ODD CHILD OUTWritten by Gilly Macmillan and Reviewed by B. Lynn GoodwinISBN #: 978-0062697837William Morrow Complex Manipulation The teenage years get harder with each passing generation. In her latest novel Macmillan cuts to universal truths affecting two teenage boys and their families. Who is right? Maybe everyone. Maybe no one. Subtle meets unspeakable
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BLEAK HARBORWritten by Bryan Gruley and Reviewed by B. Lynn GoodwinISBN-13: 978-1503904682Thomas & Mercer Manipulation Creates Mayhem Excessive manipulation? Kidnapping? Disappearance combined with threats? What lengths will a person go to in order to extort money? And why? The motives will surprise you in Bryan Gruley newest book, Bleak Harbor. When 16-year-old
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Hooked On Books – Volume 21 Number 4
THE WEIGHT OF AN INFINITE SKYWritten by Carrie La Seur and reviewed by B. Lynn GoodwinISBN-13: 978-0062323477William Morrow Overseeing Reality and Drama Carrie La Seur’s third novel, The Weight of an Infinite Sky, is filled with beauty, sorrow, tradition, land encroachment, intimidation, guilt and all kinds of human resistance and drama. It’s laden with
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Flash – Volume 19 Number 3
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reading the Scintillating Starts you submitted was an eye-opening experience. I had trouble knowing whether many of them were memoir or fiction. That didn’t figure into my decision about the winners, but it made me realize that I could honor more people if we had separate contests for fiction and memoir. In 2016
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