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| Milk Fed by Melissa BroderStarring: twenty-something Rachel, whose anorexia is closely linked to an overbearing mother but whose burgeoning attraction to an accepting, food-loving Orthodox woman may help heal her.
Why you might like it: Rachel's a stand-up comedian by night; this is a smart, funny book about love, religion, and body image.
Content warning: homophobia, disordered eating, and self-harm are all a part of Rachel's world. |
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Faye, faraway
by Helen Fisher
A happily married mother of two daughters faces an impossible choice when she is transported back in time to 1977, the year before her own mother died.
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| The Removed by Brandon HobsonWhat it's about: a Cherokee family haunted by past and present traumas -- forced relocation, police violence, and grief, addiction, and dementia.
Narrated by: three members of the Echota family, as well as their ancestor Tsala, who died before the Trail of Tears.
About the author: Brandon Hobson is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma; his previous novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking, was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award. |
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| The Kindest Lie by Nancy JohnsonWhat happens: Years after she gave up a baby for adoption, Ivy League-educated Black engineer Ruth Tuttle returns to her hometown to make peace with her past and find her son.
What she finds: a friendship with a lonely young white boy and a town in the midst of both an economic recession and increasing racial tensions.
For fans of: The Mothers by Brit Bennett or Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. |
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| The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed MasoodStarring: rebellious, wise-cracking Pakistani immigrant Anvar, who becomes an underachieving lawyer in California; Iraqi refugee Azza, who barely escaped war-torn Baghdad and the wrath of her abusive father.
Read it for: a fast-paced, engaging account of two Muslim immigrants from different countries as they struggle with the expectations of their religious communities and wider America.
Is it for you? Though there are humorous moments (Anvar is quite the troublemaker), there's a lot to unpack here as well. |
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Good neighbors : a novel
by Sarah Langan
"From three-time Bram Stoker-Award-winning novelist Sarah Langan comes a propulsive literary suburban noir set in near-future America during the hottest summer on record. Maple Street has a neighborly cul-de-sac, where a terrible secret tears a rift between two misfit moms who were once best friends. When innocent Shelly Schroeder falls down a sinkhole, it's one mom's word against the other's, in a court of public opinion that can end only in blood. Think Big Little Lies-if reimagined by Shirley Jackson"
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Infinite country : a novel
by Patricia Engel
Moving their family to what they believe will be a safer but temporary home in Houston, two young parents are forced to choose between an undocumented status in America and returning to the violence of war-torn Bogatá.
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We run the tides : a novel
by Vendela Vida
Best friends Eulabee and Maria Fabiola have a vehement falling out after disagreeing on the nature of an act they witness while walking to their upscale all-girls' school, and Maria Fabiola's sudden disappearance soon after that exposes dark community secrets
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The sanatorium
by Sarah Pearse
Accompanying family members to an isolated Swiss Alps hotel to recuperate from a traumatizing case, a woman detective uncovers the fates of long-ago tuberculosis patients who went missing from the property years earlier when it operated as a sanatorium.
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