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PR for People® Book Reviews: How May I Help You?

Barbara McMichael

June 14, 2017

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The American Dream has always included the idea of satisfying employment and upward mobility, but a new book by Deepak Singh sketches out a less rosy reality.

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My Antonia by Willa Cather: A truly good summer read

Patricia Vaccarino

August 06, 2023

Some claim that My Antonia, the third and final book of Willa Cather’s Great Plains Trilogy, is her finest work. Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda is depicted through the eyes of orphan boy Jim Burden, who comes to live with his grandparents in Nebraska after his own parents have died. My Antonia is meant to be the story of Jim Burden’s life—his remembrance of things past—of the life that he shared with Antonia, her family, and with his grandparents.

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Robin Lindley interviews Blaine Harden Author of Murder at the Mission

Robin Lindley

July 30, 2023

The Whitman lie is a timeless reminder that in America a good story has an insidious way of trumping a true one, especially if that story confirms our virtue, congratulates our pluck, and enshrines our status as God’s chosen people. - Blaine Harden, Murder at the Mission

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Discussion Guide Published to Accompany Yonkers Trilogy

Patricia Vaccarino

July 20, 2023

Yonkers Beats: A Discussion Guide has been released is to address the controversial issues in Patricia Vaccarino’s Yonkers Trilogy. The guide is intended for use by teachers, book clubs—or anyone who wants—to examine controversial topics that engender difficult conversations.

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Book Review: The Song of the Lark

Patricia Vaccarino

June 26, 2023

The genius of Willa Cather lies within the knitted pastiche of her intricate storytelling. On the surface, Thea Kronborg grows up in the modest home of her Swedish immigrant family. The real story, however, resides with its not-so-hidden premise: every artist who has extraordinary talent eventually comes to an awareness that true talent is far larger than any one person.

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Book Review: Poverty, By America

Patricia Vaccarino

June 26, 2023

Matthew Desmond’s book is eminently well researched and sets forth the irrefutable proposition of just how easy it is to become poor and stay poor in America. There is a dark underside to the reality of America being the richest nation in the world—it’s called poverty.