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The Kiss
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The 1990s seems to be the decade of revelation. What used to be private is becoming increasingly public. All is aired on talk shows whose guests are no longer celebrities hawking their latest film, book, or album, but ordinary citizens selling their personal traumas. Mothers Who Sleep with Their Daughters' Boyfriends; Men Who Wear Their Girlfriends' C... »
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The Scarlet Letter (Modern Library Classics)
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A one sentence summary of this book would go like this: set in Puritan Boston, Massachusetts during the 17th century, The Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester Prynne, who is condemned to wear the letter "A" for the rest of her life after committing the sin of adultery. Now, this may not sound terribly interesting, but there is more to good lite... »
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Envy: A Novel
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Wow. Just...wow. There are so many crazy things that happen in this book, I don't even know where to begin!
The central character in "Envy" is William Moreland, a 47-year-old psychoanalyst who is dealing with a huge number of personal issues. Will's son died in a boating accident three years ago, and ever since then, he and his wife, Caro... »
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Exposure: A Novel
With hindsight--the cue from Kathryn Harrison's memoir "Kiss" published a few years after "Exposure"--it is clear why a father-daughter's relations... »
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Poison
Well first off, historical novels are my absolute favorite (mostly all i read anymore) so i was interested in this book, as it related to the Spanish Inqu... »
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Thicker Than Water
Kathryn Harrison is one of my favorite writers, but of all her five books this is the worst. In substance it is nearly identical to "The Kiss", which is ... »
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The Seal Wife: A Novel
Passionate and beautifully written, but when the book veered from the relationship between the protagonist Bigelow and the Aleut woman it was not quite as... »
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El beso (Compactos Anagrama)
This is the Spanish text edition of "The Kiss", an elegantly written memoir, searingly painful, yet, at the same time, strangely compelling, about a youn... »
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