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David Abrams' debut novel about the Iraq War, Fobbit, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2012 and a Best Book of 2012 by Paste Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Barnes and Noble. It was also featured as part of B&N's Discover Great New Writers program. One of his short stories, "Roll Call," was included in the anthology Fire and Forget (Da Capo Press, 2013). His short stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and have appeared in Esquire, Narrative, Electric Literature, Consequence, Salamander, The Literarian, Connecticut Review, The Greensboro Review, Five Chapters, The Missouri Review, and many other places. His work has also appeared in the New York Times and Salon.
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The Waiting World (2023)
Andria Williams
"Before starting Andria Williams's new novel The Waiting World, clear your calendar because, from the first page onward, this is a story that grabs hold and won't let you go until the very end. Opening on the eve of the Great Depression, The Waiting World follows the lives of servants Nessa, Aoife, and John, who meet while working for rich (but soon, not so rich) Titus McAvoy at his Maine estate. Told from various points of view, Williams tunnels deep beneath the skin of her characters and into the secret chambers of their hearts to dramatically highlight the divisions of race, sex, and class in our society. I won't soon forget this book-it's an instant classic."
Silent Hearts (2018)
Gwen Florio
"Silent Hearts is one of the best books I've ever read about America's long dirty war in Afghanistan . . . . [It] is a non-stop flight to Kabul, transporting readers to a land inhabited by 'a people bent beneath the weight of war.' With her impeccable eye for detail, Florio makes us feel what it's like to live beneath the oppression of a burqa in a place where eyes ache from 'the constant scrub of the dust in the air, ' where shopping in the marketplace means taking your life in your hands, and where women face the greatest danger not from incoming missiles but from their own husbands."
The Hearts of Men (2017)
Nickolas Butler
"The Hearts of Men is full of pain, joy, longing, redemption, disappointment, and beauty -- in short, all the qualities that distinguish the very best novels on our shelves."
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