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What do readers say about Pachinko?
big sprawling generational stories clear and sympathetic epic historical novel koreans emigrating to japan"There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones."
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the... More details on Pachinko
At the turn of the century, an aging fisherman and his wife decided to take in lodgers for extra money. Both were born and raised in the fishing village of Yeongdo—a five-mile-wide islet beside the po...
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What do readers say about The Pillars of the Earth?
medieval historical saga long and very detailed rewarding and satisfying multiple points of view#1 New York Times Bestseller
Oprah's Book Club Selection
The "extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece" (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal career-and begins where its prequel, The Evening and the Morning, ended.... More details on The Pillars of the Earth
The walls were already three feet high and rising fast. The two masons Tom had engaged were working steadily in the sunshine, their trowels going scrape, slap and then tap, tap while their laborer swe...
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What do readers say about Assassin's Apprentice?
clear and inviting traditional, old-fashioned fantasy first person narration straightforward and simple"Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb's books are diamonds in a sea of zircons."-George R. R. Martin
Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. H... More details on Assassin's Apprentice
A history of the Six Duchies is of necessity a history of its ruling family, the Farseers. A complete telling would reach back beyond the founding of the First Duchy, and if such names were remembered...
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What do readers say about The Red Tent?
menstruating women are secluded women being fertile/infertile flowery and embarrassing slightly archaic styleHer name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the tra... More details on The Red Tent
THEIR STORIES BEGAN with the day that my father appeared. Rachel came running into camp, knees flying, bellowing like a calf separated from its mother. But before anyone could scold her for acting lik...
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What do readers say about The Brothers K?
character-driven historical fiction beautifully and cleverly written baseball. family. vietnam. religion epic family sagaA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer... More details on The Brothers K
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What do readers say about Cutting for Stone?
love, death and reality exciting and dramatic separation and family love beautifully observed detailsA sweeping, emotionally riveting novel with over one million copies sold-an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful India... More details on Cutting for Stone
THOMAS STONE HAD a reputation at Missing for being outwardly quiet but intense and even mysterious, though Dr. Ghosh, the hospital's internal medicine specialist and jack-of-all-trades, disputed that ...
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What do readers say about The Mists of Avalon?
strong female characters entertaining and educational the arthurian legends a long bookThe magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne.
"A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement."-The New York Times Book Review
In my time I have been called many things: sister, lover, priestess, wise-woman, queen. Now in truth I have come to be wise-woman, and a time may come when these things may need to be known. But in so...
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What do readers say about Only Time Will Tell?
epic family saga slick, clear, smooth one of a trio a family sagaOnly Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer
The first novel in the Clifton Chronicles, an ambitious new series that tells the story of a family across generations and oceans, from heartbreak to triumph, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Arche... More details on Only Time Will Tell
Whenever I questioned my mother about his death, she didn’t say any more than that he’d served with the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment and had been killed fighting on the Western Front only days befor...
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What do readers say about Freedom?
epic family saga stream of consciousness voice not one single character old school literary novel#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Winner of the John Gardner Fiction Award
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist ... More details on Freedom
If Patty weren’t an atheist, she would thank the good Lord for school athletic programs, because they basically saved her life and gave her a chance to realize herself as a person. She is especially g...
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What do readers say about The Good Earth?
pre-revolution agricultural china stilted and choppy pulitzer prize-winning classic pre-revolutionary chinese lifeTravel to 1920s China, a time when the last emperor still ruled and the sweeping changes of the twentieth century were distant rumblings, with this timeless, evocative classic tale of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his family as they struggle to sur... More details on The Good Earth
IT WAS WANG LUNG’S marriage day. At first, opening his eyes in the blackness of the curtains about his bed, he could not think why the dawn seemed different from any other. The house was still except ...
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