Modern American Fiction
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Madeleine L'Engle followed up A Wrinkle in Time with the more complex book, A Wind in the Door. more...
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Lorna Landvik's fifth novel Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons is a tour of upper-middleclass life as a housewife during 1968 to 1998. more...
Book Review of The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd's first novel The Secret Life of Bees is a novel full of memorable characters and fascinating facts. more...
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
Before Tracy Chevalier's popular novel "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" came her first novel "The Virgin Blue." more...
Review: The Other Side of the Sun
L'Engle writes about finding where you belong in this novel about a young British girl who moves to the Deep South to live with her fiancé's family. more...
Review of The Veritas Conflict
The Bible tells us who wins the spiritual war for the mankind but individual battles continue. Shaunti Feldhahn's novel is a compelling story that imagines that battle. more...
A collection of four discussion questions to be used by book clubs when discussing Martin's novel. more...
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A Gift For William Styron Admirers
By: Douglas Nordfors
The celebrated American writer William Styron's posthumous collection of short works, The Suicide Run, is hugely relevant today, as well as a must read for Styron fans. more...
Once a Runner, By John L. Parker, Jr.
By: Mike Perricone
A former track star offers a novel with unique insights into the over-the edge mind and body experiences of exhaustive training and the peak experience of the race. more...
Don't Sell the Short Story Short
By: Cresta McGowan
Modern authors like Stephen King paved their way to status with the short story. It continues to be a powerful voice in literature. more...
By: Douglas Nordfors
James W. Fuerst's novel Huge, his first, is largely well done, but suffers under an albeit unfair comparison with J.D. Salinger's iconic The Catcher in the Rye. more...
The Time Traveler's Wife -- Audrey Niffenegger
In her first novel, author and artist Audrey Niffenegger writes a story about a love that has to, by necessity, transcend time. more...
The Return of Barbara Kingsolver
By: Alicia Zadrozny
The nine-year gap is over--Barbara Kingsolver has published another novel. The Lacuna was published on Nov. 3 by HarperCollins. more...
By: Eva Gordon
The beautiful wife of a politician, is overcome with ennui and takes off in various directions to try and find her missing spirit. more...
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