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Act of God by Jill Ciment

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Accident/A Day's News by Christa Wolf

Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford

And Now You can Go by Vendela Vida

Victory over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist

Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather

The Two of Them by Joanna Russ

June 26, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Act of God – 3/5 Stars This is a funny and odd little book by a writer I don’t really know, but as I did a little research into has been writing and publishing for a while. This book is told from an ever-shifting third person limited perspective following different women who are responding to a crisis they all share. Kat and her twin sister Edith are older twins living in the rent-controlled apartment that belonged to their late mother. Their mother was a famous […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: accident a day's news, act of god, alexander's bridge, and now you can go, christa wolf, ellen gilchrist, Emma Straub, Gillian Flynn, jill ciment, Nancy Mitford, The Grownup, The Vacationers, vendela vida, victory over japan, wigs on the green, Willa Cather

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:371 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: accident a day's news, act of god, alexander's bridge, and now you can go, christa wolf, ellen gilchrist, Emma Straub, Gillian Flynn, jill ciment, Nancy Mitford, The Grownup, The Vacationers, vendela vida, victory over japan, wigs on the green, Willa Cather ·
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