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?The Hanging Garden,? by Patrick White
In the eyes of Patrick White?s two refugee children, most Australians are horrible and very few are kind.
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?Between My Father and the King,? by Janet Frame
Janet Frame was saved from undergoing a lobotomy when a book of her stories won a local literary prize.
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Maria Semple: By the Book
The author of ?Where?d You Go, Bernadette? calls Franzen her ?big daddy? ? ?My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that?s grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged.?
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?Flora,? by Gail Godwin
Gail Godwin?s novel is populated almost exclusively by orphans of various stripes.
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?You Are One of Them,? by Elliott Holt
Amid entanglements between Russia and young Americans, a first novel explores the sense of betrayal in the loss of family and friends.
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Crime: Walter Mosley?s ?Little Green,? and More
Walter Mosley is never better than when he?s got a juicy cut of history to chew on ? this time the late ?60s.
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?Hollywood and Hitler,? by Thomas Doherty
The movie industry ignored the growing German menace.
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?The Guns at Last Light,? by Rick Atkinson
The final volume of Rick Atkinson?s trilogy shows that the road to Berlin was far from smooth.
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?Forty-One False Starts,? by Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm?s penetrating profiles are case studies in defeated amour-propre.
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?Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir,? by Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox tells her story of being charged with murder in Italy.
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