This month I’m posting my mini-reviews a little earlier than normal because I’m taking next week off for a visit with family. As of this writing, I’ve finished 11 books in June and would expect to get in a few more, so it looks like a big reading month! Today, I’m excited to share three very different novels in my June mini-reviews. One takes place in the U.S., one in Japan, and the third in India. Two feature families, two feature crimes, and all are debuts!…

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All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date: October 22, 2019
Length: 3o4 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Family members face their own individual reactions to the impending death of its patriarch, a cross between Tony Soprano and Tywin Lannister….

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Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Length: 256 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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Adrienne Brodeur grew up with a mother that meant everything to her and asked everything of her as the price for her mother’s love….

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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: September 24, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Ann Patchett has written a simply gorgeous story of a brother and sister, their amazingly close lifelong bond, and their love for the house they grew up in….

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Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Length: 304 pages
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Dear Reese Witherspoon, HBO, Showtime, Prime Video, Netflix, et al.,…

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The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish by Katya Apekina (debut)
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Length: 353 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

A dynamic, fast paced story of two sisters trapped between equally flawed parents, both ill-equipped to put their daughters’ needs above their own….

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Go Ask Fannie by Elisabeth Hyde
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Length: 304
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

This is the story of siblings Ruth, George, and Lizzie who agree to spend the weekend at their aging father’s farm, each bringing with them their own agenda and their own painful pasts….

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The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson
Publisher: Touchstone
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Length: 352 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Silja, Angie, and Ruby, three women tied to the Glass brothers by birth or marriage, slowly learn the pair aren’t quite the men they appear to be….

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Emma In the Night by Wendy Walker
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Length: 298 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Three years ago sisters Cass and Emma Tanner went missing, and when Cass returns alone, she has vengeance on her mind….

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