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Review: A Mentor And Her Muse, Women’s Fiction Questioning Social Norms 0
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- May 28, 2018
Taezha Riverton is a young girl who wants to become a writer. She lives in Flint, Michigan. She’s a bright girl, a talented young writer, and according to Maggie, an “intellectually curious” young girl. She lives with her mother and three sisters, although she questions whether Quintana is actually her mother. Taezha befriends Maggie Barnett,
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Review: A Mentor And Her Muse, A Complex Story With A Lolita Vibe 0
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- April 5, 2018
At first I thought this would be a modern-day ‘Lolita’ but I was wrong… Goodreads description Under the guise of mentor and muse, a frustrated writer and her ambitious teenage protégé take an illicit summer road trip fraught with racial and sexual tension. This is a compelling psychological novel about social norms, artistic ambition, and
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Review: A Mentor And Her Muse, Novel Follows Unpredictable Student-Teacher Relationship 0
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- February 9, 2018
The book’s narrative is exciting, enjoyable and well written, with each chapter, perspective and character voice distinctive from the others. I also appreciate the integration of the racial inequalities and prejudice present within society. For me, the most enjoyable part of the book was the dynamic between Maggie and Tae; it is at times close,
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Read An Excerpt From A Mentor And Her Muse 0
- EXCERPTS
- January 9, 2018
A Mentor and Her Muse by Susan Sage follows a frustrated writer and her ambitious teenage protégé on an illicit summer road trip fraught with tension. Here is an exclusive excerpt from the book: I wouldn’t classify what I did as a crime, rather as a sort of vigilante justice. Some, I’m sure, will believe
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Interview With Susan Sage, Author Of A Mentor And Her Muse 0
- INTERVIEWS
- July 14, 2017
Susan Sage talks with Book Glow about the writing of A Mentor and Her Muse. The novel is available from Open Books Direct. BG: Describe the book in one sentence. SS: A frustrated writer absconds with her teenage muse on a summer road trip. BG: What led you to write it? SS: I wanted to
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10 Novels About Female Friendships 0
- BOOK LISTS
- July 3, 2017
You and your best friend forever will want to place these 10 novels about female friendships on your to-be-read list. 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini “Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and
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