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The Age of Misadventure
by Judy Leigh
All Georgie Turner wants is to keep her family together. But with her daughter growing up fast, her sister married to a man Georgie hates, and their aging aunt getting more and more outrageous, nothing's simple. So when her brother-in-law makes his biggest mistake yet, Georgie sees the chance to reunite the ladies in her life. Three generations of Turner women head off on a very unusual road trip. Georgie is confident that some sea, sand and wine will make this an adventure to remember. What could possibly go wrong?
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The book of dreams : a novel
by Nina George
Henri is about to meet his teenage son, Sam, for the first time. But as Henri crosses Hammersmith Bridge, an accident happens. Sam reads about it in the newspaper - his father is a hero, now in a coma in hospital. So their first meeting takes place there, alongside the hospitalβs neurologist, whom the staff name God and is the first person to treat Sam as an equal in intelligence. And thatβs because Sam, due to a condition called synaesthesia, can sense things the doctors canβt - he can see the colours of his fatherβs thoughts and dreams, and many relationships build from this.
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Under the Midnight Sky
by Anna Romer
When an injured teenager goes missing at a remote bushland campground, local journalist Abby Bardot is determined to expose the areaβs dark history. The girl bears a striking resemblance to the victims of three brutal murders that occurred 20 years ago and Abby fears the killer is still on the loose.But the newspaper Abby works for wants to suppress the story for fear it will scare off tourists to the struggling township. Haunted by her own turbulent memories, Abby is desperate to learn the truth and enlists the help of Tom Gabriel, a reclusive crime writer. At first resentful of Abbyβs intrusion, Tomβs reluctance vanishes when they discover a hidden attic room in his house that shows evidence of imprisonment from half a century before. As Abby and Tom sift through the attic room and discover its tragic history, they become convinced it holds the key to solving the bushland murders and finding the missing girl alive. But their quest has drawn out a killer, someone with a shocking secret who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
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The Tiger Catcher
by Paullina Simons
Can forty days last a lifetime? The Time Traveller's Wife meets One Day in the heartbreaking new love story from Paullina Simons. When Julian meets Josephine, it's love at first sight. After a whirlwind courtship, he proposes and she accepts. Everything is wonderful - on the surface. Josephine is a girl with secrets ... Days before the wedding they have a huge argument and before Julian can make things right, everything goes terribly, tragically wrong. Unable to let Josephine go, Julian digs into her past and discovers so much more than he ever bargained for. The story travels through the depths of sorrow to the dizzying heights of joy in an unforgettable story of love lost and found.
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Machines like me : a novel
by Ian McEwan
Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong, and clever--a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control
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| Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhat it's about: Ifemelu left Nigeria for the U.S. as a college student; now, many years later, she contemplates returning to Nigeria. Consider this a love story -- but also a tale of culture clashes and a hard-won battle for success.
Why you might like it: Ifemelu is an outspoken and courageous observer of racial restrictions and conventions; neither the U.S. nor Nigeria (nor England, where her first love lives illegally) escape her gimlet eye.
Coming soon to a (small) screen near you: Americanah will be adapted into a television miniseries by Black Panther stars Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira.
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| A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanFeaturing: cranky, ill-tempered Ove, and his annoyingly chatty, over-familiar neighbors.
What happens: Ove is mourning a deeply felt loss, but his desire to keep to himself gradually gets undermined by the aforementioned friendly neighbors.
The movie: While there's already a Swedish film version of this charming and beloved novel, Tom Hanks will be starring in a forthcoming U.S. remake.
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| Catch-22 by Joseph HellerWhat it is: First published in 1961, this satirical, near-surreal classic is set on a Mediterranean island during World War II. It boasts a bizarre array of characters from the 256th Squadron and a non-chronological (some might say chaotic) narrative.
What it's about: the horrors and incomprehensible incoherence of war.
Already on screens near you...at least, if you have access to Hulu. Launched in May, there are six episodes depicting the illogical "adventures" of the 256th bombing squadron.
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| The Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionStarring: Don Tillman, an extremely logical, efficient, and socially awkward Australian genetics professor who's never had a second date.
What happens: Having completed a scientifically rigorous and evidence-based questionnaire setting out his expectations (16 pages of them), he believes it's only a matter of time until he finds the perfect mate. Instead, he finds Rosie Jarman, a disorganized and fiercely independent bartender who needs his help.
Film potential: It continues to be a long road to development, but the latest rumors have Ryan Reynolds set to star as Don Tillman.
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| The Goldfinch by Donna TarttWhat happens: After an explosion at a museum kills his mother, 13-year-old Theo Decker drifts, his only constant a painting stolen the day his mother died.
Read it for: the nuanced characters, Dickensian plot, and complex themes of loss and loyalty.
Coming soon to a screen near you: Starring Ansel Elgort as Theo, and featuring Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, and Jeffrey Wright (among others), the film will be released in September.
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The cry
by Helen FitzGerald
Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award When a baby goes missing on a lonely roadside in Australia, it sets off a police investigation that will become a media sensation and dinner-table talk across the world.
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