The Confusion of Languages by Siobhan Fallon [in Library Journal]
27 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jordanian, Middle Eastern, Nonethnic-specific, Repost
After introducing a stupendous community of left-behind stateside military wives in her debut collection, You Know When the Men Are Gone, Siobhan Fallon presents in her first novel two women who have accompanied their U.S. Army husbands to Jordan. Shared circumstances ease Cassie and Margaret...
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