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Check out these new releases!
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The Testaments by Margaret AtwoodA long-anticipated sequel to the best-selling The Handmaid’s Tale is set 15 years after Offred stepped into an unknown fate and interweaves the experiences of three female narrators from Gilead.
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The World That We Knewby Alice HoffmanSent away to 1941 Paris when Berlin becomes too dangerous for Jewish families, a young girl bonds with her protective mystical golem; while her friend, a rabbi’s daughter, rises to become a defender of their people.
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The Dutch Houseby Ann PatchettA tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family’s lavish Philadelphia estate.
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Where the Light Entersby Sara DonatiA black obstetrician returns to Manhattan in 1884 to move in with her best friend and fellow physician after the tragic loss of her family.
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Tidelands by Philippa GregoryIn a tale set during England’s mid-17th-century civil war, an herbalist seeking to escape an abusive relationship is targeted by witchcraft mania in her tidelands community.
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Disappearing Earthby Julia PhillipsThe shattering disappearance of two young girls from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula compounds the isolation and fears of a tight-woven community, connecting the lives of neighbors, witnesses, family members and a detective throughout an ensuing year of tension. Nominated for the 2019 National Book Award.
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado—a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite—these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force. Nominated for the 2019 National Book Award.
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What Happens in Paradiseby Elin HilderbrandA follow-up to the best-selling Winter in Paradise finds Irene and her sons returning to St. John to investigate her late husband’s secret double life before uncovering surprising truths about their own realities and futures.
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The Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesVolunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships.
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Olive, Againby Elizabeth StroutA sequel to Olive Kitteridge finds Olive struggling to understand herself while bonding with a teen suffering from loss, a woman who gives birth unexpectedly, a nurse harboring a longtime crush and a lawyer who resists an unwanted inheritance.
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