A promising debut novel from first time author Pamela Duncan, Moon Women traces the deep complexities of relationships within families. The book asks: "How much do we owe each other?" "Do we owe each other the truth or perhaps is it sometimes necessary to withhold the truth to protect the ones we love?"Moon Women centers… Continue reading Well-crafted emotion
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Legal background saves mediocre plot
With a plot that could have been taken from any popular television drama, Incriminating Evidence is an entertaining legal thriller digging into the world of dirty politics and the seedy underbelly of city life. With 17 years as a practicing lawyer lending him credibility, Sheldon Siegel draws together a believable characters and gritty story line… Continue reading Legal background saves mediocre plot
Road map keeps you right on course
As the title would suggest, Ron David’s Toni Morrison Explained: A Reader’s Road Map to the Novels takes readers on a thorough literary journey, albeit with a few bumps and twists along the way. In this non-fiction work, David undertakes the heady task of walking "very naïve readers and experts alike" through each of Morrison’s… Continue reading Road map keeps you right on course
Doors to experience
Do not expect a fast read when you sit down to Dionne Brand’s A Map to the Door of No Return. Instead, readers will find an intelligent, and at times controversial, novel. Although sometimes quite humorous, Brand shirks light-hearted humor in favor of a sharp-edged wit poking fun at the conventions, perceptions and the people… Continue reading Doors to experience