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Rachel Sona Reed

A Review of Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor

January 29, 2018

Rachel Sona Reed

(New York, NY: Catapult, 2017) On New Year’s Eve in an unnamed English village near Manchester, a visiting teenager named Becky disappears. The entire village assembles to look for her. Police and investigators swarm the village, the search goes on … Continued

A Review of The Quarry Fox and other Critters of the Wild Catskills by Leslie T. Sharpe

October 2, 2017

Rachel Sona Reed

(New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 2017) To enter Leslie T. Sharpe’s narrative world is to consent to view the Catskills ecosystem through a lens of wonder and attention to modest detail. In The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of … Continued

A Review of What To Do About the Solomons by Bethany Ball

June 19, 2017

Rachel Sona Reed

(New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017) It may be best to begin by noting that I am not the audience for this debut novel, a collection of stories inspired by author Bethany Ball’s experiences living with her husband’s extended … Continued

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