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Review of Kingsolver's "The Lacuna"

When New York Times critic Liesl Schillinger reviewed Barbara Kingsolver’s book “The Lacuna” on Nov. 5, 2009, her opening paragraph brought chills just as the description of the event in Kingsolver’s book did. “A skinny young boy holds his breath and dives into the mouth of an underwater cave — a lacuna — swimming toward pale [...]

Anne Lindbergh's Gift From the Sea Still Relevant Today

  Only those of us who are a “certain age” probably recall air pioneers Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. In my growing up years, however, both of them were household words. My dad worked in the aircraft industry and the kidnapping and subsequent murder of their first child in 1932 was a piece of history every [...]

Rental Collection Has Jodi Picoult's New Book "Handle With Care"

  I have read every book Jodi Picoult has written and each time I am amazed by her ability to draw the reader into the story. Two other favorite fiction writers are Alice Hoffman and Anita Shreve. They write about relationships and love, marriage, family, and the problems associated with every day life. Of course, [...]