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June 5, 2018By Michael Cader

Oprah Pick, New Proposals and Untitled

June 5, 2018By Michael Cader

Oprah Winfrey‘s latest selection for her book club (specially promoted through Amazon as usual) is Anthony Ray Hinton‘s The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. A rare nonfiction pick, she says of the book: “This story reads like an epic novel and it is all true. You will, throughout the book, try to imagine yourself — falsely accused, and in a 5-by-7 cell for 30 years. He is a remarkable storyteller and when you read it you’ll be swept away.” Book proposals making news including one still in formation from recently-departed national security adviser General […]

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