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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (On order)
Featuring: twin sisters Stella and Desiree, who last saw each other as teenagers when they fled the Louisiana hometown where their father had been lynched.
Over the years: Stella has built a life for herself in which everyone, including her husband, believes her to be white; Desiree is the mother of a daughter so dark-skinned the hometown gossips stare.
Why you should read it: Spanning decades (from the 1940s to the 1990s), this is a compassionately drawn tale of family, colorism, and identity. | |
Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins
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Katarina Bivald
Author note: The next novel from Katarina Bivald, author of the number one Indie Next pick and New York Times best seller The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
What it's about: After an accident kills Henny, the manager of the Pine Away Motel and Cabins, she watches as the three people who mean the most to her are reunited at her funeral. All three are unhappy, and Henny is devastated to know that she'll have to leave them when they need her the most. But...what if she doesn't have to leave after all?With the funeral over and the last casserole dish packed up and carted home, Henny realizes she has one last opportunity to help her friends discover the happiness they once knew. To help them move forward, Henny must look back, unpacking the memories from their last year of high school all those years before. Only then can Henny stop history from repeating itself and heal her best friends once and for all.
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A Good Man : a novel
by Ani Katz
(Downloadable AudioBook)
Featuring: Thomas Martin, a devoted family man who has all the trappings of an enviable life, is driven to unspeakable acts, changing his life forever and causing him to question whether or not he really is a good man.
Why you might like it: A dark and gripping novel of psychological suspense about a family man driven to unspeakable acts, in the vein of The Perfect Nanny and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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Blackwood
by Michael Farris Smith
(Downloadable eBook)
What it's about: Believing his small Mississippi community can still prove itself, an aging lawman is confronted by a family of drifters while a junkyard sculptor witnesses the town’s gradual overtaking by a kudzu infestation that hides a dangerous mystery.
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What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell Who it's about: a lonely American professor in Bulgaria, drawn by need into an unstable relationship with a young hustler named Mitko -- until his violence leaves the professor scared for his life.
What happens: Years pass, and Mitko reappears once more, forcing the professor to come to terms with his past -- both with Mitko and with his own difficult childhood.
What reviewers say: "A luminous, searing exploration of desire, alienation, and the powerful tattoo of the past" (Kirkus Reviews). | | What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand What happens: In this engaging novel (a follow-up to Winter in Paradise), Irene Steel faces up to her late husband's double life, and finds herself returning to St. John -- perhaps for good.
Why you might like it: As in the best escapist fiction featuring wealthy families, the beach (and accompanying Steel villa) is beautiful, secrets are around every corner, and there are romantic entanglements aplenty.
What you need to know: the 3rd in the series, Troubles in Paradise, is coming this October. | |
What to do about the Solomons
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Bethany Ball
Who: Meet Marc Solomon, an Israeli ex-Navy commando now living in L.A., who is falsely accused of money laundering through his asset management firm.
Why you might like it: A humorous multi-generational family saga set in Israel, New York and Los Angeles explores the secrets and gossip-filled lives of a kibbutz community near Jerusalem. A first novel.
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What lies between us : a novel
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Nayomi Munaweera
What it's about: When her past collides with the present, a woman, who immigrated to America from Sri Lanka when she was a girl, finds her hold on reality becoming more and more tenuous, which prompts her to commit her unforgivable final act.
What you need to know: Discussion-guide available. By the winner of the Regional Commonwealth Book Prize for Asia.
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What the wind knows
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Amy Harmon
What it's about: Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken.
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Brandon, Mississippi 39042
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