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New Novel Tells Story of Love, Fate and Freedom in Medieval Times
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Wendy A. Wilson tells a moving story where absolute rule is power, where love is blinded by contract and freedom to choose is non-existent Springfield, IL (PRWEB) May 20, 2012 A romantic novel set in Medieval England takes readers back in time in which ...

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'Abdication': A ho-hum novel of Wallis and Edward
USA TODAY
By Maria Puente, USA TODAY It can be a tricky negotiation to set a novel inside real and relatively recent historic events about which contemporary people still have strong feelings. When the real event involves British royals, long unwilling to let ...



Novel's polluted lake based on real Chinese problem
STLtoday.com
Qiu Xiaolong's seventh mystery is set in a city close to Shanghai, where the author grew up before moving to St. Louis in 1988. Qui's Inspector Chen, a figure of moral rectitude among corrupt communist leaders, vacations in Wuxi in "Don't Cry, ...



Poetic novel proves the power of small publishers
Victoria Times Colonist
By Colin Holt, Times Colonist May 20, 2012 7:24 AM By Arleen Paré Caitlin Press, 162pp., $18.95 Arleen Paré's Leaving Now is a lyrical novel dealing with the many emotions a mother faces when making a decision to leave her family.

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'Taliban Cricket Club' is a novel with a twist
Columbia Daily Tribune
By NAHAL TOOSI AP "The Taliban Cricket Club" (Ecco) by Timeri N. Murari: Writing a novel about Afghanistan can be a difficult, unenviable undertaking. Ideally, the result will be well-informed, nuanced, stylishly written, surprising and free of clichés ...

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Strong debut novel depicts life in a Shaker community
Bend Bulletin
By Oline H. Cogdill / Sun Sentinel (Florida) During the mid-19th century, the Shakers were the largest and most successful utopian group in existence, with tight-knit communities scattered throughout the Northeast and in Kentucky.

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WWII novel '22 Britannia Road' paints complex characters
Auburn Citizen
With Memorial Day next week and June 6 the anniversary of D-Day, this month's Book Report reviews Amanda Hodgkinson's World War II novel “22 Britannia Road.” We meet Silvana and her 7-year-old son, Aurek, getting off a ship in England in 1946.



Exclusive: Actor James Woods Will Direct AM Homes Novel
Forbes
The novel concerns a dusfunctional suburban family and is just right for Woods's sardonic sense of humor. Woods was in for the big all star screening of Sergio Leone's restored classic “Once Upon A Time in America,” for which Gucci underwrote a huge ...

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'The Lower River,' a Novel by Paul Theroux
New York Times
The central character in Paul Theroux's latest novel, “The Lower River,” is an American named Ellis Hock who decides to return to Africa after an absence of almost 40 years. Life in his own country has become tiresome and frustrating, but there's a ...
Review: Surprising misstep for Paul Theroux in 'The Lower River'Los Angeles Times

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Louisville author Kirby Gann sets his 'Ghosting' novel in Kentucky
The Courier-Journal
Ask Kirby Gann, the author of the recently published novel “Ghosting,” which carries rave blurbs by writers like Donald Ray Pollock and John Burnham Schwartz, authors known for their tales of Southern grit and outlandish violence.


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