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Newsletter #157

October 9, 2017

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

by Kapka Kassabova

TRUE

"Once near a border, it is impossible not to be involved, not to want to exorcise or transgress something." The border Kassabova is drawn to is the territory where Turkey, Greece, and her native Bulga... (Tom)

Cover of I Love You More Than the Smell of Swamp Gas

I Love You More Than the Smell of Swamp Gas

by Kevan Atteberry

Phinney Kids by Post #22

This is the month for monsters, and you'll find few more appealing ones than the father and child in this rhyming tale. The rhythms and the rhymes are note-perfect for reading aloud, and the monstrous... (Tom)

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Wise Children

by Angela Carter

MADE-UP Phinney by Post #34

Laura, who read this book long before I did, has always described it as a burst of confetti, and I still can't think of a better way to sum it up. Fans (like me) of Carter's biting and spectacularly i... (Tom)

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