Sentences with phrase «powerful novel»
An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them — from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg.
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Though I'd read other powerful novels by Morrison, I found myself overwhelmed by this tragic tale.
No One Ever Asked is Katie Ganshert's most powerful novel yet.
In Philida, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, André Brink — «one of South Africa's greatest novelists» (The Telegraph)-- gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination to survive and to be free.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North By Richard Flanagan Vintage • $ 15.95 • ISBN 9780804171472 Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2014, Flanagan's powerful novel tells the story of the WWII «bridge over the River Kwai» through the eyes of an Australian surgeon.
A spare yet powerful novel based on the stories of the author's mother, who escaped to the U.S. from Nazi Germany at age 12.
The title of this impressive and emotionally powerful novel is inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem «We Wear the Mask» (1896): «We wear the mask that grins and lies...»
When an Academy Award ® - winning filmmaker takes one of the world's most beloved musicals based on one of the most powerful novels ever written and casts it with cream - of - the - crop performers, including a former Oscar ® host, an Oscar ® - winning actor and two Oscar ® - nominated actresses, how could it fail come February?
This provocative, intensely powerful novel is a must - read for sci - fi fans and Civil War aficionados, though mainstream fiction readers will find it heart - rending and inspiring as well.
Powerful, powerful novel painted with shades of raw urgency that propelled me to read this in two days.
The Healing is a tremendously powerful novel and one of the best I have read in quite some time.
What an amazingly powerful novel about the fall of Jerusalem and Masada.
Rich with fiery conflict and culminating in a gut - wrenching climax, this is an unforgettably powerful novel from a passionate new voice in contemporary literature.
In Donoghue's psychologically powerful novel, it's 1859, and English nurse Lib Wright is trying to determine if Anna O'Donnell, an 11 - year - old girl in an Irish village, truly hasn't eaten for four months or if this «extraordinary wonder» is nothing more than a scam.
Pearsall's powerful novel of the Underground Railroad is a thrilling escape story, but it's also harsh and realistic — not only about the brutal effects of slavery but also about the hardship the runaways encountered on their journey to freedom.
Nicole Krauss has written a soaring, powerful novel about memory struggling to create a meaningful permanence in the face of inevitable loss.
With Close Case, Alafair Burke delivers her most suspenseful and powerful novel yet.
Technologies like self - pumping fluids could be possible and doctors might find they can understand, predict and maybe control the flow of cells — providing a powerful novel approach to medicine.
Inspired by Nigeria's folktales as well as its war, UNDER THE UDALA TREES is a powerful novel about a girl who is sent away to safety and falls in love with another displaced girl.
Fyodor Dostoevsky is often cited as one the greatest novelists who ever wrote about the problem of evil and this innovative short film is inspired by his powerful novel The Brothers Karamazov.
In a powerful novel that skillfully overlays its tragic love story with pointed social commentary, Rash effortlessly summons the rugged Appalachian landscape as well as the xenophobia of a country in the grip of patriotic fervor.
This powerful novel is more emotional than political, but as a story foreshadowing a very possible future, it will strike a chord with readers of fiction and nonfiction alike.»
It is the unlikely friendship of these brothers - in - arms that drives this powerful novel to its inexorable conclusion.
A powerful novel you won't soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.
The short story collection entitled Interpreter of Maladies is a powerful novel featuring characters caught between cultures, families and often ident
I was bleary - eyed from reading such a powerful novel so quickly, but I knew Room was a book we had to tell our readers about.
The ripple effects of a desperate act are felt through five generations of an Afghani family in this powerful novel.
- Allison Pearson, bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It, presenting the Lucy Cavendish Award «The Well is... a powerful novel for our anxious times, and an exciting debut.»
The devastating Somali Civil War is viewed through the eyes of three women in this powerful novel.
This powerful novel is flawlessly translated by Ann Goldstein.
Many readers gave it a thumbs up for an arresting plotline: This powerful novel by Nathan Filer tells nineteen - year - old Matthew Homes» harrowing story.
Mothers and Daughters is a powerful novel of women's secrets and strength.»
Death, the storyteller of this powerful novel, relates events in the life of Liesel, a young foster child who lives in a town in Nazi Germany.
«Azincourt», the name of the place where the battle happened and its name in England for some centuries afterwards, is an outstanding and powerful novel.
This is a powerful novel, one that has stuck in my mind since I finished reading it.
- The New York Times «The suspense of this powerful novel will keep the reader glued to the page long after bedtime.»
Have any Book Case readers had a chance to read this powerful novel?
The father - son relationship is at the heart of this powerful novel told in the immediate voice of 17 - year - old Neil Garvin who blames his abusive, hard - drinking father for driving Neil's mother away.
Someday by Carnegie Medal Award nominated author Corinna Turner is a powerful novel based on a horrifying real event: the kidnapping of 272 Nigerian schoolgirls on April 14th, 2014.
Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.
- Europe 1 (France) «A strong, powerful novel.»
, and Annan calls it «a powerful novel of acceptance, survival and love.»
Bolden's trenchant, powerful novel is a strong testament to the many lost lives that certainly did — and still do — matter.
As she did in her beloved smash bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction in a powerful novel that illuminates a little - known part of America's history.
A powerful novel about two twin sisters struggling to survive World War II, a debut about the love between a man and his dog, and a probing memoir about singleness and art — all surefire hits for your next book club!
Her powerful novel - in - verse, Like Water on Stone (2014), uses alternating voices to tell of three siblings» flight from these atrocities.
Personal secrets drive the plot and reveal the history in this powerful novel about two young women who get off a boat in a small southern Illinois town at the start of the Civil War.
Daughters of the Witching Hill is a powerful novel of intrigue and revelation.