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Book review: ‘Faith’ by Jennifer Haigh

In a wave of scandal levied against the Catholic Church in 2002, Father Arthur Breen, a devoted priest in Boston, Mass., has just been accused of the unthinkable: molesting a young, broken-spirited child. When news of Art’s alleged abuse reaches … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘History Of A Pleasure Seeker’ by Richard Mason

Twenty-four-year-old Piet Barol is handsome, seductive, manipulative — and poor. After his mother’s death, Piet uses her many lessons and attempts to elevate him beyond his meager circumstances to seek wealth and employment far from his sad, boring past. In … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘French Lessons’ by Ellen Sussman

Three French tutors meet with pupils one day in Paris, and the lessons and experiences they share — some isolating; some intimate — come to define them in unexpected ways. Ellen Sussman’s French Lessons was . . . fine. Have … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Camp Nine’ by Vivienne Schiffer

In tiny Rook, Arkansas, Chess Morton lives with her beautiful and bold mother on a strip of land owned and run by the powerful Morton family. With Chess’ father dead and her mother struggling to maintain a foothold on reality, … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Untold Story’ by Monica Ali

Maybe Princess Diana didn’t die. Here’s a little something to rock your mind: you know Diana, beloved and ill-fated figure, mother of the future king of England and charitable woman extraordinaire? In Monica Ali’s imaginative novel Untold Story, her fate … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Forgetting English’ by Midge Raymond

In a collection of short stories shuffling between many narrators, places and time periods, Midge Raymond’s Forgetting English offers readers vignettes with a common theme: every story involves a stranger in a strange land. Some are suffering identity crises. Others … Continue reading

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