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North Dixie Highway by Joseph D. Haske

victor April 1, 2022 November 20, 2021Action & Adventure Sault Ste. Marie, Viet Nam 0

Review by Victor R. Volkman At first glance, Joseph D. Haske’s North Dixie Highway is a rage-fueled trip through three generations of an Eastern U.P. family locked in a cycle of grinding poverty, trauma, and alcoholism.  But beneath the surface there’s much more lurking as we follow this broken family…

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Debt and Disregard by Julie Genisot

victor December 10, 2021 December 4, 2021Adult Fiction 0

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera As the back cover states, Debt and Disregard: A Superior Point Novel is about “the hard-drinking, rough talking, and sexually pragmatic inhabitants of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with characters defined by the region where they live.” While there certainly are people like those in the story…

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Olav Audunssøn: II Providence by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally

victor November 20, 2021 November 14, 2021Folk Tales 0

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera To begin this review, it is important to keep in mind that classic novels are very different from modern novels. Classics are short on action and “showing” scenes and long on backstory, detailed descriptions and explanations.  In Olav Audunssøn, the lengthy details revolve around the…

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Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads of Upper Michigan History

victor November 10, 2021 November 5, 2021Children / History, Short Stories Deborah K. Frontiera 0

Reviewed by Hannah Brinza Deborah Frontiera’s new book Superior Tapestry sets itself the task of weaving together the history of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Those of you familiar with Deborah’s work may recall her novella Midnight in the Pawn Shop, in which objects at the pawn shop come to life and…

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The Sideroad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County by Sharon M. Kennedy

victor November 1, 2021 January 21, 2022Short Stories, UP Notable Books Brad Gischia, Sharon M. Kennedy 0

Review by Brad Gischia There are many books that detail the history of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  These are often rigorously researched and documented (some may be less so) and they represent an important aspect of the way we understand this strange little corner of the world. The SideRoad…

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Tin Camp Road by Ellen Airgood

victor October 10, 2021 January 21, 2022Adult Fiction Ellen Airgood 0

Review by Tyler Tichelaar The wait is over. Fans of Ellen Airgood’s South of Superior have waited a decade for her new novel Tin Camp Road. In the interim, Airgood published two young adult novels, Prairie Evers and its sequel The Education of Ivy Blake, but this is her first…

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Julia Island: A Novel

victor September 20, 2021 August 22, 2021Native American & Aboriginal Hiawatha 0

Reviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar New Novel Recreates Hiawatha Myth for Modern Day James Charles Harwood’s new novel Julia Island is a rollickingly funny novel with some serious undertones that takes the myth of Hiawatha, along with Native American stereotypes, quantum physics, and recent American history, and mixes them all…

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Seasons of the Birch By Susan M. Puska

victor August 20, 2021 July 5, 2021Adult Fiction World War II 0

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera Seasons of the Birch, a work of historical fiction begins in 1944 and ends in the present, although the emphasis is on the years 1944-1959. The main character, Ruth Amundson, is a petite, easily blown away, shorter than average young woman who has been working…

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