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Christina’s 2022 Year in Books
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Christina Lynch
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The Italian Party
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2018
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8 editions
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Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
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2014
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2 editions
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Sally Brady's Italian Adventure
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2023
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3 editions
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Writers and rain
It's another rainy day here in California--but I am not complaining! Despite 8 (9?) consecutive atmospheric rivers, we are not yet out of the drought (though we must be close, right?). I drove past our local reservoir yesterday and it's looking good, unless you are a houseboat owner--the houseboats broke free of their moorings in the last storm and got carried into a huge gyre of driftwood that wa
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Giveaway of Sally Brady's Italian Adventure starts today!
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Hi Mary,
My publisher is giving away 50 copies now (ends Jan. 24th). The next giveaway after that is not until March, so try for one now! Thank you for ...more " |
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"Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
If humor can be found in Mussolini’s Italy it’s on these pages. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Being historical fiction, I got a" Read more of this review » |
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"I liked parts of “Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure” very much. But I also had problems with the novel, particularly toward the end.
It’s a two-plot story set in the United States and Italy during the Great Depression and World War II. The first plot st" Read more of this review » |
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"If a book about Mussolini's Italy can be called fun, this is that book. Sally Brady is sent away from her family at age 12 -- they couldn't afford to feed her & she was old enough to get a job. She lands in LA, then is picked up on the streets by a m"
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“American tourists come here and they see only the happy, beautiful Italy they want to see, and that the Italians want them to see. The party. They don’t see the scars. The ongoing struggles. Why would they? They don’t see them at home, either.”
― The Italian Party
― The Italian Party
“The world’s first bank was born here—Monte dei Paschi di Siena, in 1472. Before Columbus even set sail!”
― The Italian Party
― The Italian Party
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