Category Archives: Riverhead Books

Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (January 13, 2015) ISBN: 9781594633669 Source: Publisher Rachel is an alcoholic. Despite having lost her job due to her condition, she continues to ride the same commuter train each morning and evening. Afraid for … Continue reading →

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Review: The Confabulist by Steven Galloway

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (May 1, 2014) ISBN-10: 1594631964 Source: Publisher Martin Strauss is a confabulist, an individual who creates alternative retellings of memories in attempt to recreate lost memories. Martin has just recently come to terms with … Continue reading →

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My Experience: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (May 21, 2013) ISBN-10: 159463176X Source: Publisher In a rural village in Afghanistan in the 1940s, a father tells his two young children, a boy and a girl, a folk story.  The essence of … Continue reading →

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Review: Jack 1939 by Francine Mathews

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (July 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1594487197 Source: Publisher The potential for war with Europe is every present. Without an intelligence agency, President Franklin Roosevelt, planning to run for a third term, has no way of … Continue reading →

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Review: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1594487014 Source: Publisher Cora Carlisle lives in Wichita with her husband and twin sons. On the surface, she leads a fairly traditional life as a homemaker, volunteering her time … Continue reading →

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Review: The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (September 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 1594488053 Source:  Publisher Fifty-seven hours after he was born, John & Ricky’s infant son died, a victim of anencephaly, a neural tube defect.  He was born with just a portion … Continue reading →

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