FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Family may be unstable and downright unbalanced, but in this witty, assured, surprising novel, family still has to accept you--mistakes and all."
Some families tangle and unravel, while others knit together, hiding every flaw. Claudia Silver, unfortunately, has grown up in the unraveling kind.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Despite excessive length and some overly ornate period language, this unusual, seductive period tale of love and transformation creates its own memorable world."
In a notably ambitious British debut, an 18th-century English dairymaid leaves home to enter a world of secrecy, survival and forbidden love.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Delijani falls back on her family's personal experience to write this searing and somber slice-of-life novel, centered around children whose parents were singled out for persecution by the Iranian government, and scores a win with her grittiness and uncompromising realism."
Iran-born Delijani pens a horrifying picture of life in her home country in this sad yet compelling first novel.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Ending with a teaser for the next novel featuring Inspector Salgado, this book gets the series off to a great start."
When a teenage boy in Barcelona falls from a window to his death, whether he slipped or was pushed is but one of the gripping questions facing Inspector Héctor Salgado in this penetrating, atmospheric mystery.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"An up-all-night thriller for freaks and geeks who want to see their wizards all grown up in the real world and armed to the teeth in a bloody story."
Modern-day sorcerers fight a war of words in this intensely analytical yet bombastic thriller.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"As the male character's path to redemption leaves his body increasingly ravaged, Bell's book becomes an unflinching portrait of the struggle to keep a family intact."
A folkloric, allegorical tale of modern marriage, complete with shape-shifting, secret passageways and trials by fire.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Poignant and heartbreaking, eloquent and frightening, impeccably rendered, it's a fable that reminds us how our lives are shaped by childhood experiences, what we gain from them and the price we pay."
From one of the great masters of modern speculative fiction: Gaiman's first novel for adults since
Anansi Boys (2005).
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"An installment enhanced by Lee's smooth, competent writing."
This third volume in the Books of Mortals series, a collaboration between Christian writer Dekker and his partner, Lee, continues the tale of an alternative universe with an allegorical flavor.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Despite some appetizing menu items, pretty standard fare."
Two old friends, troubled by present crises and past mistakes, reunite on an island off the coast of Maine.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"The best of these stories create an atmosphere of whimsy and menace."
This collection of short fiction interrogates the conventions of storytelling and obliterates the norms of psychological realism.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Delicate handling of deep themes--loss, missed connections, meaninglessness--gives the novel an emotional charge greater than its low-key particulars and pacing."
A French journalist and a Portuguese photographer find they have some uncomfortable things in common in this latest from Le Tellier (
Enough About Love, 2011, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"The fifth in the series (Breaking Silence, 2011, etc.) continues to provide details on the Amish way of life along with a fast-paced mystery that will leave readers stunned."
