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August 2023

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 2023.

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Ravage & Son

by Rebecca Foster

Jerome Charyn’s rollicking novel Ravage & Son tours the seedy underbelly of turn-of-the-century New York City. Between 1883 and 1913, the city’s Jewish quarter witnesses the reign and fall of Lionel Ravage, a hardware and... Read More

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Savage Bred

by Ali Ortiz

In Victoria McCombs’s high seas adventure novel "Savage Bred", betrayal and family sail hand-in-hand. As the third book of the Royal Rose Chronicles starts, Ontario, the pirate ship’s former first mate, has become captain; the... Read More

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The 5-Day Job Search

by Kristine Morris

"The 5-Day Job Search" is a career guide that draws on personal experience to deliver advice for succeeding in interviews and working toward professional success. Leading by example, Annie Margarita Yang’s career guide "The 5-Day Job... Read More

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Life at the Precipice

by Mari Carlson

A wounded man ingratiates himself to a community on the edge in the mythical novel "Life at the Precipice". In R. F. Vincent’s humane novel "Life at the Precipice", a navigator investigates a decimated Canadian hamlet. On the heels of... Read More

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Transister

by Kristine Morris

"Transister" is a powerful memoir about a mother’s stand for her daughter’s right to be her authentic self. Television anchor Kate Brookes’s unflinching memoir "Transister" is about raising a trans child in a transphobic world.... Read More

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Heavy Is the Head

by Matt Sutherland

Black women poets matter in ways that poets of other races and ethnicities can’t: “Black girl must write poetry so other black girls can relate.” That Black girl poetry readers matter … do you understand? This debut collection... Read More

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