Stories By Julia Braun Kessler
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Fiction Reviews
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
November 30, 2023Such a pity Mary Ann Shaffer is not around to enjoy her celebrity! Shaffer died in...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia by Tim Tsouliadis
November 29, 2023Readers of faint heart beware when embarking upon this superb work of history. So many stories...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall
November 18, 2023By the end of that lecture, Roget had concluded that one of the causes of “the...
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Fiction Reviews
Murdering Miss Austen
November 12, 2023Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...
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Fiction Reviews
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
November 7, 2023Silvio’s tale proceeds to unravel the neighborhood secrets, as he uncovers them with a skill that...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The House That George Built by Wilfrid Sheed
November 3, 2023And in recreating social history, what a star-studded cast he lines up to perform for us!...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery of A Strange and Dangerous Life – by Tom Reiss
October 7, 2023Admirers of a haunting gem of a novel called, ALI & NINO, a work that seemed...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Naples Declared: A Walk Around The Bay by Benjamin Taylor
September 22, 2023Considering how “casual” the work is in its approach, you could, I suppose, call it a...
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Historical Fiction
All Whom I Have Loved by Aharon Appelfeld
April 10, 2023Aharon Appelfeld’s new novel, All Whom I Have Loved is indeed a riveting, if ominous tale,...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir by Rosamond Bernier
March 3, 2023Rosamond’s very early experiences with the great and famous were connected with her father’s love for...