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U Is For Undertow
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Sue Grafton
Joan Bregger
, January 17, 2010
Sue Grafton's smartly written Kinsey Millhone mystery, her 21st(!), is masterful. With deviations that resemble restauranteur Rosie's wiliness, the story traces the fallout of a young boy's fragmented memory of a possible child burial. A sidebar is further explication of the origin of Kinsey's prickly personality. This is the best Sue Grafton novel yet!
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Tale Of Love & Darkness
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Amos Oz
Joan Bregger
, September 05, 2009
Oz's autobiographical account of growing up in Israel in the 1940s and 1950s and experiencing the founding of the state is richly detailed. His highly educated family's Eastern European roots and the tension between his parents foretell his mother's suicide when Oz was 12. I was deeply moved.
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Last Chinese Chef
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Nicole Mones
Joan Bregger
, June 22, 2008
A third fabulous book about present-day China by Nicole Mones! A widowed American food magazine writer travels to Beijing to interview an outstanding chef, who is competing in a prestigious cooking contest. The writer also needs to learn if her husband has a secret child. Schools of Chinese cookery, historic culinary techniques, and actual dishes are mouth-wateringly described. And the chef's delicate dance with the writer is enhanced by passages from his grandfather's book, "The last Chinese chef." Wonderful!
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This Book Will Save Your Life
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A M Homes
Joan Bregger
, February 14, 2008
The outward spiral of the life of wealthy, neurotic Richard Novak begins when he sees a hole developing in his yard and feels that he is dying of "pain." As the hole enlarges, his small circle widens to include a weepy housewife, a movie star neighbor, the Indian proprietor of a doughnut shop, a reclusive author, and Richard's own estranged son. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and poignant at the same time. I loved it!
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Emperors Children
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Claire Messud
Joan Bregger
, May 31, 2007
Dense, but clear, prose describes the angst of three thirtyish New Yorkers--Marina, the dilletante daughter of a pundit; Danielle, a documentary film producer; and Julius, a caustic film reviewer. All are casting about for more meaning--or better living conditions--and further complications appear by way of journalist Ludo, Marina's father Murray, and Marina's young, confused cousin, Frederick.
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