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Shopgirl: A Novella
Steve Martin
Hyperion, 2001
The Power of Love
By penning a novella, Steve Martin allowed the true emotional roller-coaster of joy, sadness, the bitter truth and heartbreak of love to drive the story. Three people from such different backgrounds are each shown struggling and grasping for something - anything - which can come to their emotional ...
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The Corrections: A Novel
Jonathan Franzen
Picador, 2002
A Modern Classic
+ Well worth the investment in time
This is the first novel I have read by this author. From the very beginning, his style captured my interest via wit and insight that would seem so obvious that no one would have thought to put it in words before.
The theme of this novel isn't a "correction" but more akin to a loyalty found in ...
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Passing (Penguin Classics)
Nella Larsen
Penguin Classics, 2003
A view of the past
+ On time as expected (as usual).
+ Passing
+ Interesting subject matter
+ good price, good product
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
Plume, 1995
Courage versus Tyranny
+ A great read
+ a story every American needs to know
+ Excellent
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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Tom Robbins
Bantam, 2001
Imaginatively Incredible
+ THE BEST THAT ROBBINS GETS!!!
+ Share the Wealth
+ The Secret's in the Sauce.
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Best Sedaris collection!
+ Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke
+ David Sedaris does it again!
+ Not heartwarming... in a good way.
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Blindness (Harvest Book)
Jose Saramago
Harvest Books, 1999
Book In Perfect Condition With Prompt Delivery
+ the white sickness
+ Very strong and disturbing story
I was very satisfied with my purchase of this book because it was in perfect condition and it was delivered in a prompt manner.
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Waiting : A Novel
Ha Jin
Pantheon, 1999
Perfect Novel About the Chimera That Never Leaves You
+ simple story elegantly written
+ An enjoyable and memorable quick read
+ In love with the history
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The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
Sylvia Plath
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000
The most famous book you've never read
+ how did I miss this one??
+ Believe the Hype
+ "To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream."
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Child of My Heart: A Novel
Alice McDermott
Picador, 2003
A Spiritual Journey
+ Poignant
+ Incredibly Moving
Deeply effected by the terrorist attack to the Twin Towers of September 11th 2001 (the book was published in November 2002), it portraits the life of a teenager who refuses to accept the world the way it is. Theresa, the main character of Child of My Heart, reinvents it for the children she ...
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The Age of Innocence (Modern Library Classics)
Edith Wharton
Modern Library, 1999
Love, Loneliness and the Strictures of Society.
+ A masterpiece of emotion and obligation
+ The ambiguity of innocence
+ The Petty Lives of the Rich and Prudish - A Beauty!!!
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The Miracles of Santo Fico: A Novel
Dennis L. Smith
Grand Central Publishing, 2004
Che bella
+ The Miracles of santo Fico
+ The Miracles of Santo Fico - Absolute Delight
+ Wonderful story
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Perennial Classics)
Edward Abbey, Douglas Brinkley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000
Transgressional Fiction at it's Best.
+ Evergreen of Desert Lit
+ Where the hell do all these people come from?
+ fantastic
+ A Book to be Read Again and Again
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Flowers for Algernon: Student Edition
Daniel Keyes
Harvest Books, 2004
Flowers for You by Johanna Ramm
+ A moving story
+ For all the haters out there
+ For book clubs or teens
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Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders With America's Illegal Migrants
Ted Conover
Vintage, 1987
Read it!
+ Well written, unique "birds eye view"
+ A GOP must-read
+ Unique observations of life as an undocumented worker
+ Coyotes: a borderlands journey by a journalist & now professor
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