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The Garden: A Chevron Ross Book Review
Something terrible has happened on the declining estate where two elderly sisters live. Beyond the stone wall surrounding it li...
Book of Dreams: A Chevron Ross Book Review
Does God care about the world’s financial problems? You might think so if you read Book of Dreams, an intriguing novel of faith and hig...
The Life Impossible: A Chevron Ross Book Review
People live under the influence of their senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. But most of us believe there is wor...
The Best of Clifford D. Simak, 1939-1971: A Chevron Ross Book Review
If you’re into nostalgia, I’d like to recommend a collection by a founding father of science fiction. The Best of Clifford D. Simak, 19...
Salt Houses: A Chevron Ross Book Review
“When it happens, you must find a way to remember.” That admonition is the theme of Salt Houses, Hala Alyan’s tale of a Palestinian fam...
Embracing Defeat: A Chevron Ross Book Review
I found myself attracted to this history because of its stellar reputation and my own murky knowledge of post-World War II Japan. I’m p...
Reviews from the Blog Tour
For those who haven’t already heard, The Seven-Day Resurrection is about a failed novelist who awakens one morning to find that his mot...
The Bridge Books: A Chevron Ross Book Review
In recent years, series novels have developed their own literary niche. Independent authors especially seem bent on writing one book, t...
The Downstairs Girl A Chevron Ross Book Review
What an imaginative scenario! A Chinese teenager who designs hats, writes a newspaper column, and lives in the remnants of an undergrou...
The Forgotten Home Child A Chevron Ross Book Review
Cruelty, and rationalizations for it, have been with us throughout history and seem to have no boundaries. Even in the Old Testament, w...