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Fiction A to Z November 2019
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| All This Could Be Yours by Jami AttenbergWhat happens: After tyrannical patriarch Victor Tuchman is felled by a heart attack, family members dutifully gather at his deathbed.
Why you might like it: Unfolding over the course of only one day, you the reader are privy to the innermost thoughts of the characters, who are inscrutable to each other.
For fans of: contemporary, complex family dramas. |
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Twice in a blue moon
by Christina Lauren
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Unhoneymooners and My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a modern love story about what happens when your first love re-enters your life when you least expect it.
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| A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella ForbesWhat it is: the coming of age and love story of Moshe Fisher, a man whose unusual appearance makes his race uncertain, and his soul mate, dark-skinned Arrienne Christie, as well as Jamaica's struggle for independence.
Why you might like it: With a strong sense of place, a touch of magical realism, lyrical writing, and well-crafted dialogue relayed in Jamaican patois, this is a powerful tale of post-colonial Jamaica.
Reviewers say: "subtle and commanding" (The New York Times). |
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| Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate RacculiaStarring: an eclectic cast of characters, all sent on an inventive treasure hunt across Boston by an unconventional billionaire's final request.
For fans of: literary and pop culture references; ghost stories; inheritance drama; loners; bankers who used to be theater kids; Edgar Allan Poe; cape-wearing gentlemen; scavenger hunts; camp, whimsy, and eccentricity. And, of course, Ellen Raskin's classic kids' book The Westing Game.
Read this next: Ernest Cline's nostalgic, sci-fi scavenger hunt, Ready Player One. |
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| Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette WintersonWhat it is: a retelling of the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, featuring Mary as a narrator, as well as a modern-day tale in which a trans doctor falls for a professor working to chain AI to a fusion of body parts.
Why you might like it: Ever questioned what makes us human? If so, this one's for you.
Reviewers say: "slick and funny, often delightfully obscene" (The Washington Post); "beguiling, disturbing, and full of wonders" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Agent running in the field
by John Le Carré
Desperate to resist the political turbulence of his 2018 London home, a young man establishes connections that lead him down a dark and dangerous path. By the best-selling author of A Legacy of Spies.
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The Dutch house : a novel
by Ann Patchett
A tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family’s lavish Philadelphia estate. By the award-winning author of Commonwealth.
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The grammarians
by Cathleen Schine
A comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language, by the author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport, follows the experiences of identical twins whose respective literary careers are upended by their battle to claim an heirloom dictionary.
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Olive, again
by Elizabeth Strout
A sequel to Olive Kitteridge finds Olive struggling to understand herself while bonding with a teen suffering from loss, a woman who gives birth unexpectedly, a nurse harboring a longtime crush and a lawyer who resists an unwanted inheritance.
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To the lions : a novel
by Holly Watt
After she stumbles upon a dark conspiracy having to do with an extreme and secret hunt in North Africa, journalist Casey Benedict is determined to follow the clues, no matter how far it takes her.
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