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Little Fires Everywhere August 2018
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Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
Fighting an ugly custody battle with an artistic tenant who has little regard for the strict rules of their progressive Cleveland suburb, a straitlaced family woman who is seeking to adopt a baby becomes obsessed with exposing the tenant's past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both of their families.
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Spanglish
With the arrival of a beautiful Mexican maid and her daughter to their household the already troubled Clasky family face even more challenges in their domestic life.
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Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
An annual school Trivia Night ends in a disastrous riot leaving one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but evidence shows it might have been premeditated in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Husband's Secret.
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The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
Moving his young bride to an isolated lighthouse home on Australia's Janus Rock where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant who has washed up on the shore only to witness a rift in their marriage that is further complicated by a search by the baby's desperate mother.
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The Language of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Discovering the symbolic meanings of flowers while languishing in the foster-care system, 18-year-old Victoria is hired by a florist when her talent for helping others is discovered, a situation that leads to a romantic prospect and the confrontation of a painful secret from her past.
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Pleasantville
Chaos ensues when 1990s teenagers David and Jennifer get zapped into the perfect suburbia of the black-and-white 1950s sitcom, Pleasantville
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Little Children
by Tom Perrotta
A group of young suburban parents, including a handsome stay-at-home dad, a former feminist, an internet surfer, and an over-structured mom, finds its sleepy existence shattered when a convicted child molester moves back into town and two of the parents have an affair.
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The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
In a contemporary black community, 17-year-old Nadia Turner mourns the suicide of her mother, leading her to take up with the local's pastor's son; but when she gets pregnant, the pregnancy and the subsequent cover-up will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.
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Digging to America
by Anne Tyler
A chance encounter between two families--the Donaldsons, and the Iranian-born Yasdans--at the Baltimore airport, as both couples await the arrival of an adopted daughter from Korea, prompts an examination about what it means to be an American while the lives of the two families intertwine over the years.
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Edward Scissorhands
Left unfinished by his inventor, a man has sharp shears of metal instead of hands, and falls in love with teenage girl from his suburban surroundings.
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The Leavers
by Lisa Ko
An award-winning debut novel follows the experiences of a Chinese youth who when his undocumented worker mother fails to return home is adopted by a family that attempts to make him over as an American teen while he struggles to reconcile his new life with memories of the family he left behind.
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About a Boy
A comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus, an odd 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.
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The Dressmaker
by Rosalie Ham
A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge and 1950s haute couture is soon to be a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth.
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Chocolat
A single mother and her daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop just before Lent across the street from the local church in a rigidly moral community.
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