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Howard Cunnell writes in Fathers & Sons, “None of us have dads – not Johann or Steve or Ashley or me. None of us have dads and all of us are looking for something. Was […]
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BookBlast review of Peirene No. 23 The Orange Grove by Larry Tremblay: a novel which explores resilience, human relations and survival even in the face of the horror of war and ethnic and religious conflict. […]
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Meike Ziervogel writes, “As long as you can keep disorder at bay you have control. You can see clearly, you know what step to take next. Albert can’t stand chaos. He used to be able […]
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Book Blast review of L’Intranquille, A Restless Man, the autobiography of Gérard Garouste with Judith Perrignon. He is one of the greatest living contemporary French painters and a proponent of uncompromising portrayals of the human […]
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Lolita Vladimir Nabokov Explorations

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“Lolita was rejected by four American publishers in 1954; published in Paris by The Olympia Press, September 1955; banned by the French government, December 1956; found “not objectionable” by U. S. Customs, February 1957; back […]
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Heidi Perks excels at writing page-turners, unravelling the darker side of family secrets, mystery and intrigue. Abigail, a pretty, rebellious seventeen year old, gets home from school to find her family gone. Her toddler twin […]

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