Pomegranate Soup Review - Literary Fiction
Pomegranate Soup is the story of 'new beginnings'; of planting seeds, letting the roots take hold and rejoicing in what blooms. Sometimes it isn't all that was expected and sometimes it's even better. The year is 1986 and the Aminpour sisters, ... [... more]
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I, Richard, Audio Book Review - Literary Fiction
Elizabeth George is best known for her psychological crime novels. She has 15 books published. This is her first short story collection. Three of the five stories were previously published elsewhere. An introduction before each story informs the ... [... more]
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1949 A Novel of the Irish Free State Review - Literary ...
When Ursula returns to the farm she informs her family she is going away to school in Switzerland, thanks to Ella's kind gift. Ned forbids it but she reminds him she is only his foster child and that she will do as she pleases, a path she follows ... [... more]
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A Girl Like Che Guevara Review - Literary Fiction
In Havana, Cuba during 1982 high school students were required to put in time in the Tobacco fields as part of their learning and as service to the communist regime. A Girl Like Che Guevara follows the life of Lourdes Torres from her sixteenth ... [... more]
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The Mercy of Thin Air Review - Literary Fiction
Amy Richmond and Scott Duncan buy an antique bookcase, from the Washington's, for their home in Baton Rouge; along with it comes a little book on "Family Limitations" and the ghost of Raziela Nolan or Razi as she was known to her friends. Yes, [... more]
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The Opening Line - Literary Fiction
Novels, on average, have about 300 pages. At 250 words a page that would make a 75,000 word novel. Regardless of the abundance of words, it's the first few pages that determine a reader's interest in a story and whether they will continue to ... [... more]
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The Bell Review - Literary Fiction
Iris Murdoch's The Bell is her fourth of twenty-six published novels. It was released in 1958 but takes place in England in the late forties. This is my second Murdoch novel and I found it flows and is much more vivid in detail than her first ... [... more]
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Literal Latte Literary Magazine - Literary Fiction
The paper version of the Literal Latte debuted back in June 1994 in the literary mecca of New York City. They printed their last print publication in July 2003 but have continued the online entity they started November 1996 ever since. The ... [... more]
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Lost in Austen Review - Literary Fiction
This past weekend I had the opportunity to participate in an Austen Fest (a lot of Austen movie viewing). One of the items on the list was a television mini-series written by Guy Andrews and airing on the Women's Network. Lost in Austen is the ... [... more]
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The Awakening Review - Literary Fiction
This novella by Kate Chopin was first published in 1899. It "aroused a storm of controversy for its then-unprecedented treatment of female independence and sexuality, and for its unromantic portrayal of marriage". It takes place in New Orleans . [... more]
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The Last Storyteller Review - Literary Fiction
Taite Abbot is pregnant. Her long time boyfriend, Sam Wellington, has accepted a medical fellowship at the Institute of Neurological Research in Boston. Taite embarrassed by her upbringing, dreadlocks, tattoos and piercings has decided she isn't ... [... more]
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Under the Net Review - Literary Fiction
James Donaghue (Jake) is a struggling British writer and book translator living in London with a girl named Magdalen (Madge), a typist and model. She kicks him out in an attempt to get him to commit. In the mean time she hooks up with a book ... [... more]
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