novel from J. Courtney Sullivan, the best-selling author of Maine and Saints for All Occasions. The book follows the dual perspectives of Elisabeth, an author and first-time mother, and Sam,…

Nikki ErlickJune 29, 2020

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Billion-Dollar Windfall May Not Solve One Couple’s Many Problems in This Wildly Funny Adventure

Perhaps, as one of the characters in Jimmy Clifton’s Powerballs suggests. Although, I know a lot of people who would like to give it a try. Becoming a billionaire. It’s the defining event in this well-written, tightly scripted, fun-drenched and suspenseful novel. Henry and Rose Ball have drifted apart in…

Jim AlkonDecember 27, 2021

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Humanity’s Rules Become More Complex as AI Changes Life’s Fine Print

“Terms of Service” can be found in the fine print at the bottom of most websites we enter every day, and we blindly click “ok.” But have you ever read any of these agreements? In the existential sci-fi thriller Terms of Service, which blurs the lines between what might happen…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitMarch 4, 2022

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The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

Mount Olympus has a big PR problem. While the Greco-Roman names of its inhabitants still carry varying degrees of recognition among humanity, it’s evident that today's rank-and-file shmoes don't see them as the almighty forces they once were. At least, not the kind of forces that can control their fates…

Cynthia ConradMarch 22, 2022

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A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

This is what Larissa Whitcomb is experiencing in Jennifer Collins’ debut novel, Comfort in the Wings. “I haven’t spoken to anyone in four days,” she muses in the very first sentence of the book. Collins drops her readers right into Larissa’s helplessness: she cannot open her mail, answer her phone…

Sherri DaleyMarch 23, 2022

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1960s Historical Fiction Holds Up a Mirror to Current Reproductive Health Challenges

“The words ‘knocked up’ … signified disaster on a mythic scale, the termination of respectability, the cancellation of any claim to future success and happiness, an irreversible and public shaming.” While that phrase still carries a certain amount of stigma in 2022, particularly for the young and unwed, it doesn’t…

Chelsea CicconeJanuary 6, 2022

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Secrets Conceal the Bonds of Family After Argentina’s Dirty War

Claudia Ermey’s new novel, The Confessional, is a sweeping narrative that spans multiple continents and follows several generations of mothers and daughters, bound by familial ties yet separated by secrets. The novel opens in California, 1978, just after Julia has given birth to a baby girl whom she knows that…

Nikki ErlickJanuary 31, 2022

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A Powerful Tale of Friendship Amid Danger in the Pre-Civil War South

“Powerful, unforgettable, and at points verges on greatness.” — Bruce Bennett, Wells College “This compelling page-turner is one that readers of all ages will enjoy.” — P.J. McGhee —∞— Some novels entertain, others educate. At a time when books are being banned, we are fortunate that the newly-published Blue-Eyed Slave…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"February 22, 2022

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Short Stories Designed to Push Readers Out of Their Comfort Zone

But Carol Dines’ collection of short stories manages to capture something more than reader attachment to the characters or the tease of a plot. Each of her stories in This Distance We Call Love (Orison Books) is a powerful elbow to the gut, which leaves you eager for the next…

Sherri DaleyOctober 28, 2021

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Love and Humanity Are Proven as the Most Powerful Weapons in This WWII Tale

In July 1944, 19-year-old Sam Ryan is drafted into the 89th Infantry Division, the “Rolling W,” as part of a cadre of “citizen soldiers” sent to Europe to replace the battle-scarred American regulars who made it through D-Day. In 1941, Gerda Berghmann is a young, intrepid German woman working at…

Peggy KurkowskiNovember 8, 2021

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“Burning Ground” Is the Frontier Epic, Time-Traveling Tale You Didn’t Know You Needed

On a frigid New Year’s Eve in 1961, Graham Davidson just wants to join his elder brother, Frank, and skate on a frozen pond. He has to drag along little Billy per his mother’s request, but his younger brother isn’t around to inconvenience Graham for very long; he dies under…

Judy MorenoNovember 12, 2021

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Small-Town Karting Novel Twists, Turns and Crosses the Finish Line With Profound Social Insight

In this resounding debut novel by Dd Jaseron, readers are strapped in for a twisting, turning ride through the world of competitive karting that explores speed, grief and greed in surprisingly profound ways. Wheelboys (Jaseron Publishing), winner of both the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Award and the eLit Book Award, delivers…

Michael FerryNovember 15, 2021

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Joani Elliott’s “The Audacity of Sara Grayson” is Poignant, Playful and Perceptive

“Audacity,” writes Sara’s mother from the grave. “A word with superb meaning and long overlooked as a girl’s name.” And something that Sara Grayson is pretty sure she does not have. Things happen quickly in Joani Elliott’s debut novel The Audacity of Sara Grayson (Post Hill Press). Sara wanders through…

Sherri DaleyMay 25, 2021

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Serving Girl Forges a New Life for Herself as a Noblewoman in Historical Novel “Irina”

1378, Poland. Irina Kwasniewska, a farmer's daughter and servant girl to a wealthy merchant family, is about to lose almost everything dear to her — and begin an unexpected new life. Pregnant by her benefactor's son, Berek, and turned out of her family's household for it, Irina arrives back at…

Cynthia ConradJune 14, 2021

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“First Among Nations” Stories the Soccer Dreams of Three Boys in a Land Fighting for Existence

“The reader will come away with a much better understanding of the complexities of living in a true melting pot” — Phil Markwardt, Executive Director of Operation Exodus USA —∞— First Among Nations: A Novel about Struggle and Perseverance in the Holy Land by Ira Mosen (Olive Blossom Press) is…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 17, 2021

Identity Is Complicated in “The Vanishing Half”

The Lives of a First-Time Mom and Her Babysitter Intertwine in “Friends and Strangers”

Billion-Dollar Windfall May Not Solve One Couple’s Many Problems in This Wildly Funny Adventure

Humanity’s Rules Become More Complex as AI Changes Life’s Fine Print

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

1960s Historical Fiction Holds Up a Mirror to Current Reproductive Health Challenges

Secrets Conceal the Bonds of Family After Argentina’s Dirty War

A Powerful Tale of Friendship Amid Danger in the Pre-Civil War South

Short Stories Designed to Push Readers Out of Their Comfort Zone

Love and Humanity Are Proven as the Most Powerful Weapons in This WWII Tale

“Burning Ground” Is the Frontier Epic, Time-Traveling Tale You Didn’t Know You Needed

Small-Town Karting Novel Twists, Turns and Crosses the Finish Line With Profound Social Insight

Joani Elliott’s “The Audacity of Sara Grayson” is Poignant, Playful and Perceptive

Serving Girl Forges a New Life for Herself as a Noblewoman in Historical Novel “Irina”

“First Among Nations” Stories the Soccer Dreams of Three Boys in a Land Fighting for Existence

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