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THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND, by Alexander Söderberg

May 31, 2013

TENSE SWEDISH THRILLER follows an intrepid nurse through a deadly web of international intrigue. Breathtaking.

Grade: B PLUS

THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND
Crown
2013

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF US, by Aria Beth Sloss

May 30, 2013

TWO YOUNG WOMEN weather the changes of the 1960s in different ways.  A complex, deft portrait of friendship!

Grade: B PLUS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF US
Henry Holt and Company
2013

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THE MORELS, by Christopher Hacker

May 29, 2013

THE POWER OF ART, both to heal and to hurt, takes center stage in this fascinating, brutally frank novel.

Grade: A MINUS

THE MORELS
Soho Press
2013

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VOW, by Wendy Plump

May 28, 2013

A WRITER’S STARTLINGLY CANDID memoir of her marriage and its ending, of her infidelities and her husband’s.

Grade: B PLUS

VOW: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE (AND OTHER AFFAIRS)
Bloomsbury
2013

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OLEANDER GIRL by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

May 27, 2013

A YOUNG INDIAN WOMAN searches the US for the father she’s never met. Delicate novel sings with love’s power. B PLUS

OLEANDER GIRL: A NOVEL
Simon & Schuster
2013

Grade: B PLUS

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THE TINKERERS by Alec Foege

May 26, 2013

IN PRAISE OF TINKERING, and the mechanical and intellectual innovations that drive social change. Persuasive! SOLID B

THE TINKERERS
Basic Books (AZ)
2013

Grade: SOLID B

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SEARCHING FOR ZION by Emily Raboteau

May 25, 2013

SEEKING A “PROMISED LAND” in Israel, Africa, and the US South, a writer looks compellingly at race and faith. B PLUS

SEARCHING FOR ZION: THE QUEST FOR HOME IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2013

Grade: B PLUS

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SEARCHING FOR ZION, by Emily Raboteau

May 24, 2013

SEEKING A “PROMISED LAND” in Israel, Africa, and the US South, a writer looks compellingly at race and faith.

Grade: B PLUS

SEARCHING FOR ZION: THE QUEST FOR HOME IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Grove/Atlantic
2013

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EVERYTHING IS PERFECT WHEN YOU’RE A LIAR, by Kelly Oxford

May 23, 2013

SCREENWRITER AND TWITTER CELEB Kelly Oxford shares wacky stories of her wild youth, snarky mommying.  SOLID B

Grade: SOLID B

EVERYTHING IS PERFECT WHEN YOU'RE A LIAR
HarperCollins/It Books
2013

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LITTLE GREEN, by Walter Mosley

May 22, 2013

SLEUTH EASY RAWLINS’S near death in a brutal crash adds a metaphysical perspective to this intricate LA noir.

Grade: B PLUS

LITTLE GREEN: AN EASY RAWLINS MYSTERY
Doubleday
2013

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