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Linda Chavez Doyle
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White Mexican: A Novel (1)
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Silence, Please
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2016
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My Doormat Days: A Novel
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2014
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The Will of Sonia Sanz: A Novel
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My older brother, who is an accomplished historian and writer, has decided to write a memoir in his retirement. Jokingly, or not so jokingly, I asked him to leave me out of it. I realize that would be difficult for him to do since we grew up together and lived off and on in the same house until I was in my late twenties. I’ll probably make some kind of appearance in his memoir. I can only hope tha
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| The author’s latest novel can be taken as a study of the harsh realities that women, people of color, and gay people had to endure in Hollywood of the 1950s. It can also be taken as a study of how society objectifies beautiful women. Or, it can be st ...more | |
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| Told by two narrators, The Berry Pickers is the story of two siblings who are separated as toddlers, when the little girl, Ruthie, disappears just after her brother Joe leaves her alone. Ruthie, who is indigenous, is raised by a white and previously ...more | |
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| I was intrigued by a TV interview I watched the author give about this book, so I decided to read it. The beginning moves rapidly as Larson introduces the major characters and describes the increasing southern anger that will ultimately lead to war. ...more | |
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I had no desire to read Hamnet when I first heard of it. Shakespeare gets married, they have kids, one dies, he writes "Hamlet". Nope, not interested. Then several of my friends wrote amazing reviews and reeled me in. I was sti" Read more of this review » |
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| I almost gave up on this novel not even fifty pages into it. I was confused by the shifts in time and the many characters. I stuck with it because it was a book club choice, and eventually I finished it. Though beautifully written, the descriptive pa ...more | |
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| This is a YA book. I found it interesting and liked the well-drawn characters. The story is a slow read, though. I kept waiting for a climactic moment to happen, but when it does, well, it doesn’t exactly deliver the wow I expected. | |
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| I liked this book enough to consider reading more in the series, but only because the main character is entertaining, not because the mystery is intriguing. Some of the other characters weren’t detailed enough for me to try and guess whodunit. | |
