The Lifeboat By Charlotte Rogan (Reagan Arthur Books, Hardcover, 9780316185905, April 2012, 288pp.) The Short of It: Strong start, weak finish. The Rest of It: After an explosion sinks the luxury liner she and her husband were on, Grace Winter finds herself floating across the Atlantic with thirty-eight other passengers in a lifeboat meant for [...]
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival By John Vaillant (Vintage, Paperback, 9780307389046, May 2011, 352pp.) The Short of It: A true account of a tiger with a grudge. The Rest of It: In December of 1997, Yuri Trush, the head of a tiger preservation team is called to the Boreal Forest to [...]
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Swamplandia! By Karen Russell (Vintage, Paperback, 9780307276681, July 2011, 416pp.) The Short of It: A departure from my normal reading. Entertaining and often sweet but in the end, not all that satisfying. The Rest of It: The Bigtrees run a theme park called Swamplandia! Located on a small island, just off the South Florida coast, [...]
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We Need To Talk About Kevin By Lionel Shriver (Harper Perennial, Paperback, 9780062119049, November 2011, 432pp.) The Short of It: If you are already a parent, this book will make you count your blessings but if you have yet to become one, beware…this book will scare the hell out of you and could quite possibly [...]
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