Kristy Kiernan
Content by Kristy Kiernan
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The short stories in New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner award finalist Ron Rash's new collection, Burning Bright, flow so seamlessly into each other that the reader is tem
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In the opening pages of Darling Jim, the American debut from Danish writer Christian Moerk, three women are found horribly murdered in a house in Dublin, Ireland, and local police
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PEN/Faulkner nominee and O. Henry Prize winner Ron Rash has produced a riveting, epic tale of greed, blood lust and revenge in Serena, his fourth novel.
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Masha Hamilton's compelling third novel, The Camel Bookmobile, leaves no room for doubt: Books are essential.
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A polished and refreshingly unsentimental debut, Shari Goldhagen's Family and Other Accidents follows the fragile relationship of brothers Jack and Connor Reed over a 25-year period.
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JoeAnn Hart takes on the New England social set in her clever debut novel, Addled.
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Howard Bahr, author of the critically acclaimed novels The Black Flower and The Year of Jubilo, offers another remarkable Civil War tale.
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We book lovers have things in common, and Margaret Lea, the heroine of Diane Setterfield's heralded debut novel, is one of us.
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Nostalgia can be dangerous.
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In 1903, the wilds of Montana and Alberta, Canada, and the frozen peaks of the Rockies challenged the most adventurous and experienced explorers.
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Listen up, y'all: Katie Crouch might be new on the literary block, but don't let the pristine white gown fool you - this is one wise, witty, heartbreaking debutante.
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Virginia Woolf may have overshadowed her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell, in popular cultural history, but Vanessa was a talented artist, wife, lover and mother in her own right.
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Margaret Lazarus Dean's debut, a coming-of-age tale set against NASA's space program in the '80s, is a finely written, carefully plotted and well-executed effort.
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Julia Glass, winner of the National Book Award for Three Junes, is back with an achingly personal tale of sisters, I See You Everywhere.
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At first glance, Min Jin Lee's debut epic could be mistaken for an Amy Tan-inspired Asian American tries to balance two worlds family drama.
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Class and politics, lust and art, ego and madness—all are grand themes in literature, and all play a part in Russell Banks' new novel, The Reserve, set in the Adirondacks in the 19
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It is impossible to review Emma Darwin's novel, The Mathematics of Love, without mentioning that she is the great-great-granddaughter of the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin. But Ms.
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