Ruth and Aaron are living the idyllic Amish life with their four children and one on the way. Their life …
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Ruth and Aaron are living the idyllic Amish life with their four children and one on the way. Their life …
If you’ve ever dipped a canoe or kayak paddle into one of the more than 1,000 lakes that make up …
Most novels tell the story of one person, or, in some cases, one family. In ‘The Book of Unknown Americans,” …
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sandra Dallas is not a quilt novelist. ‘That’s a very specific genre,” she explains. ‘I’m just a …
It’s been 20 years since author Sandra Dallas wrote The Persian Pickle Club, and fans have been hoping for a …
A good portion of Kris Kaiser’s self-published debut thriller, ‘Proclivity,” takes place in Iowa, including key scenes in Swisher and …
Kimberly Belle packs a punch with the gripping prologue of ‘The Last Breath.” And this debut novelist keeps readers turning …
FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘The Blood of Olympus” Riordan 2. ‘Gone Girl” Flynn 3. ‘Killing Patton” O’Reilly 4. ‘A Quilt for Christmas” …
Imagine Hansel and Gretel not as lost children in the woods but as city kids in a terrible foster home. …
One of the characters in Amina Gautier’s remarkable new collection of short stories, ‘Now We Will Be Happy” (University of …
Cedar Rapids author Ed Gorman’s successfully-drawn literary picture of Sam McCain’s coming of age comes to a close in the …
FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘Lila” Robinson 2. ‘Some Luck” Smiley 3. ‘Not that Kind of Girl” Dunham 4. ‘Hags” Zhang 5. ‘A …
In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy of Jonestown on Nov. 18, 1978, the Peoples Temple movement was portrayed in …
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