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Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey - Book Review

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ISBN: 9781559363709
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Published: Theatre Communications Group - July 20th, 2010

Her son's "a little shit", her husband's "boring", and her daughter, "though a genius, is a freak" - and Diana herself is mentally ill. Addressing a serious topic through the zanieness of a musical, Next to Normal won both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize for its portrayal of the frequently hidden stories of families coping and trying to be normal in the face of something seriously crazy. ~ Reviewed by Katelynne Shimkus


Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen - Book Review

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ISBN: 9780061125614
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Published: Ecco - May 29th, 2007

I opened this book at random once, and promptly was so engrossed that I forgot my other friends in the store. It's also the first book I ever bought at Northshire. The pinnacle of over 50 years in lyrics and poems, Cohen's verse is arresting, succinct, and extraordinary. ~ Reviewed by Katelynne Shimkus


East of Eden by John Steinbeck - Book Review

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ISBN: 9780142004234
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Published: Penguin Books - June 18th, 2003

Forget the Steinbeck you were forced to read in high school. This is a family epic for every age and stage of life. Steinbeck himself said, "I think everything else I have written has been, in a sense, practice for this." A story of ordinary souls grappling with what preceded them and how to mold their futures, and the weight of God's expectations behind the mystery of the word "timshel". ~ Reviewed by Katelynne Shimkus


Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie - Book Review

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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights: A Novel By Salman Rushdie Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780812988208
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - July 12th, 2016

How will the future look back on the present? What will it take for man to become a purely rational race? In a tale of the thousand-and-one nights, Rusdie explore the dark jinni of our current age. ~ Reviewed by Katelynne Shimkus


Atonement by Ian McEwan - Book Review

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ISBN: 9780385721790
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Published: Anchor - February 25th, 2003

Atonement is a novel that still makes me think about it in awe, years after I finished it. McEwan is a patient writer of stunning prose, and delivers the most powerful and understated narrative blow in the history of literature - in one sentence. Read it, and reel from the impact. ~ Reviewed by Katelynne Shimkus


The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel - Book Review

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ISBN: 9780812987034
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Published: Random House - November 29th, 2016

What Life of Pi, is to trauma, The High Mountains of Portual is for grief. Martel encounters this daunting emotion with patience and his characteristic surprising ingenuity. ~ Reviewed by Katelynne Shimkus


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