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FICTION
Released: July 11, 2011
Kirkus Star THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER
by Jojo Moyes
"A nicely judged sense of period and the author's full-blooded commitment lend heartfelt emotion to simple characters in a tour de force of its kind."
A prize-winning, cross-generational love story of missed connections and delayed gratification hits a seam of pure romantic gold. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 19, 2011
Kirkus Star THE INVERTED FOREST
by John Dalton
"Dealing carefully with controversial material, this is a fully populated, humane yet largely unsentimental narrative of lingering impact."
An odd, absorbing follow-up to an award-winning debut distinguishes crucial degrees of humanity and affliction among the community at a Missouri summer camp where a convergence of staff and campers leads to tragedy. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 26, 2011
Kirkus Star NORTHWEST CORNER
by John Burnham Schwartz
"Stark and deeply effecting."
In this sequel, 12 years have passed since the fatal hit-and-run at the center of Schwartz's Reservation Road (1998), and the focus turns from the father of the victim to the perpetrator of that crime and his long-estranged, now-grown son. Read full book review >