julia Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Phillips first novel in seven years, Another Man in the Street is an event to be heralded. Set in London in the 60s, in the midst of a changing urban landscape, an immigrant from the Caribbean named Victor arrives with big, ballooning dreams of finding his fortune and name in the “mother country.”

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I love reading a poet's fiction: every line is intentional and purposeful, gleaming with sharp, incisive meaning, while taking you on the journey of their narrator's life, and this one is no different.

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The novel delves into questions about identity, what we owe and to whom, and whether our paths are ever really chosen, or laid down for us by circumstance. Levy makes a metaphor of twinhood and doppelgangers to illustrate our alternate lives…

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Set in the 50s, the novel revolves around four young women as they leave college and enter that rarified, glamorous, ridiculous field: book publishing. The novel is a wonderful lengthy tome to sink into, perfect for the subway, the beach, the couch, wherever.

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An EGOT winner and 46-time Grammy nominee, Streisand certainly has enough of a life story to fit these many pages; this peek into the vocalist’s upbringing and glamorous career should satisfy any Streisand lover or theater aficionado.