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BookTrib is proud to partner with Tall Poppy Writers, a cross-genre, cross-publisher women’s author collective that includes many notable writers including New York Times bestselling authors and National Book Award Finalists. Want more Poppies? Follow them on Twitter and Instagram at @TallPoppyWriters or join the Tall Poppy Book Club on Facebook.

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Tall Poppy Review: “The Curiosities” Exposes Grief

“Art is like life,” Susan Gloss writes in The Curiosities (William Morrow). “It’s fragile, but that doesn’t mean you should never take a risk.” Taking a risk is exactly what Gloss’ protagonist, Nell, does when, in the wake of the loss of her baby, born at only 22-weeks’ gestation, she, looking…
Kristy Woodson Harvey
January 10, 2019
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Magical Realism Served in Pies

I’ve loved novels with elements of magical realism since before I was old enough to understand what the term meant. While Hogwarts, Narnia, and Middle Earth all have vast allure, there’s something bewitching about the idea of the magical in our own mundane world. Susan Bishop Crispell’s The Secret Ingredient…
Aimie K. Runyan
July 19, 2018
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Tall Poppy Review: “Sleeping in Eden:” Love and Mystery

Nicole Baart is a master of weaving stories about the complexity, beauty and heartache of human relationships with delicious prose. Her ninth novel, Sleeping in Eden (Howard Books) is no exception. It’s a story of two seemingly unconnected storylines told in alternating chapters that are destined for collision. The moment…
Susan Meissner
January 31, 2019
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Secrets of the Caribbean Revealed

Until the Day I Die (Lake Union Publishing) is one of those unique books that straddles multiple genres with equal brilliance to all sides. It is women’s fiction in its exploration of character development and growth, the intimacy Emily Carpenter builds between her characters and her readers. It is suspense…
Orly Konig
March 21, 2019
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Tall Poppy Review: Shedding Weight and Tears

People argue over who said "Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle," whether it was Plato or Philo or John Watson or whoever. But Cathy Lamb's touching Such a Pretty Face (Kensington) is the novel that philosophy perfectly embodies. It invites us to think about how what we…
Hank Phillippi Ryan
April 18, 2019
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Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…
Sandra Block
July 26, 2018
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Tall Poppy Review: Loyalties Shift in “Garden of Lies”

In 1943, as the prologue of Garden of Lies (Open Road Media) opens, a young woman named Sylvie succumbs to her first stirrings of true passion—with the handyman, Nikos, instead of her rich, older husband. She soon discovers she’s pregnant. Sylvie prays that the baby is her husband’s, but when the…
Kathryn Craft
December 13, 2018
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Love, Heartbreak and Samosas

Romance comes in many forms: sweet and light, steamy and fun, dark and suspenseful, magical and mysterious—and that doesn’t even scratch the surface. Sonali Dev’s second novel, The Bollywood Bride (Kensington Publishing), continues her trademark blend of heartbreaking backstories, electrifying romance and Indian culture. “They were surrounded by people, seemingly…
Amy Reichert
February 21, 2019