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THE END OF THE POINT, by Elizabeth Graver

April 17, 2013

ARTFUL HISTORICAL SETS a family’s Massachusetts summer home as the centerpoint for change and connection.

Grade: B PLUS

THE END OF THE POINT
Harper
2013

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EAT THE CITY, by Robin Shulman

April 16, 2013

COMPLETELY FASCINATING HISTORY of farming, production of food and drink in New York City past and present.

Grade: B PLUS

EAT THE CITY: A TALE OF THE FISHERS, FORAGERS, BUTCHERS, FARMERS, POULTRY MINDERS, SUGAR REFINERS, CANE CUTTERS, BEEKEEPERS, WINEMAKERS, AND BREWERS WHO BUILT NEW YORK
Crown
2012

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A MAP OF TULSA, by Benjamin Lytal

April 15, 2013

A LOVE LETTER TO the city of Tulsa in the shape of an elegaic coming-of-age novel, complete with romance.

Grade: B PLUS

A MAP OF TULSA
Penguin
2013

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BIRD OF PARADISE by Raquel Cepeda

April 13, 2013

DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history and Latina identity in charming memoir. B PLUS

BIRD OF PARADISE
Atria Books
2013

Grade: B PLUS

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BIRD OF PARADISE, by Raquel Cepeda

April 12, 2013

DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history, her Latina identity in charming memoir.

Grade: B PLUS

BIRD OF PARADISE: HOW I BECAME LATINA
Simon and Schuster/Atria
2013

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ACCESS ALL AREAS, by Sara Wheeler

April 10, 2013

ELOQUENT, SLY, INSIGHTFUL travel writing from England’s great Sara Wheeler in a decades-spanning collection.

Grade: B PLUS

ACCESS ALL AREAS: SELECTED WRITINGS, 1990-2011
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/North Point Press
2013

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AN ENLARGED HEART, by Cynthia Zarin

April 7, 2013

WITH A POET’S GRACE of language and her keenly observant eye, this New York memoir stands out from the crowd.

Grade: B PLUS

AN ENLARGED HEART: A PERSONAL HISTORY
Knopf Doubleday
2013

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OUR MAN IN IRAQ, by Robert Perisic

April 6, 2013

SHARP, FUNNY CROATIAN novel contrasts everyday chaos in Zagreb with a reporter’s unhinged notes from Iraq.

Grade: B PLUS

OUR MAN IN IRAQ
Black Balloon
2013

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LOVESTAR, by Andri Snaer Magnuson

April 5, 2013

QUIRKY SF SATIRE of a future world where everyone is always connected, and life, love, death are monetized.

Grade: B PLUS

LOVESTAR
Seven Stories Press
2012

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THE BLUE BOOK, by A. L. Kennedy

April 4, 2013

CON ARTISTS, FAUX-PSYCHICS, ex-lovers still enmeshed: startling, poetic novel captures two vivid characters.

Grade: B PLUS

THE BLUE BOOK
Houghton Mifflin/New Harvest
2013

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