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The Only Story: A novel by Julian Barnes

The Only Story: A novel by Julian Barnes

by Philip Rafferty | Dec 7, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

Julian Barnes short new novel, The Only Story, is reminiscent of his previous Man Book Prize winning novel The Sense of Ending in that it is a novel in which an older man looks back on his life. In the case of this book the narrator, Paul, is recalling the story of a...
Phantom Adolescence by Michele Asseo

Phantom Adolescence by Michele Asseo

by Eric Stalker | Oct 31, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Sponsored

A traumatic loss can drive people to try and find some way to escape from their pain. After her brother’s death, Jeannie abandons her torn innocence with sex and drugs to dull her loss. Her father walks away from his family, unable to face the reality laid bare in...
Froelich’s Ladder by Jamie Duclos-Yourdon

Froelich’s Ladder by Jamie Duclos-Yourdon

by Alexis M. Woodcock | Oct 31, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, NW Setting

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Forest Avenue Press Formats: Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound[/alert] Froelich has been living up his impossibly tall ladder for as long as his nephews can remember, outright refusing...
The Pack by Thomas Ritman

The Pack by Thomas Ritman

by MJ Barber-Isaac | Aug 17, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Sponsored, Young Adult

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Thomas A. Ritman Formats: eBook, Kindle Purchase: Amazon | iBooks[/alert] The Pack, by Thomas Ritman, is a solid coming of age tale set during World War II with a heaping serving of sex and murder, a side of love...
Bitter is the Wind by Jim McDermott

Bitter is the Wind by Jim McDermott

by Norman West | Aug 10, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Sponsored

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Cune Formats: Hardcover, Kindle Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound[/alert] Bitter is the Wind is a generational coming-of-age story about a boy and his dad living in a rural area of New York State. George Johnson senior...
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