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The Hauntings of History and the Human Condition in “Rabbit Foot Bill” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsSeptember 8, 2020 by Dana Hansen

[ad_1] Celebrated Canadian writer Helen Humphreys’s novels almost always find their footing in historical events, often during or around war time, and they seamlessly blend meticulously researched factual detail with the elegantly understated storytelling we’ve come to expect from this author. Humphreys’s latest book, her ninth novel, is no different. Based on the true story … Read more

Fervent Acknowledgements in “The Pull of The Stars” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJuly 24, 2020 by Dana Hansen

[ad_1] Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue’s new novel, The Pull of The Stars, is destined to be a hit not just because of Donoghue’s characteristically stellar storytelling, as evidenced in previous bestsellers like Room (2010) and The Wonder (2016), but also because of its astonishingly prescient subject matter: the novel is about the 1918 Great Flu … Read more

A Bride of Poetic Ambition in “More Miracle Than Bird” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJune 9, 2020 by Dana Hansen

[ad_1] More Miracle Than Bird, Alice Miller’s debut novel, joins a spate of stories that imagine relationships between famous male artists and their wives. Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife (2011), Therese Anne Fowler’s Z (2013), and Whitney Sharer’s The Age of Light (2019) – to mention a few – all attempt to give depth and … Read more