Sandra M. Brown of Minnetonka writes:
Reader recommendations
January 17, 2015 at 8:00PM
I just finished an amazingly beautiful first novel by Darragh McKeon. The book, "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air," tells the story of the demise of the Soviet Union in conjunction with the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Although the story is sad, the telling is poetic prose.
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LOCAL FICTION: Featuring stories within stories, she’ll discuss the book at Talking Volumes on Tuesday.