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With his milky skin and sleepy eyes, Amedeo Modigliani was one of modern art’s fabled beauties. His life was box-office gold, a classic mortal tale of squalor and salvation. An artist-genius sinks under the weight of poverty, illness and addiction, dies at 35, leaving behind ruined lives – his distraught mistress kills herself and their [...]
Have you ever had a friendship that became important but never would have happened if you had said what you were thinking the first time you met the person? We first meet one of the central characters in Ellen Meeropol’s new novel, House Arrest, in just that situation. Emily, a 30-something woman who has always [...]
Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and after multiple miscarriages and infertility issues, it looks like her dream is about to come true — she is seven months pregnant. But a terrible turn of events leads to a nightmare — one that takes away the baby she has already fallen for; [...]
In the highly anticipated book, “Swamplandia!” by Karen Russell, the book begins with the death of Hilola Bigtree, the mother of the Bigtree family and star of the alligator wrestling show at the family-operated Swamplandia! Hilola’s death is not only an emotional tragedy for the family but an economic one as well; the Bigtrees are [...]
Many people talk about eating disorders, finding treatment and recovery, but most don’t speak about what happens next: life after recovery. Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders by Aimee Liu is one of the first books about eating disorders written by a survivor that connects more than 40 personal stories from men and [...]
If you’re looking for a book that will pack a whole lot of wisdom and advice on living a happier life in just over 100 pages, pick up “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. Using information he’s learned about his Mexican ancestors and their spirtual journey known as Dream of the Planet, which is [...]
Secrets of Eden Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel opens with the tragic story of a murder-suicide; an abusive husband murdered his wife and then killed himself in a small town in Vermont. Secrets of Eden follows the aftermath of this tragic event through the eyes of four people close to the incident: the pastor who knew [...]
The four central characters in Kevin Canty’s new novel, “Everything,” call Montana home, and though they love where and how they live, they all have reasons to want something else – lives other than the ones they’ve fashioned. And so they all make terrible, destructive but perhaps ultimately romantic decisions about love. Excerpt: ‘Everything’ (August [...]
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