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Category Archives: Algonquin Books
Review: The Remedy for Love by Bill Roorbach
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (October 14, 2014) ISBN: 9781616203313 Source: Personal copy When Eric, a small town lawyer in Maine, hears a prediction for a “storm of the century,” he closes his office early and heads to the grocery … Continue reading
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Review: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (April 1, 2014) ISBN-10: 1616203218 Source: Publisher A.J. Fikry is…to put it gently, a curmudgeon. After his wife passes away, he discovers his life isn’t as he planned. The small independent bookstore the couple owned … Continue reading
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Review: The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books; 1 edition (October 23, 2012) ISBN-10: 1616201320 Source: Publisher Claire Roth is a struggling young artist, making ends meet by reproducing famous works of art for an online art retailer. Desperate to get out of her occupational rut, … Continue reading
Review: The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
Hardcover:288 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (August 28, 2012) ISBN-10: 1616200391 Source: Publisher At thirty-nine, Benjamin Benjamin has nothing. He lost his wife and his children after a horrible tragedy. Desperate for a job, he enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals … Continue reading
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Review: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (May 24, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565129903 Source: Publisher Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon are both teen girls, growing up in 1980s Atlanta. They are also half-sisters, both daughters of a bigamist, James Witherspoon. Only Dana and … Continue reading
Review: Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (January 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565126319 Source: Publisher One foggy night, two women both running from unhappy marriages, are quite literally brought together when their cars collide. April, mother of Sam, a severely asthmatic boy, … Continue reading
