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March 1, 2022 In Nonfiction

After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport

A comprehensive view of the Russian emigres, exiles from Imperial Russia and subsequently the Soviet Union. Intimate details of persons and outlines of the cultural and political outcomes engendered by the exodus at the turn of the 20^th century. Rich with information and meticulously researched, it is a work of great merit.

February 17, 2022 In Fiction

Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti

An autobiographical fiction with meaning for any reader, particularly if language and its meaning to humankind is of interest. Sometimes funny and warm, sometimes dark and disturbing, it’s a great work of literature.

February 14, 2022 In Fiction

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

As a young woman discovers dark secrets about her grandmother, a noted psychiatrist, she also plumbs the depths of the “monster within all of us”. A good scary story with a warm heart.

February 14, 2022 In Nonfiction

In the Margins by Elena Ferrante

A penetrating examination of the sources of creative writing and the methods and motives thereof. For all lovers of books, words and writing.