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POLICE by Jo Nesbo
Book Quote: “He was asleep there behind the door. The guarded hospital room smelt of medicine and paint. The monitor beside him registered his heartbeats. Isabelle Skoyen, the Councillor for Social...
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SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward
Book Quote: “What China is doing is fighting, like she was born to do. Fight our shoes, fight other dogs, fight these puppies that are reaching for the outside, blind and wet. China’s sweating and the...
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BLUE ASYLUM by Kathy Hepinstall
Book Quote: “Iris Dunleavy?” asked Mary. “Is she the plantation wife? She dresses so well for a lunatic. She had the most colorful flounces on her skirt the other night.” Book Review: Review by Judi...
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A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by Dara Horn
Book Quote: “What happens to days that disappear? The light fades, the gates begin to close, and all that a day once held— a glance, a fight, a taste of bread, a handful of braided hair, thousands of...
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FALLING TO EARTH by Kate Southwood
Book Quote: “The children are frozen, too frightened to move closer to one of the women. The sound they heard while still in the house has advanced, roaring its way above them. There is a crash against...
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BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter
Book Quote: “After she disappeared inside the hotel, Pasquale entertained the unwieldy thought that he’d somehow summoned her, that after years of living in this place, after months of grief and...
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ORFEO by Richard Powers
Book Quote: “Five viral strands propagate, infecting the air with runaway joy. At three and a half minutes, a hand scoops Peter up and lifts him high above the blocked vantage of his days. He rises in...
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KINDER THAN SOLITUDE by Yiyun Li
Book Quote: “Perhaps there is a line in everyone’s life that, once crossed, imparts a certain truth that one has not been able to see before, transforming solitude from a choice into the only possible...
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THE BLAZING WORLD by Siri Hustvedt
Book Quote: “After she moved to Brooklyn, my mother collected strays — human strays, not animals. every time I went to visit her, there seemed to be another “assistant,” poet, drifter, or just plain...
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LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 by Francine Prose
Book Quote: “Dear parents, Last night I visited a club in Montparnasse where the men dress as women and the women as men. Papa would have loved it. And Mama’s face would have crinkled in that special...
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