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Erik Larson recommended News of the World: A Novel in Books (curated)

 
News of the World: A Novel
News of the World: A Novel
Paulette Jiles | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"This is a tiny book with a huge heart, about a man—Captain Kidd—who in 1870 is hired to transport a young girl across Texas and return her to her relatives, after she is released by the Kiowa, who had abducted her several years earlier during a raid on a white settlement. The girl at this point has little grasp of English, let alone the ways of the white world, and this makes for a narrative that is in turns funny, moving, and tense, as the two set off on a three-week journey fraught with deepening peril."

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Little Secrets in Books

Feb 7, 2021  
Little Secrets
Little Secrets
Jennifer Hillier | 2020
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7.5 (2 Ratings)
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A gripping thriller and considering it incorporates a lot of my usually least favorite themes (missing kid, unfaithful partners...) it speaks a lot to how good a writer Hillier is. that I bombed through this once I started it.

The lives of the rich and stylish often grate but I was fully in for celebrity hair stylish Marin's turbulent existence following the abduction of her young son.

This book went in unexpected directions and despite some eyebrow-raising coincidences kept me on board for the whole journey.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the copy.
  
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Laura Linney recommended The Iliad of Homer in Books (curated)

 
The Iliad of Homer
The Iliad of Homer
Richard Latimore | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"May I cheat and add "The Odyssey" and count them as one? I had an invaluable and inspiring high school teacher, Robert Cooley, who introduced me to both “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” during my senior year. It was my first experience with the power of drama and poetry combined. Little did I know that I would spend the rest of my life (especially professionally) searching for experiences that would be as satisfying. The fact that I fell in love for the first time with the guy sitting next to me didn’t hurt my journey through those books either."

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