Allure of Deceit
Suspense novels about charity, religion, literacy and women fleeing control
Thursday, September 28
Small town II
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Small towns are miserable places when they let the bullies take control. The bullies are unhappy and yearn for everyone to feel the same. ...
Monday, September 25
Small town I
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Seven people happen to be in Lindbergh’ s Pharmacy on the evening of June 24 in the small college town of Athens, Georgia, when a would-be...
Thursday, September 21
The ever-present past
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In Beyond That, The Sea by Laura Spence-Ash, Londoners Reg and Millie Thompson disagree but ultimately decide to protect their daughter at ...
Tuesday, September 12
Trust
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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang is a provocative examination of race relations and career ambitions in the publishing industry that lead to ruth...
Friday, September 1
Battles at home
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Only the Beautiful , by Susan Meissner, begins in 1938 with Roseanne Maras, a caretaker’s daughter at a Sonoma Valley vineyard who sees col...
Tuesday, August 8
Protection
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South Boston prepares for school busing in summer 1974, the setting for Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane. The neighborhood is poor, tight and...
Thursday, August 3
Resilience
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A child can develop resilience despite domestic violence, neglect and abandonment, poverty and inequality. In Hang the Moon by Jeannette Wa...
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