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The Short Shelf: Dear Diary
By Katharine Weber, author of True Confections Remember the thrill of finding your sister’s secret diary? Perhaps you forced open the flimsy little lock, or you cut the pink leatherette strap, you were...
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The Short Shelf: Captives
By Lynn Reed Of the six books on the 2010 Man Booker Prize shortlist, Emma Donoghue’s Room seems to be the early popular favorite. I read it and liked it, although I’m not sure I thought it was...
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The Short Shelf: Adoption Awareness Month
By Renée M. DeLuca, born Christina Beata Pellini I was born Christina Beata Pellini on January 7, 1964 to Linda Pellini—exactly one week after most states began closing and sealing all adoption...
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Short Shelf: Tres Novelas de Panamá
First of all, I confess to bias, since I was born in la República de Panamá (here at Hospital San Tomás) and was raised in the Canal Zone, which no longer exists—sufficient progress such that my...
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The Short Shelf: Wolves
Wolves haunt those woods Mr. Frost, whether they’re those in the mind’s recesses, or the canine predators roaming the nearest wilderness. Even though they have largely been erased throughout the world...
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