Read An Excerpt From Lunch Tales: Suellen By Lucille Guarino
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- May 1, 2025
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Read An Excerpt From Heaven And Other Zip Codes By Mathieu Cailler0
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- October 16, 2020
Heaven and Other Zip Codes by Mathieu Cailler follows the complicated relationships between a lonely, thirty-something-year-old mother Searcy, her awkward preadolescent son Theo, cheating husband and disingenuous stepfather Hoit, and young, painter-turned-tutor Emerson. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the contemporary novel. September Searcy waited in the foyer. It was ten minutes before Mr. Toffler
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Read An Excerpt From Undaunted Optimist By Chris Rodell0
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- October 5, 2020
“Rodell writes about America the way Sinatra sings about New York, unflinching about the gritty realities, but with abiding affection and relentless positivity about the future.”—Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. Below is an excerpt from Undaunted Optimist: Essays on Life, Laughter and Cheerful Perseverance by Chris Rodell. Preface I remember the 1993 day I became a
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Read An Excerpt From The Sugar Maple Grove By John E. Espy0
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- July 3, 2020
The Sugar Maple Grove by John E. Espy is an epic Southern Gothic about race, poverty, religion, and barbarism, and those brave enough to dare to see a different society. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the novel. Part One Van Lear, Kentucky Chapter 1 And then, there was Flem. Flem Lemaster’d had three brothers,
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Read An Excerpt From Pretty Chrysanthemum And Other Stories By Nancy Lane0
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- June 3, 2020
The sixteen contemporary and historical stories in Pretty Chrysanthemum and Other Stories by Nancy Lane remind readers how family is at the core of human experience and how relationships, especially those between parent and child, rely on the power of love to overcome challenges. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the short story collection. The
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Read An Excerpt From Mr. Wizard0
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- April 10, 2020
Two brothers. One mother. One big question. Mr. Wizard features a DNA mystery, strong women, Irish golf, Jewish guilt, and the world’s driest Alzheimer’s joke. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the novel. Prologue Jenny Jenny Elliot insisted she had to get her hair done; Robert Stack was coming to pick her up in his Bel
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Read An Excerpt From The Ice Palace Waltz0
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- February 5, 2020
In The Ice Palace Waltz by Barbara L. Baer, two Jewish immigrant families—the rough and ready Western pioneers and the smooth, “our crowd” New Yorkers—come together in a riveting family saga amid the financial and social tumult of early twentieth century America. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the novel. One Leadville, Colorado 1889 In
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