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'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
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Tag Archives: The STorm at the Door
25 best book jackets of 2011
Perhaps you can’t judge a book by its cover, but don’t you just love a great book jacket? One that seems to pop off the shelf? It can make all the difference when browsing through a bookstore, for a book … Continue reading
Posted in best of 2011
Tagged 1Q84, A Jane Austen Education, Bella Pollen, book covers, book jackets, Bossypants, Carsten Jensen, Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Emily Alone, Erin Morgenstern, Fiction Ruined My Family, Francisco Goldman, Haley Tannen, Haruki Murakami, Helen Oyeyemi, Jean Thompson, Jeanne Darst, Jonathan Evison, Karen Russell, Kevin Wilson, Meg Wolitzer, Mr. Fox, My New American Life, Patrick deWitt, Pigeon English, Rebecca Makkai, Robert Rodi, Samuel Park, Seven Seasons in Siena, STefan Merrill Block, Stephen Kelman, Stewart O'Nan, Swamplandia!, The Borrower, The Family Fang, The Night Circus, The Sisters Brothers, The STorm at the Door, The Summer of the Bear, The Uncoupling, The Year We Left Home, This Burns My Heart, Tina Fey, Vaclav & Lena, We the Drowned, West of Here, William Deresiewicz
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‘The Storm at the Door’ on shelves + interview
The Storm at the Door, the second book by author Stefan Merrill Block and one of our 20 most anticipated books for summer, is now on shelves! Our reviewer describes it as even better than his first book, The Story … Continue reading
Posted in author interviews, fiction, Reviews
Tagged author interview, book review, BookPage, STefan Merrill Block, The STorm at the Door
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20 most anticipated books for summer
Back in February, we posted our most anticipated books for 2011. About half of the books have already come out by now, but there’s a lot more to look forward to. Today, we’re sharing BookPage’s 20 most anticipated books for summer. … Continue reading
Posted in best of 2011, fiction, nonfiction, Top Pick
Tagged Alexandra Fuller, Amy Waldman, Ann Patchett, Bobbie Ann Mason, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Bright's Passage, Chevy Stevens, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, Deborah Lawrenson, Eleanor Henderson, Glen Duncan, Iron House, J. Courtney Sullivan, Jenny Wingfield, John Hart, Josh Ritter, Kate Christensen, Lev Grossman, Maine, Marcus Sakey, Melanie Benjamin, Molly Birnbaum, Most anticipated books for summer, Never Knowing, Once Upon a River, Season to Taste, State of Wonder, STefan Merrill Block, Ten Thousand Saints, The Astral, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, The Girl in the Blue Beret, The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, The Lantern, The Last Werewolf, The Magician King, The STorm at the Door, The Submission, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes
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