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Just back from an evening at the American Library in Paris, An Unexpected Guest will be heading to the US with events in NY and NJ in late October and early November. Check out the events page for details…(Read More)

An Unexpected Guest made a guest appearance in the Christian Science Monitor’s review of best-selling British author Zadie Smith’s latest novel, NW. To read the whole post, look here…(Read More)

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has chosen An Unexpected Guest for their “Beyond Bestsellers: Notable New Fiction Titles (September 2012)” list. To see the full post, look here…(Read More)

The Natural

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Although steeped in baseball, Bernard Malamud’s exploration of the battle of good versus greed within the American heart, would be unforgettable reading even for someone who has never sat through nine innings…(Read More)

Chad Harbach’s 2011 take on the classic American baseball novel offers a bit of Malamud, a bit of Melville, and a lot of refreshingly traditional literary writing…(Read More)

Anne will be a guest of annual Le livre sur les quais book festival in Morges, Switzerland, September 7 through 9th. She’ll be on site signing copies of An Unexpected Guest throughout, and will participating in roundtables entitled, “The French Connection” (in English) on Saturday afternoon and Ecrivains anglo-saxons” (in French) on Sunday…(Read More)

In its most recent issue, Columbia magazine says of An Unexpected Guest, “Korkeakivi does an admirable job echoing Woolf but… is at her best when she claims her own territory. Clare’s past life, a mini political thriller, unfolds delicately over the course of the novel and provides an intriguing counterpart.” Sorry, no link available…(Read More)

Glencoe Public Library has made An Unexpected Guest a staff pick, saying, “Like Claire’s event-filled day, An Unexpected Guest packs in a lot. It is a politically-charged thriller, a family drama, and a story of lost love, all set against the backdrop of the City of Light.” For the full story, look…(Read More)

New Q & A

New Q & A with Anne in author Janet Skeslien Charles’s blog.  http://www.jskesliencharles.com/2012/03/interview…

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Library Journal Review

Lovely first review in Library Journal – readers be warned, the full text contains spoilers. “…Moving between the starched-napkin ambience…

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