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Diane Ackerman Author Read Alikes June 28, 2017
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If you enjoy reading books by Diane Ackerman try these authors.
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Heroes of the Frontier by Dave EggersStruggling through a painful separation, the loss of her dental practice, and the senseless death of a young man, Josie embarks on an RV road trip to Alaska with her kids that is marked by both national wonders and the shadows of past regrets
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The Secret Chord by Geraldine BrooksA tale based on the story of King David is set against a backdrop of Second Iron Age Israel and traces his journey from an obscure shepherd to a hero and king before his fall as a murderous despot.
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa SeeExplores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very different cultural factors that compel them to consume a rare native tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations
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Commonwealth : A Novel by Ann PatchettA five-decade saga tracing the impact of an act of infidelity on the parents and children of two Southern California families traces their shared summers in Virginia and the disillusionment that shapes their lasting bond. .
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Telegraph Avenue : A Novel by Michael ChabonWhen ex-NFL quarterback Gibson Goode, the fifth richest black man in America, decides to open his newest Dogpile megastore on Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy, the owners of Brokeland Records, fear for their business until Gibson's endeavor exposes a decades-old secret history.
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet : A Novel by Jamie FordWhen artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered in Seattle, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
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See Now Then by Jamaica KincaidIn this beautifully haunting novel about marriage and family from the acclaimed author of Autobiography of My Mother, a mother and father and their two children, living in a small village in New England, move, in their own minds, between the present, the past and the future.
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The Cost of Lunch, etc. by Marge PiercyIn this collection of short stories, a best-selling author brings readers glimpses into the lives of everyday women moving through and making sense of their daily internal and external worlds.
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Cutting for Stone by A. VergheseTwin brothers born from a secret love affair between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in Ethiopia, where their love for the same woman drives them apart
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A Secret Kept by Tatiana de RosnayWhen traumatic memories about a disturbing event from a childhood summer holiday cause his sister to suffer a debilitating car accident, Antoine befriends a street-wise mortician who helps him to manage painful family truths.
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My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her and a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter"
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Loving Frank : A Novel by Nancy HoranFact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting in Oak Park, Illinois, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society. A first novel.
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle : A Novel by David WroblewskiA best-selling selection in Oprah's Book Club celebrates the ancient alliance between humans and dogs and follows the coming-of-age of speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.
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Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands : A Novel by Chris BohjalianLiving in an igloo of ice and trash bags half a year after a cataclysmic nuclear disaster, Emily, convinced that she will be hated as the daughter of the drunken father who caused the meltdown, assumes a fictional identity while protecting a homeless boy.
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonForced to confront the realities of life in the 21st century when he falls in love with widowed Pakistani descendant Mrs. Ali, a retired Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island
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The Lace Reader by Brunonia BarryHaving left her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, fifteen years ago under troubling circumstances, psychic Towner Whitney reluctantly returns after her eighty-five-year-old great-aunt Eva suddenly disappears and joins local cop John Rafferty in his investigation into the mystery.
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Griffin & Sabine : An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick BantockA novel in colorful postcards and letters depicts the enigmatic relationship between British artist Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem, a mysterious woman living on a Pacific island who can see Griffin as he works in London, in a 25th anniversary edition that includes new artwork, an original postcard and specially created decorative stamps.
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