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What We're Reading Now October 2017
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Seven days of us : a novel
by Francesca Hornak
Looking forward to a Christmas family reunion for the first time in years, the Birch family is upended by the news that their physician-activist daughter has been exposed to a foreign virus that forces the entire family into quarantine for a week also shaped by respective anxieties, past glory and a shocking secret. A first novel by the author of Worry With Mother.
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The heart's invisible furies
by John Boyne
Adopted by a well-to-do, if eccentric, Dublin couple that remind him that he is not a real member of their family, Cyril embarks on a journey to find himself and where he came from, discovering his identity, a home, a country and much more throughout a long lifetime.
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The Wildling sisters
by Eve Chase
Anticipating a quiet English country summer upon arriving at Applecote Manor in 1959, 15-year-old Margot and her three sisters find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their cousin five years earlier until Margot is inexplicably drawn into the life her cousin left behind.
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Reincarnation blues : a novel
by Michael Poore
A man who has been reincarnated nearly 10,000 times, living lives in regions from ancient India and Renaissance Italy to outer space and the modern world, searches for the secret to immortality so that he can be with his beloved, the incarnation of Death.
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See what I have done
by Sarah Schmidt
A reimagining of the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case profiles a volatile and loveless Borden home where the events surrounding the shocking murders of the parents are presented from the viewpoints of Lizzie, her elder sister, their housemaid and an enigmatic stranger. A first novel.
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Sourdough : a novel
by Robin Sloan
Enduring a virtually solitary existence working for an ambitious software company, an exhausted coder is bequeathed a sourdough recipe from sibling bakers who are forced to close their shop, a gift that leads to a new vocation, a legal dispute and a venture into a secret market that fuses food with technology. By the author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.
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Mrs. Fletcher : a novel
by Tom Perrotta
Struggling to adjust to her empty nest when her only child departs for college, a middle-aged divorcee receives an erotic message from a secret admirer and becomes obsessed with a fantasy porn site for women; while miles away at college, her son encounters challenges to his outmoded ideas of sex. By the best-selling author of Little Children.
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The last days of Café Leila : a novel
by Donia Bijan
A woman, Noor, visits her native Iran for the first time in three decades with her sulky, rebellious teenage daughter, Lily, who becomes caught up in the dangerous balance between grace and brutal violence that have taken hold of Tehran.
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Young Jane Young : a novel
by Gabrielle Zevin
Cruelly branded for her affair with her congressman boss, an intern and blogger changes her name and moves to a remote town in Maine with her young daughter before local prompting to run for public office forces her to reckon with the past. By the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.
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