Posted on August 2, 2010 by Ti
Labor Day By Joyce Maynard Harper Perennial August 2010 272 pp The Short of It: This is a story about love, loss and the struggle to find yourself. It’s proof that in this great big world, it is possible to find happiness and a place to call home. The Rest of It: Henry is thirteen-years-old [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2010 by Ti
Legend of a Suicide By David Vann Harper Perennial March 2010 272pp Here’s the blurb from the publisher: In Legend of a Suicide, his heartbreaking semi-autobiographical debut story-collection, David Vann relates the story of a young man trying to come to terms with the guilt and pain of his father’s suicide. The wild outback of [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2010 by Ti
Let the Great World Spin By Colum McCann Random House December 2009 400pp Here’s the blurb from the publisher: Corrigan, a radical young Irish monk, struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gather in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2010 by Ti
If You Follow Me By Malena Watrous HarperCollins Publishers March 2010 384pp Here’s the blurb from the publisher: Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father’s suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by Ti
The Weight of Heaven By Thrity Umrigar HarperCollins Publishers April 2009 384pp Here’s the blurb from the publisher: When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. [...]
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