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IP Novels Digest: Tobit’s Dog
August 1, 2014 11:24 am 1 Comment
More great reviews on Tobit’s Dog! “Have you ever reached the end of a book to find yourself feeling a little sad that it was finished; as if you were saying goodbye to good friends? That is how I felt as I closed Tobit’s Dog, by Michael Nicholas Richard….Tobit’s Dog is a novel… Read more »
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IP Novels Digest
July 10, 2014 11:21 am Leave a Comment
Arthur Powers, author of The Book of Jotham, reviews Tobit’s Dog: “You should read this book,” Marguerite – the owner of In His Name, our local Catholic book store – told me. She has started a section of North Carolina writers, and Richard’s book was right next to mine. She knows books, and… Read more »
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IP Novels Digest: 4th of July Edition
July 3, 2014 12:00 pm Leave a Comment
Check out these reviews and pick up some good novels to read for your long weekend! Happy Independence Day!
John Jollife from The Tablet reviewed The Leaves Are Falling:
This is the story of Josef, a Jewish boy who miraculously escapes from the devastation of wartime Lithuania, having lost all his family through the twin genocides carried out by the Nazis and the Russians…. In an important sense, England was not a part of Europe during the war, but adjacent to it. However much we suffered in the bombing and the fighting, we never knew invasion or occupation, or had to face the terrible choice between resistance and collaboration. And, of course, thanks to the Americans and the Russians, we were on the winning side. The worst of the horrors took place in Eastern Europe, and since they were hardly reported here when other dangers and disasters were so much nearer at hand, we were able to turn a blind eye. So as well as being a sensitive and evocative story, Beckett’s novel is a salutary eye-opener on what the eastern half of Europe suffered, and on what moulded its future for the next fifty years. And although it is an acutely personal story, like her sensitive and gripping previous novel, A Postcard from the Volcano, set in pre-war Germany, it reveals more of the truth about the twentieth century than many a textbook collection of facts can hope to do. Read more »
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IP Novels Digest: More Reviews
June 26, 2014 9:15 am Leave a Comment
More bloggers are raving about our novels!
Nancy Ward and Kelly Hansen reviewed Tobit’s Dog:
Tobit’s Dog is a love story amid the battle between heaven and hell for the souls of the good guys as well as the racists, murderers, rapists, thieves and connivers not portrayed in the biblical version of the Book of Tobit. In this imaginary take on the Book of Tobit, exciting enough a tale, Richard skillfully uses the characters, symbols, and scriptural principles. All the vital elements are there: Tobit’s sudden blindness and miraculous healing. Prejudice and bravery — this time, involving a lynching and Tobiah’s arrest for his compassion toward the boy hanging from a tree…. Reading the Book of Tobit a little along with Tobit’s Dog brought me great pleasure and insight into the plots of both books. The Book of Tobit, however, has no holy water from Lourdes, Negro nuns or KKK. Read more »
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IP Novels Digest
June 19, 2014 12:47 pm 1 Comment
Don’t take our word for it! These bloggers think our novels are great too! Maria Garcia, Shelly Kelly, and Amy Flamminio reviewed The Rising: “I was drawn into this book from the first chapter & had trouble putting it down. The author tells the story in the third person narrative style, which fits… Read more »
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An Interview with Lucy Beckett
June 4, 2014 11:59 am 2 Comments
Lucy Beckett is an award-winning novelist living in Yorkshire, England, where she teaches at Ampleforth Abbey. Her novels include The Time Before You Die, A Postcard from the Volcano, and the recently released The Leaves Are Falling. She is also the author of In the Light of Christ: Writings in… Read more »
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The Leaves Are Falling by Lucy Beckett now available as a free e-book for bloggers!
May 23, 2014 1:19 pm 1 Comment
Do you have a blog? Ignatius Press is seeking bloggers to help us spread the word about our wonderful new novels! For a limited time, Ignatius Press is offering bloggers a FREE e-book of your choice of three new novels: The Leaves Are Falling by Lucy Beckett, The Rising by… Read more »
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We’re looking for reviewers!
May 14, 2014 5:18 pm Leave a Comment
Do you have a blog? Ignatius Press is seeking bloggers to help us spread the word about our wonderful new novels! For a limited time, Ignatius Press is offering bloggers a FREE e-book of your choice of two new novels: The Rising by Bob Ovies or Tobit’s Dog by Michael… Read more »
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An Interview with Robert Ovies
April 24, 2014 3:19 pm 1 Comment
Robert Ovies is the author of the thrilling new novel The Rising, which tells the story of a young boy who mysteriously gains the ability to bring the dead back to life. He also maintains a website about the book. Ignatius Press Novels interviewed him via e-mail. Is The Rising… Read more »
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A review of “Everywhere in Chains”
April 22, 2014 6:43 pm Leave a Comment
James Casper’s novel Everywhere in Chains is reviewed by Lady Rachel Billington OBE, daughter of the famed reformer Lord Longford: When I finished reading Everywhere in Chains, I realised why James Casper had felt indebted to my father’s ideas. It is a book with an unusually strong message and, although… Read more »