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Lucia, Lucia (Trigiani)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/lucia-lucia-trigiani
interested in Lucia's relationships with her coworkers and family, only intermittently cutting back to her blossoming romance with John. But she knows how to deliver on basic desires: her story is filled-to-bursting with gorgeous clothes, sumptuous...
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to each other and their mission is unbelievable at times—but Katherine's diary entries are emotionally deft, capturing the romance and anxiety of cultural estrangement. Publishers Weekly Caldwell (The Distant Land of My Father) draws on the lives of her...
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What Matters Most (Rice)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/what-matters-most-rice
novels of family and relationships on the Eastern seaboard. A true storyteller with a unique ability to combine realism and romance, Rice continues to enthrall readers with her luminous stories of life's triumphs and challenges. In her words From a 2008...
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Why, according to Andrews, are successful black women lonely and single? Is her assessment—that success gets in the way of romance—accurate? What are your personal experiences and observations? 3. Why does Andrews admire with astronaut Lisa Nowak? 4....
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Minding Frankie (Binchy)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/minding-frankie-binchy
met children's author Gordon Snell, then a freelance producer with the BBC. Their friendship blossomed into a cross-border romance, with her in Ireland and him in London, until she eventually secured a job in London through the Irish Times. She and...
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Weird Sisters (Brown)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/weird-sisters-brown
of the women facing their demons, assisted by saintly parents, friends and neighbors who offer jobs, reassurance and romance. All's well that ends well. Readable, upmarket, non-mold-breaking escapism. Kirkus Reviews Discussion Questions 1.The Andreas...
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Lake of Dreams (Edwards)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/lake-of-dreams-edwards
to attend college out West. Then came a career as a hydrologist working for multi-nationals and a string of short-lived romances. Now, pushing 30 and unemployed, she's living with her latest lover, the Japanese engineer Yoshi, outside Tokyo. She flies...
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Memory Palace (Bartok)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/memory-palace-bartok
sever all contact with Norma in order to stay safe. But while Mira pursued her career as an artist—exploring the ancient romance of Florence, the eerie mysticism of northern Norway, and the raw desert of Israel—the haunting memories of her mother were...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Solar (McEwan)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/solar-mcewan
was accused of plagiarism, specifically a passage in Atonement that closely echoed one from a 2012 memoir, No Time for Romance, by Lucilla Andrews. McEwan acknowledged using the book as a source for his work; in fact, he had included a brief note at the...
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Russian Winter (Kalotay)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/russian-winter-kalotay
delve into the jewelry's provenance, hoping to learn as much about the jewels as their own pasts. While the Soviet-era romance can lean too much on melodrama, Kalotay turns out a mostly entrancing story thanks to a skillful depiction of artistic life...
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End of Mr. Y (Thomas)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/end-of-mr-y-thomas
transported to Lumas's alternate reality, gets chased by CIA-like agents back in her "real" world and indeed drifts toward romance with dreamy Adam. Delicious cross-genre literary picnic, breezy and fiercely intelligent, reminiscent of Haruki Murakami....
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Shopgirl (Martin)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/shopgirl-martin
ever buys); at night, she watches TV with her two cats. Martin's slight plot follows Mirabelle's search for "at least romance and companionship" with middle-aged Ray Porter, a womanizing Seattle millionaire who may, or may not, have hidden redeeming...
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Gilgamesh (London)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/gilgamesh-london
assess or explain the relationship between Edith and Leopold? They do not fit any conventional mold of male-female romance. How do they transcend the conventions? 10. For most of the novel, Jim has no voice of his own; he is interpreted by either Edith...
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of Private Detection, writes that there is 'very little drama' in being a detective and that 'those who are looking for romance should lay down this manual...and do something else' [p. 59]. Most detective novels do, however, rely on adventure and...
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Billy Bathgate (Doctorow)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/billy-bathgate-doctorow
portrayal of a young boy's life. Converging mythology and history, one of America's most admired authors has captured the romance of gangsters and criminal enterprise that continues to fascinate the American psyche today. (From the publisher.) Author...
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world. How, specifically, is he anachronistic to the “new” New York? 9. Shteyngart includes elements of science fiction, romance, and dystopian fantasy. How do you think each of these genres manifests itself in the novel? Why is each important? 10....
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to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition....
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and her dreams of a Woody Allen-style New York love affair? How do these imagined passions compare to Lev's longing for the romance of French films? How do these scenarios contrast with real life? In what ways are these ideals destructive? 3. Anna is...
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Fly Away Home (Weiner)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/fly-away-home-weiner
a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book—in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.... I think it's irrefutable that when...
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folk tales, or fairy tales? 18. Romantic relationships between characters with disabilities are rare in fiction. How is the romance between Homan and Lynnie like the romances of characters in fiction who don’t have disabilities? How is it different? 19....
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