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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
Kirkus Star CITY OF WOMEN
by David R. Gillham
"World War II Germany may be familiar ground, but Gillham's novel—vividly cinematic yet subtle and full of moral ambiguity, not to mention riveting characters—is as impossible to put down as it is to forget."
In his debut about 1943 Berlin, Gillham uses elements common to the many previous movies and books about World War II—from vicious Nazis to black marketeers to Jewish children hiding in attics to beautiful blond German women hiding their sexuality inside drab coats—yet manages to make the story fresh. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
Kirkus Star THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
by M.L. Stedman
"A polished, cleverly constructed and very precisely calculated first novel."
The miraculous arrival of a child in the life of a barren couple delivers profound love but also the seeds of destruction. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
DREAM LAKE
by Lisa Kleypas
"A little magic, a lot of romance and well-drawn characters make a satisfying read."
The amnesiac ghost of a World War II pilot could be just what Alex Nolan needs. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
THE EXCEPTIONS
by David Cristofano
"Unique premise, empathetic characters, believable villains, all beautifully played out as a tale of the limits of love and loyalty."
In Cristofano's (The Girl She Used to Be, 2009) latest, an all-American suburban family stumbles upon Mafioso justice in New York City's Little Italy. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2012
THE AGE OF DESIRE
by Jennie Fields
"One doesn't have to be an Edith Wharton fan to luxuriate in the Wharton-esque plotting and prose Fields so elegantly conjures."
Joining the burgeoning genre of novels concerning famous people's unknown subordinates, Fields (The Middle Ages, 2003, etc.) offers a fictionalized account of Edith Wharton's troubled love life in large part through the eyes of her former governess and lifelong secretary, Anna Bahlmann. Read full book review >