Book Reviews
Literary Fiction
Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story
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May 17, 2013
Orbie is a nine-year-old whose father died in a tragic incident at the steel mill where he worked, an incident blamed on a black worker’s carelessness. Read On
Imperfect Pairings
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May 15, 2013
The mystery, beauty and complexities of culture, family and love are revealed through the relationship between a seemingly mismatched American woman and an Italian man. Read On
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May 10, 2013
Roy Pellerin knows the worst that man does to those who are different, suffering in a solitary confinement cell the size of a grave. This may be the worst of his life’s circumstances, but he was cursed from birth with a severe skin condition, ichthyosis, which even his father thought was a gator’s curse. Read On
Girls Love Travis Walker
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May 09, 2013
Travis Walker in finishing up with his senior year of high School – again, and running into some problems. Read On
Bridge Ices Before Road
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Apr 23, 2013
A coming of age story set in the 1970s, replete with family dysfunction, and, ultimately, personal redemption of a sort. Read On
The Glister Journals: Bronze
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Allison is starting high school in a new home and a new town, having moved from Los Angeles to the Sierra Nevada foothills. Read On
Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge
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Apr 22, 2013
As executrix of her father’s estate, Avie Williams Cole must return to her childhood home to settle his affairs. Her lawyer husband is too busy to accompany her, so she makes the journey accompanied by her adolescent son, Joseph, who is struggling with asthma. Read On
Leave of Absence
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Apr 17, 2013
Two mental patients, one suicidally depressed and the other schizophrenic, form a friendship that changes both their lives. Read On
The Castilian Suite
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Apr 16, 2013
The Castilian Suite is a detailed and intimate biography of a man’s growth from a rather spoiled and entitled youth to a disillusioned but dedicated middle age. Read On
The Suburban Abyss
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THE SUBURBAN ABYSS takes a glimpse into a suburban neighborhood where a nearby construction of a hospital is making the neighbors mad – or perhaps they already were a bit crazy before the construction even began. Read On
