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Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler

September 24, 2020 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

Living in the suburbs on the edges of a major Canadian city my whole life, I have a tendency to romanticize small-town living a little bit. With a lot of family living in small-town Alberta, I only get glimpses of what it’s like when I visit, but I like to believe in the possibilities of community in such areas. Is it realistic? Maybe not. But I like to daydream, you see. So sometimes I just want to read or watch something that takes me out […]

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Lisa Bee's CBR12 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: nickolas butler, Shotgun Lovesongs ·
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“Sometimes that is what forgiveness is anyway, a deep sigh”

October 15, 2014 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Shotgun Lovesongs caught my eye a few months ago while I was perusing my local bookstore. The book flap synopsis sold me: “It’s a place like hundreds of others, nothing special, really. But for four friends – all born and raised in this small Wisconsin town – it is home. And now they are men, coming into their own or struggling to do so. One of them never left, still working the family farm that has been tilled for generations. But others felt the need […]

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faintingviolet's CBR6 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: debut novel, faintingviolet, Nikolas Butler, Shotgun Lovesongs ·
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