A Cracking Southern Mystery That Peters Out // Author: Susan Crandall // Rating: 2/5 Synopsis: From the national bestselling author of Whistling Past the Graveyard comes a moving coming-of-age tale set in the tumultuous sixties that harkens to both Ordinary Grace and The Secret Life of Bees. Tallulah James’s parents’ volatile relationship, erratic behavior, and hands-off approach to child rearing set tongues … Continue reading The Myth of Perpetual Summer Review
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Ex Libris Review
// Ex (Me Out of This Essay Anthology) Pleabris // Author: Anne Fadiman // Rating: 2/5 Synopsis: Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over … Continue reading Ex Libris Review
Picture Us in the Light Review
// Picture Us in a Better Book // Author: Kelly Loy Gilbert // Rating: 2/5 Synopsis: Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his … Continue reading Picture Us in the Light Review
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