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Quick Take: The Fortunate Ones by Ellen Umansky

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

One very special work of art—a Chaim Soutine painting—will connect the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in this enthralling and transp...

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A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I am fascinated by the art and lives of the Wyeth clan, so I figured A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline would be an interesting read. And it was but ...

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Everything is Its Own Reward by Paul Madonna

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I was enthralled by this interesting blend of drawing and text from the start and finished it that day and promptly handed it over to my artist wife for her tur...

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Defining Civilization: How Democracy Inspired the West

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

If you are like me you probably feel that watching election coverage probably killed a few brain cells. So I am offering a way for you to cleanse your palate an...

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The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It touches all of the senses. It has texture and depth and lyricism that engages your hands, eyes and ears. It is a book you can enjoy all by yourself; just g...

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Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Any time the story is focused on the details of the heist it stumbles, when it is focused on Grace and the battle between what she knows she should do and what ...

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