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Previously Unpublished Hemingway Story

Having just celebrated the 74th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris, another celebration of Paris took place earlier this month when The Strand Magazine ran a previously unpublished story by Ernest Hemingway with post-war Paris as the focal point. A Room on the Garden Side is “an earthy, poignant sketch…
BookTrib
August 28, 2018
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

Liam Callanan on Bookstores, Travel and Magic of Paris

Who doesn't love Paris? Whether it's the language, the culture, the food, or just that element of je ne sais quoi, there's something magnetic about the city. With so many different words that could be used, it's telling that perhaps the most common word to describe the city is magic. And no…
BookTrib
April 11, 2018
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Cheated But Not Broken

You don’t have to be wearing rose-colored glasses to be blind to the flaws of the people you love: Sophie Bloom learns this the worst possible way when her forty-second birthday party culminates with the revelation that her devoted husband Gabe is anything but. Not only has Gabe cheated on…
Camille Pagan
May 3, 2019
Fiction

What would Hemingway eat? A menu for a Moveable Feast

I realized, as I worked my way through Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, that he titled it so because his time in Paris was an ongoing banquet of social activities, incessant writing, and literal feasting and imbibing from one café to the next. It was also most apparent to me…
Ingrid
March 24, 2014
FictionGiveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: Two New Tales of Intrigue in Women’s Fiction

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/booktrib_giveaway_2021-09-02-feature-scaled.jpg What’s Not True by Valerie Taylor —∞— “A tense nerve-shredder ... compelling, real, and utterly enjoyable.” —Readers’ Favorite 5-star review “An engaging story of love, honesty, tangled family relationships, jealousy, and ambition.” —Midwest Book Review “A dramatic, comedic telenovela of a women’s fiction about infidelity and fickle hearts ... with…
BookTrib
September 2, 2021