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Tommy Orange's 'Wandering Stars' is a powerful follow up to 'There There'
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Book Review: ‘Wandering Stars,’ by Tommy Orange
“Wandering Stars” considers the fallout of colonization and the forced assimilation of Native Americans.
Dishy-yet-earnest, 'Cocktails' revisits the making of 'Virginia Woolf'
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Book Review: ‘Headshot,’ by Rita Bullwinkel
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Book Review: ‘The Achilles Trap,’ by Steve Coll
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‘All in Her Head’: A Doctor Reckons With Sexism in Women’s Health Care
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Book Review: ‘A Woman of Pleasure,’ by Kiyoko Murata
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‘Water for Elephants’ Brings the Circus to Broadway
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Book Review: ‘Blue Lard,’ by Vladimir Sorokin
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Book Review: ‘American Woman,’ by Katie Rogers
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Book Review: ‘The American Daughters,’ by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
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Book Review: ‘Burn Book,’ by Kara Swisher
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Confronting What It Means to Be Black in America Through Faith and Art
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Two Sun-Splashed Novels
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Three New Psychological Thrillers
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Book Review: ‘The Darkest White,’ by Eric Blehm
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Book Review: ‘The Washington Book,’ by Carlos Lozada
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Book Review: ‘In Ascension,’ by Martin MacInnes
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These Silent Woods
UnCovered Review by Debbie Brahmi, ACLS Pleasantville Branch
Do not judge this book by its cover! Kimi Cunningham Grant’s THESE SILENT WOODS is not your run-of-the-mill psychological thriller. This is a tale of a father’s love for his daughter that will tug at your heartstrings and leave a lump in your throat.
In this very emotional story Cooper and his young daughter Finch have been living under the radar in an isolated cabin in the woods with no electricity for the past eight years, ever since she was just a baby, but Finch is starting to ask too many questions that Cooper is not willing to answer. No one knows where they are, except for Scotland, a mysterious neighbor, and Jake, a trusted friend who delivers food and supplies to the cabin once a year.
When Jake fails to show up as planned, Cooper must venture outside his comfort zone and drive to the nearest Walmart (with Finch hiding under a blanket) and purchase what they will need to survive for another year. A close encounter with a police officer leaves Cooper a bit shaken, but things really start to fall apart when a stranger is spotted wandering around near the cabin, a young woman, and Finch becomes obsessed with meeting her.
Cooper is not ready to leave the cabin and risk losing his daughter, maybe forever, but Finch, unaware of Cooper’s past sins, is giving him no choice.
What’s a father to do?
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