Tag: contemporary fiction book reviews
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Truscott Jones delivers a potent reimagined historical past of america in Return to Dixie, echoing and exploring the stark divides that also sunder America at this time. On this startling imaginative and prescient of the previous and current, Lincoln was assassinated earlier than his inauguration, the Civil Conflict by no means occurred, and the Confederacy…
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A vulnerably advised story of three soulmates making their manner in a world removed from dwelling, The right way to Break a Woman: No matter doesn’t break you makes you write a novel about it by Amanda Sung is a putting and unique novel in regards to the stability between assimilation and identification. Three Asian-Canadian…
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A stirring portrait of the immigrant custom in America and the burdens of reminiscence that may bury us, MIJO: We Bend, Not Break by Francisco Castillo is an absorbing story of resilience and reinvention. Capturing the intergenerational trauma and trajectories of 1 fearless Mexican-American household, the story depicts the varied journeys of Joaquín, his son…
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A dramatic work of latest fiction set in opposition to the seductive and sinister streets of Las Vegas, A Woman Like You by John T. Lucas follows two previous mates, James and Erik, as they try to flee for a weekend, however as an alternative discover themselves adrift in a sea of harmful choices. Erik’s…
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The loyalty of muscle and the power of household are put to the take a look at in Hollywood Shadows by Frank C. Senia, an emotive first-person drama concerning the strains we refuse to cross. Rising up with a brutal father and an overwhelmed mom, Billy and his twin brother Rickey sprang from tough soil,…