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Fiction A to Z February 2017
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| Selection Day by Aravind AdigaRadha and Manjunath Kumar have been raised by their controlling father to become cricket stars -- the only thing that will get them out of their Mumbai slum. And in fact they are very good, good enough to have journalists and scouts following their every move. But their father's strict rules have both brothers rebelling in their own, sometimes unexpected ways. Though set in a world (and a sport) unfamiliar to many, this complex novel from Booker Prize-winning Aravind Adiga is truly about common themes -- sibling relationships, family dynamics, and loyalty. |
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We're flying : stories
by Peter Stamm
A follow-up to Seven Years presents an anthology of stories that employ the acclaimed Swiss author's use of direct prose, deceptively simple narratives and deep psychological insights into the existential dilemmas of contemporary life. Original.
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Traveling light
by Lynne Branard
After a storage unit auction gives her possession of a man’s remains, Alissa Wells embarks on a cross-country trip to return them to his family. By the author of The Art of Arranging Flowers.
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The fifth letter
by Nicola Moriarty
A lifelong friendship shared among four women is shattered when a wine-filled vacation game involving the confessions of dark secrets gives way to an anonymous rant about deeply held resentments. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
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| Difficult Women by Roxane GayTelling the stories of strong, imperfect, fully realized women, award-winning author Roxane Gay offers diverse protagonists and settings and unusual, often troubling situations in which women are haunted by pain and loss. In "The Mark of Cain," a woman pretends not to know that her abusive husband and his gentler identical twin have switched places; women participate in fight clubs in another story, while a priest refuses to feel bad about an affair in a third. With complex characters and straightforward writing, this "fantastic collection is challenging, quirky, and memorable" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Four Letter Word : Original Love Letters
by Joshua Knelman
An inspired collection of new fiction from some of today's most celebrated writers, exploring the charm, potency and seductive powers of a classic genre . . . the love letter. When did you last receive a love letter? Have emails and text messages taken over from this romantic form of communication? Would a love letter by a novelist or poet be better than one written by you or me? How would the literary traits of a writer shape the love letters he or she writes? And might a love letter tell us something about its author their other writing could not? Four Letter Word brings us work from 35 of today's best writers, including Margaret Atwood, Miriam Toews, David Bezmozgis, Douglas Coupland, Michel Faber, A.L. Kennedy, Audrey Niffenegger, Lionel Shriver, Jan Morris, Jeanette Winterson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joseph Boyden, Panos Karnezis, Jonathan Lethem, Graham Roumieu, M.G. Vassanji and Neil Gaiman.
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| Love Letters by Debbie MacomberJo Marie Rose never thought she'd run a bed-and-breakfast, but she never thought she'd be a widow at 36, either. Two years have passed since her husband died, and Jo Marie is expecting guests at her Cedar Cove, Washington inn: a couple whose marriage is in trouble (can an old love letter help?) and a young woman meeting a man she only knows through online missives (against her mother's wishes). Meanwhile, Jo Marie's solitary handyman, Mark, has her curious, and he's not pleased by her probing. This heartwarming, romantic novel is the 3rd in a series set in the Rose Harbor Inn. |
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| The Last Letter From Your Lover by Jojo MoyesIn 1960, Jennifer Stirling awakes in the hospital, suffering from memory loss brought on by a car accident. Struggling to adjust, she realizes that she does not love her husband; the discovery of a letter that suggests she'd been having an affair with a man identified only as "B" provides some answers. Fast-forward 43 years, when reporter Ellie Haworth finds several more letters from "B" to Jennifer and is captivated by his passionate words. Unfolding in parallel narratives, heartache and romance abounds in both of their stories and create a clever comparison between the two eras. |
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Letters from Skye : a novel
by Jessica Brockmole
A sweeping love story told in letters spans two world wars and follows the correspondence between a water-phobic poet on the Scottish Isle of Skye and an American volunteer ambulance driver for the French Army, an affair that is discovered years later when the poet disappears.
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| The House at the End of Hope Street: A Novel by Menna van PraagIn this fairytale-like novel, the house at the end of Hope Street is magical, seen only by those who need its help. And the women who are invited to stay can spend only 99 nights there -- just enough time to turn their lives around. In addition to sanctuary, the house also provides gifts and advice (in the form of notes, but also talking portraits of previous visitors), as ruined academic Alba Ashby finds when she moves in. In addition to her career, Alba is struggling with family issues and the feeling that she's wasted her life, but a box of letters between her mother and her (unknown) father gives her some focus. This delightful tale will appeal to fans of Sarah Addison Allen's similarly fantastical stories. |
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