{"id":3473,"date":"2010-03-17T15:22:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2016-06-08T18:41:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T22:41:14","slug":"orange-prize-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/03\/17\/orange-prize-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Prize Longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Orange Prize longlist was announced, along with some <a title=\"Telegraph Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/books\/bookprizes\/7460885\/Orange-prize-judge-tells-authors-spare-me-your-misery.html\" target=\"_blank\">criticism from the chair <\/a>about the abundance of miserable novels offered up for consideration this year. The shortlist will be announced April 20.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list &#8212; I have read not a one, but some look very good:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clare Clark: <strong><em>Savage Lands<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amanda Craig: <strong><em>Hearts and Minds<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Roopa Farooki: <strong><em>The Way Things Look to Me<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Gowers: <strong><em>The Twisted Heart<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>M.J. Hyland: <strong><em>This Is How<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sadie Jones: <strong><em>Small Wars<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Barbara Kingsolver: <strong><em>The Lacuna<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Laila Lalami: <strong><em>Secret Son<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Andrea Levy: <strong><em>The Long Song<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Attica Locke: <strong><em>Black Water Rising<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hilary Mantel: <strong><em>Wolf Hall<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Maria McCann: <strong><em>The Wilding<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nadifa Mohamed: <strong><em>Black Mamba Boy<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Lorrie Moore: <strong><em>A Gate at the Stairs<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Monique Roffey: <strong><em>The White Woman on the Green Bicycle<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amy Sackville: <strong><em>The Still Point<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kathryn Stockett: <strong><em>The Help<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sarah Waters: <strong><em>The Little Stranger<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange Prize longlist has been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/03\/17\/orange-prize-longlist\/ \"><u>Read the full 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