Blogs in August 2016

The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army 12th August 2016

In 1932, a charismatic hobo led 20,000 jobless American WWI veterans into Washington, D.C., only to be driven out of the city with tanks and gas. The novel unfolds the events that led to this confrontation through the experiences...

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As Good As Gone 11th August 2016

Honest, warm, humane, and at times shocking, “As Good as Gone” is an achievement of empathy and dignity. Smith Henderson, author of “Fourth of July Creek”Calvin Sidey is always ready to run, and it doesn t take much to...

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The Nest 11th August 2016

A sharp and funny debut about a wonderfully dysfunctional New York family and the three grown-up siblings fighting to save the family money pot – the ‘nest’ – as their oldest brother threatens to lose it all. When Leo...

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The Cider House Rules 11th August 2016

‘The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud’s so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer’s intention to make St Cloud’s his home.’...

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The Oxford Project 11th August 2016

In 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every single resident of his town, Oxford, Iowa (pop. 676). He converted an abandoned storefront on Main Street into a makeshift studio and posted fliers inviting people to stop by....

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