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The World That We Are

by Meg Nola

Andrew Furman’s wondrous novel "The World That We Are" connects young Henry David Thoreau with a contemporary college professor. In 1837, twenty-year-old Thoreau resigns from his position as a schoolteacher after his superiors insist... Read More

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Carnaval Fever

by Meg Nola

A percipient girl narrates her tumultuous life experiences in "Carnaval Fever", Yuliana Ortiz Ruano’s lyrical, pulsing novel. In the 1990s, in Ecuador’s Afro-Ecuadorian neighborhood of Esmeraldas, Ainhoa lives at her grandmother’s... Read More

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Simone in Pieces

by Meg Nola

Janet Burroway’s prismatic historical novel "Simone in Pieces" follows a Belgian World War II refugee from her traumatic relocation to England to her later life in the United States. In 1940, nine-year-old Simone boards a “trawler”... Read More

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Silent Cauldron

by Meg Nola

Nineteenth-century gender restrictions are portrayed with focused eloquence in the startling historical novel "Silent Cauldron". In E. B. Moore’s disquieting historical novel "Silent Cauldron", a Quaker girl disguises herself as a boy... Read More

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The Table of Life

by Meg Nola

The inspirational memoir "The Table of Life" is about comfort food and a search for personal empowerment and authenticity. Motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and advocate Tommi A. Vincent’s heartfelt self-help guide "The Table of... Read More

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An American Nurse in Paris

by Meg Nola

The human beings affected by World War I are centered in the moving historical novel "An American Nurse in Paris". In John F. Andrews’s affecting historical novel "An American Nurse in Paris", a journalist becomes a Red Cross army... Read More

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