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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Madonnas Of Leningrad
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Debra Dean
Eugene reader
, August 20, 2012
Marina is a young woman in Leningrad, Russia during the war in 1941. She works as a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum. But as the German army's seige begins museum staff members move the art pieces to the basement and other safe places, while many of them live (or barely live) in this hidden lower level of the Hermitage. Marina is devoted to the artworks and sharing her knowledge with others. Now, however, Marina is an elderly woman living in America and the illness of Alzheimer's has a grip on her. I felt as if I were a part of her life and family as the reader travels with her between her past and her muddled interpretation of the present. Her years in the museum remain a strong part of her memory as we experience her latter years. Debra Dean has a true gift.
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Russian Winter
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Daphne Kalotay
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, August 05, 2012
Kalotay takes the reader from Russian life under Stalin to contemporary Boston, through the life of the main character, young Bolshoi ballet dancer Nina Revskaya who lives her latter years re-discovering truths about her past. Nina's jewelry collection, which she puts up for auction, sets off memories of dance, love, and betrayal during her years in Russia. Other characters are a Boston professor, Grigori Solodin, and an auction house associate, Drew Brooks. Grigori's compelling search for his past challenges his expectations about the role of love in his life. Drew's persistence in working with the jewels leads her to also find unexpected turns in her life. There is a sense of intrigue and mystery interwoven with satisfying character development. The exploration of Soviet life, the world of dance/art, and Kalotay's transfer between the past and the present create an informative, emotional read.
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Greasewood Creek
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Pamela Steele
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, August 04, 2012
Greasewood Creek reads like poetry. Pamela Steele's first novel takes the reader to life on the land in Eastern Oregon. Avery, the main character, faces losses in her life; we feel her emotions as she evolves. The other characters also become a part of Avery's development - her alcoholic mother, the ranch hand who becomes her father figure, his daughter, and Davis, Avery's partner. Steele creates hope and acceptance in circumstances that might bring others down. From the book: "At Celilo, the water is smooth as a drumhead, except for the place where three ducks drag the skin of the river toward the shore. Downriver, near the bridge, hammers of light strike the water, breaking it into shards."
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