BraddockAvenueBooks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Half a Life
Darin Strauss
"With neither condescension nor sentimentality, Sasson gives his imperfectly human characters due process; the result is a thrilling, eminently fascinating and fresh read." —Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life: A Memoir https://t.co/0M8RqZAUvv https://t.co/M2PrsDuA8b
Paperback, 2011
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beat Writers at Work: The Paris Review
George Plimpton
Check out this interesting new piece in The Paris Review about Simone de Beauvoir. “Walking through spaces usually possessed by men was proof of her own physical presence, proof of her autonomy and resilience." https://t.co/3RRKYC8KCr
Paperback, 1999
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Might as Well Light Something on Fire
Ron MacLean
Check out this review of Ron MacLean’s We Might as Well Light Something on Fire! "MacLean is willing to explore characters, situations, and styles... that present mystery in all of its sublime beauty." https://t.co/RRxRkFmSIC Get your copy today! https://shop.braddockavenuebooks
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George Orwell
Lit Hub just released an article detailing George's Orwell's last days and struggles caused by 1984. Check it out! https://t.co/dlU05SgSY9
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Young Life
Frederic Tuten
Check out this excerpt from Frederic Tuten's memoir, My Young Life, in which he aspires to write in Paris like the novelists he so admires! https://t.co/26UFxo81pB
Paperback, 2020
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Good Things Out of Nazareth: The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O'Connor and Friends
Flannery O'Connor
The new release, Good Things Out of Nazareth, is a compilation of Flannery O'Connor's previously unpublished letters. In this article, Benjamin B. Alexander explains observations that he discovered while editing the book. Check it out! https://t.co/RYoHD2Yczx
Hardcover, 2019
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Radio Eldorado
Tyrone Jaeger
This Saturday at 5:30 PM CST, join Braddock Avenue Books author Tyrone Jaeger (RADIO ELDORADO) in conversation with Mark Barr and Stacey Margaret Jones. Event is hosted by CALS Six Bridges Book Festival. Be sure to register below! https://t.co/zhoQE2SZcC
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Bluff
Michael Kardos
“Nous Nous is both a suspenseful story about a kidnapping and an incisive meditation on what it means to be held hostage...With striking...empathy, Vanderslice presents the minds and hearts of complex characters united, and reunited, by tragedy.”--@michael_kardos, author of Bluff https://t.co/U334yqXFX0
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Remember to Forget Me
Kerry Neville
#AWP19! Please join us today at table # 13094 for two wonderful book signings. 11am Kerry Neville (Remember to Forget Me) and Eric Sasson (Admissions) 1pm Sherrie Flick (BSF18), Tyrone Jaeger (So Many True Believers), and Ron MacLean (We Might As Well Light Something on Fire) https://t.co/BgrtGCOSaI
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The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
Check out this interview with Rebecca Makkai! Makkai's The Great Believers is a finalist for tonight's 2018 National Book Award in Fiction. https://t.co/Nd2S5zflxe
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book