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Fiction

Memories of the Past and a Vision of the Future

In Another Time (Harper) by Jillian Cantor is a wonderful historical fiction novel with deep characters who love books, music and each other. In 1930s Berlin, Max, a German bookshop owner sees Hanna playing what she loves most, the violin.  He is enchanted and in an attempt to get her…
Jennifer Blankfein
March 29, 2019
Fiction

Madame Tussaud: The Woman Behind The Wax

Little (Riverhead) is the unusual story of a determined young girl who shapes a better life for herself through masterful wax figures. We recognize Madame Tussaud as the famed wax sculptor, but Edward Carey adds a compelling story that will stay with you as much as her own art. After her father…
Jennifer Blankfein
December 13, 2018
Fiction

“In West Mills,” a Small Town Navigates Hardship

In West Mills (Bloomsbury) by De’Shawn Charles Winslow is a charming story about an African American family in North Carolina spanning from the 1940s – 1987, and the difficult struggles and complexities of love. We meet Knot, who has an unconventional lifestyle, always reveling in her freedom. She lives alone,…
Jennifer Blankfein
September 25, 2019
Fiction

Impact On Countries & Time: Joan Silber’s “Improvement”

Connecting 1970s Turkey and New York today, 72-year-old author Joan Silber, winner of the 2018 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, weaves a tapestry of interpersonal connections and shows how relationships bind us together and decisions have widespread impact across countries and over time in her latest novel, Improvement (Amazon Digital Services). Reyna…
Jennifer Blankfein
August 6, 2018
Fiction

“His Favorites” Exposes Guilt and Vulnerability

With sparse, lyrical language, author of His Favorites (Scribner), Kate Walbert, shines a light on women’s rights as she tells us about Jo’s tragic and unsettling experiences.  After being in a deadly accident at 15 years old with her best friends, Jo, a wild and now emotionally broken high school student is…
Jennifer Blankfein
August 14, 2018
Fiction

Forging New Relationships and Redefining Home

This is Home (Atria Books) is the emotional story of Libby, a motherless teenage girl trying to create and define her home along with Quinn, a military wife who feels abandoned and is searching for belonging. The characters are searching for connection and the family they really want is not…
Jennifer Blankfein
June 11, 2019
Fiction

Feel Like an Outsider? You’re Not Alone

I haven’t read a lot of short stories and when the publisher asked me to take a look at We Love Anderson Cooper (Celadon Books) I was happy to do so…the title made me smile and when the book arrived I was increasingly motivated by the great looking cover! A teenage…
Jennifer Blankfein
June 12, 2019