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Read the book before you watch the Nicole Kidman TV series ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’

FICTION: (Actually, she has bigger problems than money ...)
June 3, 2024
photo of author Rufi Thorpe

What can shipwrecks tell us? New book says: Pretty much everything.

NONFICTION: Writer and diver David Gibbins explored them for his unique take on world history.
April 11, 2024
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‘Hard by a Great Forest’ is a ‘spellbinding’ novel about a separated family

FICTION: The break-up of the Soviet Union parts them in this debut from Leo Vardiashvili.
January 25, 2024

A YouTube celebrity panics when her star/child disappears in novel 'Kids Run the Show'

FICTION: Questions of authenticity abound in tale of motherhood and online fame.
December 7, 2023

Frankie is pregnant and her best friend is marrying her dad in 'Very Inconvenient Scandal'

FICTION: "Deep End of the Ocean" writer Jacquelyn Mitchard returns with tons of family melodrama.
November 8, 2023

A mother and child desperately search for shelter after the Civil War in 'Night Watch'

FICTION: The chaos of war is reflected in the lives of Jayne Anne Phillips' memorable characters.
September 12, 2023

Review: A professor and hapless students visit London in 'The English Experience.' What could go wrong?

FICTION: University of Minnesota professor Julie Schumacher concludes her comic trilogy, set in academia.
August 8, 2023
Sarah Pierce

A YouTube celebrity panics when her star/child disappears in novel 'Kids Run the Show'

FICTION: Questions of authenticity abound in tale of motherhood and online fame.
December 7, 2023

Frankie is pregnant and her best friend is marrying her dad in 'Very Inconvenient Scandal'

FICTION: "Deep End of the Ocean" writer Jacquelyn Mitchard returns with tons of family melodrama.
November 8, 2023

A mother and child desperately search for shelter after the Civil War in 'Night Watch'

FICTION: The chaos of war is reflected in the lives of Jayne Anne Phillips' memorable characters.
September 12, 2023

Review: A professor and hapless students visit London in 'The English Experience.' What could go wrong?

FICTION: University of Minnesota professor Julie Schumacher concludes her comic trilogy, set in academia.
August 8, 2023
Sarah Pierce
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