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The Invisible Hour by Jamel Brinkly

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The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman This review originally appeared in the New York Review of Books. With a truly imaginative structure, Alice Hoffman delves into what has become her trademark theme of magic. The Invisible Hour asks a grand “What if?” Not so much the question…
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How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

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How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue This is a heartbreaking novel, portraying the destruction of a town and a way of life when an American oil company arrives to drill in an African country. This is a sweeping story that crosses oceans and lifetimes told from multiple points…
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Witness by Jamel Brinkly

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Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkly This review originally appeared in the New York Review of Books. A collection of ten short stories set in Brooklyn, NY, Witness: Stories is populated by characters navigating relationships with friends and family, both living and not. The…
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver For a person embarking on her own journey into farming, I was both inspired and shocked it took me so long to happen upon this book. There is so much about it to love. In the Kingsolver family’s pact to eat…
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson This novel's exploration of Ursula Todd's multiple lives might, at first, leave the reader wondering but for me it was like diving into a wonderful puzzle in which I was invited to figure out the patterns and rhythms for myself, to try to…
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The Planting

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On a day when the news is filled with stories of AI destroying humanity, planting lettuce is a good antidote. Farming, after all, is a grand gesture of hope. On my hands and knees in a field of lettuce, planting what will be in approximately 40 days, the foundation for somebody’s…
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Daughter of a Promise

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The Nine

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Eden: A Novel

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