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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Stan HyndsIn 2008, my favorite short story collection was Tobias Wolff's, Our Story Begins. The frontrunner for 2009 is the stunning new collection by Wells Tower. This amazing debut aced the first paragraph test like nothing I have read in a long time. Caught off guard to hear myself laughing out loud, I immediately started reading out loud to my wife.
Tower delights with his startling use of language but the character... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Stan HyndsRobert Olmstead's Coal Black Horse was a bookseller favorite for a good reason. It is a feat of grand storytelling. It is a Civil War road novel focusing on a young man's journey to find his father who is a soldier in the war. A harrowing sometimes gruesome novel, it appeals to fans of Civil War fiction, equine lit and coming-of-age stories alike.
Olmstead's new novel surpasses its predecessor in t... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Stan HyndsMaster storyteller Gautreaux returns to a familiar time and place--just after World War I, Louisiana--for another riveting tale that is loaded with intrigue, fascinating characters, a cinematic setting and a multi-textured clashing of cultures. All this is delivered in his perfectly descriptive prose. A missing child leads Sam Simoneaux on a search up and down the Mississippi River on a paddle wheel excursion b... read more>>>
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Stan Hynds
 "Momma crossed her arms over her apron bib and worked the small of her back against the edge of the doorframe. Daddy drew a Tareyton out of the pack in his shirtpocket and looked straight at me and talked straight at Momma and said, “Madness.” “
-from the opening chapter of a book I love called A Short History of a Small Place by, T. R. Pearson.
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