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Nunu, a young woman from Istanbul, is admitted to a graduate program in Literature in Paris, which she has no intention of attending. Once there, she befriends aging Parisian writer M., who has written novels about Istanbul that Nunu admired. Together, the two walk the city. Themes touched on are mothers, memory, and nostalgia. This meditative novel by Turkish writer Aysegül Savas is a good choice for readers that prefer philosophical ponderings than those that want a tightly-paced thriller.
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More than words by Jill SantopoloNina Gregory, mourning the death of her hotel-owner father, is ready to walk away from her fulfilling job as a speech writer for a New York mayoral candidate to take over the family business...until she finds out her seemingly perfect father was hiding an astounding secret. Nina, a complex character despite her 'boutique problems', is caught between the life set out for her by her family, and the life of her passion and choosing.
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In the Night of Memory by Linda Legarde GroverLoretta, an Objiwe woman living in a Minnesota reservation, has to surrender her two toddler daughters to the county. In the Night of Memory follows the two girls through foster home to foster home as they try and find their way back to their mother. Half a story of a splintered family, half a story of the whole reservation, this sad but ultimately uplifting tale is recommended for fans of Louise Erdrich.
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| Miracle Creek by Angie KimA deadly explosion at an experimental medical treatment facility exposes cracks in a rural Virginia community -- and the courtroom case that follows turns out not to be as clear-cut as it first appears.
For fans of the uncovering of untruths that drives Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies, or the compelling legal drama and family tragedy of William Landay's Defending Jacob. |
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Focus on: Female Friendships
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Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel
by Lisa See
This one is an oldie but a goodie. Lily and Snow Flower are laotong, two women bound together as friends from childhood. Set in 19th century China, the two women communicate through their lives in a secret language known only to women. Despite being from different social classes, the two women are deep friends from youth, and as they grow, their friendship is tested.
Publisher's Weekly called it "engrossing"; Booklist said, "intricate and graceful."
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Sabrina & Corina : stories
by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
In this book of short stories set in Denver, Colorado, Latina women of Indigenous ancestry struggle through harsh circumstances of poverty, addiction, and racism.
Despite tough circumstances, the strong Latina and indigenous women in these vignettes find a way through with the power of friendship and the love of unseen but present previous generations.
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Laura & Emma : a novel
by Kate Greathead
Laura hails from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, born into old money, drifting aimlessly into her early thirties. One weekend in 1981 she meets Jefferson. The two sleep together. He vanishes. And Laura realizes she's pregnant. Enter: Emma.
Despite her progressive values, Laura raises Emma by herself in the same blue-blood world of private schools and summer homes she grew up in. Meanwhile, the apple falls far from the tree with Emma, who begins to question her environment in a way her mother never could.
Told in vignettes that mine the profound from the mundane, with meditations on everything from sex and death to insomnia and the catharsis of crying on the subway, a textured portrait emerges of a woman struggling to understand herself, her daughter, and the changing landscape of New York City in the eighties and nineties.
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| Lost and Wanted by Nell FreudenbergerWealthy, stylish Charlie (who is black) and nerdy scholarship student Helen (who is white) were best friends and roommates in college despite their differences. Twenty years later, Charlie is dead...but Helen continues to receive texts from her.
This complex, leisurely paced novel is as much a character study of Helen, now a respected scientist, as it is a story of female friendship. Deep discussions of physics add an intriguing layer of appeal. |
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