Allure of Deceit
Suspense novels about charity, religion, literacy and women fleeing control
Saturday, January 29
The purpose of children
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Scarlett Chen, impregnated by her employer, is sent to a secret home in California, with the goal of obtaining US citizenship for the infant...
Tuesday, January 18
Peril
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Democrats and Republicans battle for the soul of the nation, a sentiment expressed by Joe Biden in a 2017 essay for The Atlantic. Astoundin...
Saturday, January 15
Rescue
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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Port-au-Prince in January 2010, a place already so desperately poor, prompting survivors to scramble to r...
Tuesday, December 28
Pointing out the obvious
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Society often ostracizes its most extraordinary children. Bewilderment by Richard Powers is set in the near future in a bleak world of irr...
Monday, November 29
Imagination
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Double Blind starts strong, but character and plot development struggle by the novel's end. Still, Edward St. Aubyn masterfully explore...
Monday, November 15
Freedom
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A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin tells the story of an accomplished singer who angers the Chinese Communist Party and relocates to the United St...
Thursday, October 28
Self-deception
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The novel Where the Truth Lies from British author Anna Bailey demonstrates how a community or individual can use religion as a weapon to...
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