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FORGOTTEN COUNTRY, by Catherine Chung

June 14, 2012

AN EMIGRE FAMILY RETURNS to South Korea from the US at a time of medical crisis. Luminous and deeply moving.

Grade: A MINUS

FORGOTTEN COUNTRY
Riverhead Books
2012

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HUSH MONEY, by Chuck Greaves

June 8, 2012

SAVVY, WITTY MYSTERY centers on death and insurance fraud among rich, horsey Californians. Good neo-noir fun!

Grade: A MINUS

HUSH MONEY
St. Martin's Press
2012

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MYCOPHILIA by Eugenia Bone

May 29, 2012

THE FASCINATING WORLD of mushrooms and other fungi, explored in this chatty, readable book. Lots of fun! A MINUS

MYCOPHILIA
Rodale Books
2011

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THE REVISIONISTS, by Thomas Mullen

May 19, 2012

SUBTLE, MIND-BENDING THRILLER compellingly mixes time travel, espionage, and digital revolutionaries. Wild!

Grade: A MINUS

THE REVISIONISTS
Little, Brown and Company
2011

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BEFORE THE POISON, by Peter Robinson

May 13, 2012

MARVELOUSLY CRAFTED NOVEL of an expatriate returning to England and being caught up in a 60-year-old murder.

Grade: A MINUS

BEFORE THE POISON
William Morrow
2012

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HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES, by Tim Powers

May 1, 2012

INTRICATE VICTORIAN TALE of horror finds ghosts and vampires haunting London’s literati. Chilling and poetic!

Grade: A MINUS

HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES
HarperCollins
2012

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RAGNAROK, by A. S. Byatt

April 25, 2012

POETIC, COMPELLING MEDITATION on the power of myth: a girl’s fascination with Norse legend during, after WWII.

Grade: A MINUS

RAGNAROK: THE END OF THE GODS
Grove
2012

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THE SNOW CHILD, by Eowyn Ivey

April 23, 2012

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL MAGIC-REALIST tale of 1920s Alaskan settlers and their wild, enigmatic foster daughter.

Grade: A MINUS

THE SNOW CHILD
Hachette/Reagan Arthur Books
2012

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THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY, by Margot Livesey

April 8, 2012

ENTHRALLING NOVEL TELLS the story of a 1950s Jane Eyre type, a brave and intellectually curious Scots orphan.

Grade: A MINUS

THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY
Harper
2012

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THE REEDUCATION OF CHERRY TRUONG, by Aimee Phan

March 24, 2012

THE GREAT VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN NOVEL may be this tale of a family fragmented by secrets as much as by diaspora.

Grade: A MINUS

THE REEDUCATION OF CHERRY TRUONG: A NOVEL
St. Martin's Press
2012

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