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1 author picked Dulcinea as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Ana Venciana-Suarez writes columns for the Miami Herald, and I appreciate her writing style and topics. When she announced the publication of her new book on social media, I bought it because I love historical fiction.

This book is set in Barcelona, mostly during the 1500s, so for me, the setting was a draw. The premise is clever. It is a fictional look at what could have been the model for Don Quixote’s love interest by the author himself, Cervantes.

The romance is tense because of class differences. Cervantes keeps leaving Barcelona and leaving her behind, but it…

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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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