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Old Mole Reading List

Larry Bowlden reviews contemporary fiction and non-fiction as part of the Old Mole Variety Hour. Monday mornings on KBOO 90.7 fm, Portland, Oregon.

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A Tribute to Novelist Sue Miller

A Tribute to Novelist Sue Miller

Although this happened more when I was younger, I occasionally run into an author who so impresses me that I know I will... Read more

20 Dec 2022

Ranked #2

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Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

I know next to nothing about horses and am, at best, a sloppy historian. Geraldine Brooks knows tons about horses and is... Read more

21 Nov 2022

Ranked #3

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Monogamy by Sue Miller

Monogamy by Sue Miller

He’s been much more careful in his marriage to Annie. More careful and more faithful.    Yet not entirely faithful.    W... Read more

5 Sep 2022

Ranked #4

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The Taste of Ginger by Mansi Shah

The Taste of Ginger by Mansi Shah

Preeti Desai is a successful corporate lawyer who has, in her estimation, finally achieved the assimilation into America... Read more

1 Aug 2022

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Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt

Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt

Judy Blunt wrote these lovely snapshots of thirty years of life on wheat and cattle ranches in northeastern Montana as m... Read more

4 Jul 2022

Ranked #6

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Elizabeth Zott is a brilliant chemist who, perhaps unfortunately, is also beautiful.Once a research chemist, Elizabeth Z... Read more

23 May 2022

Ranked #7

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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Teacher seeks pupil. Must hast have an earnest desire to save the worldApply in personThis ad enrages the narrator of th... Read more

18 Apr 2022

Ranked #8

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Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake is a sprawling, brilliant debut novel by Charmaine Wilkerson. It is hard to believe it is a debut novel, sinc... Read more

21 Mar 2022

Ranked #9

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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

Try to imagine what it would be like to not be remembered by anyone. Adeline Larue has made the mistake of praying to th... Read more

3 Jan 2022

Ranked #10

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The Hidden Child by Louise Fein

The Hidden Child by Louise Fein

If you are one of the many who believe that eugenics was a tool only of Nazi Germany, you should read the excellent and ... Read more

13 Dec 2021

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