Blogs in September 2020

In Hovering Flight 16th September 2020

At 34, Scarlet Kavanagh has the kind of homecoming no child wishes, a visit back to family and dear friends for the gentle passing of her mother, Addie, a famous bird artist and an even more infamous environmental activist....

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Let Me Wear Your Coat 16th September 2020

The academic curriculum is college prep and the student body hosts house parties every weekend, yet 14-year-old Neil Bricker can’t imagine a worse high school to attend than East Hill Regional. Shy and wholly disinterested in the opposite sex,...

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The Accursed 16th September 2020

An eerie, unforgettable story of power, loss, and family curses in early 20th-century Princeton. Princeton, New Jersey at the turn of the 20th century: soon-to-be commander-in-chief Woodrow Wilson is president of Princeton University. On a neighbouring farm, muck-raking novelist...

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A Boardwalk Story 16th September 2020

This first novel by J. Louis Yampolsky is a vivid coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of 1939 Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was the tenth year of the Great Depression, and, in Europe, war clouds were gathering. The...

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Election 16th September 2020

A brilliantly funny novel from the author of ‘The Abstinence Teacher’ and ‘Little Children’, made into an acclaimed film starring Reece Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. Tracy Flick wants to be president of Winwood High. She’s one of those ambitious...

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