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Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands 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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The Imposter Bride
by Nancy Richler
Rejected by her fiancé after traveling to post-WWII Montreal, an enigmatic Lily accepts the marriage proposal of her ex's smitten brother Nathan, who is shocked to discover that Lily is not the woman she claimed to be when she disappears, leaving behind their baby, a diary and a large uncut diamond.
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How to Build a Girl by Caitlin MoranAfter she shames herself on local TV, 14-year-old Johanna Morgan reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde--a fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer--until two years later, while eviscerating bands as a music critic, she realizes she's built Dolly with a fatal flaw.
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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
by Joshua Ferris
After noticing that his identity has been stolen and used to create various social media accounts, Paul O'Rourke, a man with a troubled past, begins to wonder if his virtual alter ego is actually a better version of himself
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Fame: a Novel in Nine Episodes by Daniel KehlmannReceiving calls for another person after buying a cell phone, a man creates sophisticated illusions to influence the personal lives and professional ambitions of his callers, from a blogger who wants to be depicted in fiction to a businessman who juggles life with two women.
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Look at Me by Jennifer EganStripped of her image and identity after a devastating car accident and the resulting massive reconstructive surgery, Charlotte Swenson, a jaded model, is faced with a difficult struggle to rebuild her life in a culture obsessed with surface appearance.
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Mudwoman by Joyce Carol OatesThe first woman president of a prestigious Ivy League university, Meredith Meukirchen, grappling with her own morality, must take hold of her self-identity when both personal and professional challenges send her on a collision course with the girl she once was and the life she left behind.
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The Secret History by Donna TarttRichard Papen, a relatively impoverished student at a New England college, ingratiates himself with an exclusive clique of rich, worldly Greek scholars by pretending to be something he's not. But as he bonds with the group, he soon learns the dreadful secret that keeps them together.
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Schroderby Amity GaigeEnsconced in a correctional facility at the height of a custody battle with his estranged wife, Erik, a first-generation East German immigrant who changed his name as a youth, surveys his childhood, marriage and experience as a father to consider the disparity between his original and assumed identities.
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Why Can't I Be You by Allie LarkinImpulsively answering a stranger who shouts out the name of a woman she has always envied, Jenny tackles feelings of loneliness and discontent by embracing a new identity that leads to a warm circle of friends and unexpected romance.
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