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My Pick Kennedy, William. Changó’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes. Viking. Oct. 2011. 304p. ISBN 9780670022977. $26.95. Here’s an unbeatable setup. Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow Kennedy, who...
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Bohjalian, Chris. The Sandcastle Girls. Doubleday. Jul. 2012. c.320p. ISBN 9780385534796. $25.95. F Repeatedly (and embarrassingly accurately) referred to here as The Slaughter You Know Next to...
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Bohjalian, Chris. The Sandcastle Girls. 9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Random Audio. 2012. ISBN 9780307917379. $35; 9 CDs. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Bohjalian offers a...
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O’Neill, Ryan. The Weight of a Human Heart: Stories. St. Martin’s. Jul. 2013. 240p. ISBN 9781250024992. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250025005. F In this debut collection, O’Neill shows large-heartedness and...
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Hainey, Michael. After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 8½ hrs. Tantor Audio. 2013. ISBN 9781452613017. $34.99; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital...
View ArticleQ&A: Chris Bohjalian & Grace Blewer
Authors and narrators often develop close relationships over the course of a project, but Chris Bohjalian and Grace Blewer, the narrator of his recent novel, Close Your Eyes,...
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Bohjalian, Chris. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8¼ hrs. Books on Tape. 2014. ISBN 9780307917485. $35; Playaway digital; digital download. F When a nuclear power plant in...
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Week ending December 2, 2016 Bohjalian, Chris. The Sleepwalker. Doubleday. Jan. 2017. 304p. ISBN 9780385538916. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780385538923. F Annalee Alhberg’s sleepwalking became apparent while...
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With spring in the air, there is no better time to dive into a fresh new read. New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman and her new novel Sunburn will have readers captivated with a...
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