Reviews

A Rave for SAFEKEEPING in COLORADO REVIEW

November 5, 2015

“The scope of the novel is ambitious, but Hope has structured it wisely….”

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NewPages.com Reviews COMPULSION

November 2, 2015

Compulsion is a unique, first-hand account of a crime and the reverberations that continue both legally and culturally.”

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Wallant

Among “the Greatest Fiction Treatments of Holocaust Survivors Ever Written”: THE PAWNBROKER

October 29, 2015

“Arguably one of the greatest fiction treat­ments of Holocaust survivors ever written, The Pawnbroker was the second of Edward Lewis Wallant’s two novels published in his lifetime.”

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Adam Kirsch on the “Manly, Street-Smart Authenticity” in “the Quietly Compelling New Novel by Ben Nadler”

October 21, 2015

In a round-up article featuring novels that share a (perhaps surprising) “convergence of Jews and guns,” critic Adam Kirsch delves into The Sea Beach Line.

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Wallant

“A Worthy Exploration”: KIRKUS on THE PAWNBROKER

October 19, 2015

“[A] close cousin to Bernard Malamud’s The Assistant….”

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“Ben Nadler’s Beautiful and Complex Second Novel”: THE SEA BEACH LINE

October 9, 2015

“We all tell ourselves stories, don’t we? The question The Sea Beach Line asks us to figure out is which ones really matter.”

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“A Pleasurable and Engulfing Read”: SAFEKEEPING

October 8, 2015

“Thanks to Hope’s readable and descriptive prose as well as her ability to develop the characters to an endearing depth…we get swept up in the saga of the brooch and the troubled souls gravitating around it.”

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“Highly Recommended” for Book Clubs: THE BOOK OF STONE

September 22, 2015

“I highly recommend this book for book clubs because Papernick’s story elicits discussion about issues such as religious and political fundamentalism, terrorism and violence.”

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“New Edition for a New Generation”: Meyer Levin’s COMPULSION

September 22, 2015

“This new edition for a new generation is recommended for fans of crime novels [and] historical [fiction] and for book clubs.”

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“A Beautiful Story”: Alan Cheuse’s PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING

September 22, 2015

“Kudos to Cheuse for not only telling a beautiful story, but for doing so in a unique manner.”

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