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The fortunate ones : a novel
by Ellen M Umansky
A unique Chaim Soutine work of art connects the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in a debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles. By the author of Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge. A first novel.
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The woman on the stairs : a novel
by Bernhard Schlink
Hired by an artist and the beautiful woman he painted, who want to reclaim a portrait from the woman's husband to keep it from being deliberately destroyed, a naïve young lawyer in Frankfurt becomes embroiled in an unexpectedly toxic case marked by a disappearance, a natural disaster and a past betrayal. By the author of the internationally best-selling The Reader
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The fall of Lisa Bellow : a novel
by Susan Perabo
When a popular middle-school girl is abducted in broad daylight by a masked man, the victim's rival, Meredith, struggles with terror while their community organizes vigils and searches. By the author of The Broken Places.
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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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Two good dogs
by Susan Wilson
When Cody, a troubled fourteen-year-old, witnesses a murder, she tells no one. But it begins a spiral for her from which she cannot escape. Her worried mother Skye thinks a change of scene is just what her introverted, withdrawn daughter needs and since her dream has always been to own an inn, she jumps at the chance to buy a dilapidated bed & breakfast in the Berkshires. But being an innkeeper is harder than it seems and Cody still seems to fall in with the wrong crowd. When Adam March arrives as the inn's only guest, he is accompanied by his rescued pit bull, Chance, a dog who has saved Adam in more ways than one. Cody and Chance begin a wary bond and soon, Adam finds another rescue who needs the kind of attention he gave Chance years ago. With Adam and Skye beginning a tentative relationship and Chance showing Cody how to trust again, this new-found family seems to be on the brink of second chances. But soon, a murderer is closing in--someone hiding in plain sight, and threatening everything and everyone--even Cody's life.
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The awkward age : a novel
by Francesca Segal
Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.
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The river of kings : a novel
by Taylor Brown
Two brothers, a college student and a Navy SEAL, travel the storied past and present of Georgia's "Little Amazon" Altamaha River to scatter their enigmatic father's ashes while exploring the work of 16th-centry artist Jacques Le Moyne and sharing what they know about their father's death. By the prize-winning author of Fallen Land.
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The Hollywood daughter : a novel
by Kate Alcott
A coming-of-age novel inspired by Hollywood icon Ingrid Bergman describes how the daughter of a PR executive helps make Berman a star in the face of the illegitimate child the actress has with Robert Rossellini, the heated era of McCarthyism and family secrets that challenge her father's health.
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The evening road
by Laird Hunt
In the summer of 1920 in small-town Indiana, two extraordinary women—beautiful Ottie Lee Henshaw and Calla Destry, a young black woman—cross paths and they soon move through an America plagued by fear and hatred, determined to flee the secrets they have left behind. By the author of Neverhome.
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The refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer presents a new collection of stories, written over a 20-year period, which explores questions of home, family, immigration, the American experience and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives.
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Spoils
by Brian Van Reet
A tale told from the rotating viewpoints of three characters on both sides of the fighting lines during the war in Iraq explores the motivations of military and religious soldiers whose fates are profoundly impacted by a decision that spins out of control.
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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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The hope chest : a novel
by Viola Shipman
Three individuals—including fiercely independent ALS patient Mattie, her devoted but in-denial husband and her caretaker—unlock a parent's hope chest, in which they discover long-ago treasures that trigger inspirational memories. By the author of The Charm Bracelet.
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White Fur
by Jardine Libaire
When Elise Perez meets Jamey Hyde on a desolate winter afternoon, fate implodes, and neither of their lives will ever be the same. Although they are next-door neighbors in New Haven, they come from different worlds. Elise grew up in a housing project without a father and didn’t graduate from high school; Jamey is a junior at Yale, heir to a private investment bank fortune and beholden to high family expectations. Nevertheless, the attraction is instant, and what starts out as sexual obsession turns into something greater, stranger, and impossible to ignore. The unlikely couple moves to Manhattan in hopes of forging an adult life together, but Jamey’s family intervenes in desperation, and the consequences of staying together are suddenly severe. And when a night out with old friends takes a shocking turn, Jamey and Elise find themselves fighting not just for their love, but also for their lives.
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Her secret
by Shelley Shepard Gray
A young woman and her family are forced to move from their bustling Amish town to a new community to escape a threatening stalker who challenges her faith and makes her afraid to trust her growing feelings for a kindhearted neighbor. First book in a new series.
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Almost missed you : a novel
by Jessica Strawser
A seemingly loving husband abruptly walks out on his wife, taking their baby with him, and turns up at the home of his best friend, who faces an impossible choice between calling the police and allowing him to stay when he threatens to expose a terrible secret. A first novel.
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The crossing
by Andrew Miller
Trapped in an unfulfilling marriage and on the heels of a terrible tragedy, Maud embarks on a trans-Atlantic journey to regain herself and her sense of independence. By the author of Pure.
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All grown up
by Jami Attenberg
Hiding the truth about her unhappiness and struggles with anxiety from everyone including her family, best friend and therapist, an alcoholic designer joins her loved ones in a reevaluation of family strength in the wake of a newborn's heartbreaking ailment. By the best-selling author of The Middlesteins.
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The devil and Webster
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The first woman president of an elite progressive college responds to student protests about a popular professor's tenure denial before the group's controversial leader emerges and shocking acts of vandalism begin to destabilize the campus. By the best-selling author of You Should Have Known.
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Exit west : a novel
by Mohsin Hamid
The internationally best-selling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist presents the story of two young lovers whose furtive affair is shaped by local unrest on the eve of a civil war that erupts in a cataclysmic bombing attack, forcing them to abandon their previous home and lives.
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| The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel by Jenny ColganNina Redmond loves nothing more than matching readers with the perfect book. So when the shy librarian is made redundant from her job in Birmingham, England, she decides to open up her own bookshop -- and it's one on wheels! Relocating to a converted barn in a small Scottish village, she starts getting to know her neighbors through the books she sells them on market day. And there's even some romantic possibilities, including with a train engineer who leaves her love letters at a railway crossing. Like Katarina Bivald's The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommends (which likewise features a shy reader opening a book shop), this charming novel is made for book lovers. |
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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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| A Strangeness in My Mind: A Novel by Orhan PamukAs much about Istanbul's rapid transformation over the second half of the 20th century as it is the tale of a street peddler, A Strangeness in My Mind offers both a strong sense of the city and a sweeping story told by multiple narrators. It follows Mevlut Karatas as he arrives in the city as a boy, follows his father's trade selling yogurt door to door, and spends three years writing love letters to a young woman he spotted only briefly. As he forms a deep understanding of his city, marries, and raises a family, Melvut's working life provides a way to understand Istanbul's changing landscape. "Rich, complex, and pulsing with urban life," says Kirkus Reviews. |
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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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