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Fiction A to Z August 2019
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Fleishman is in Trouble
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Divorcing his hostile wife when he concludes he could find genuine happiness elsewhere, a doctor is astonished when his ex abruptly disappears, making him unable to move on without acknowledging painful truths about his marriage. A first novel.
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The Gifted School
by Bruce W Holsinger
The students and parents of a tight-knit community find their bonds nearly destroyed by competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens nearby, in a story told from both adult and child perspectives.
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| You've Been Volunteered: A Class Mom Novel by Laurie GelmanStarring: sassy, sarcastic, relatable Jen Dixon, who is once again class mom (this time for her son's 3rd-grade class) -- and now is apparently in charge of the safety patrol.
For fans of: Class Mom, in which Jen took on kindergarten as a third-time parent, as well as other irreverent tales of harried parenthood like Maria Semple's Today Will Be Different or Bunmi Laditan's Confessions of a Domestic Failure. |
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The Helpline
by Katherine Collette
An eccentric woman who is great with numbers—but not so great with people—realizes it’s up to her to pull a community together. Filled with an eccentric, totally unique, and (occasionally) cranky cast of characters, The Helpline is a feel-good page-turner that will make you reexamine what it means to lead a happy life.
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Marilou is Everywhere
by Sarah Smith
Enduring impossible hardships stemming from her mother's frequent disappearances, 14-year-old Cindy runs away and assumes the identity of a glamorous missing teen from an affluent community, where she struggles with her first encounters with maternal love.
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| The Snakes by Sadie JonesWhat happens: London psychotherapist Bea has long been estranged from her wealthy parents, but a visit with her husband to her brother's empty hotel in France brings them back into her life.
Why you might like it: Complicated relationships, slowly revealed secrets, corrosive wealth, and a well-crafted (if leisurely paced) plot make this family drama a dark yet thoughtful one.
Reviewers say: "the real snakes in this twisty story are human ones" (Library Journal). |
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How Could She
by Lauren Mechling
Following her best friends to New York City in the aftermath of a devastating broken engagement, Geraldine struggles to find her footing among the West Village's influencers and media darlings before discovering the realities of her friends' successes.
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We Went to the Woods
by Caite Dolan-Leach
Convinced that society is on the brink of collapse, five disillusioned twenty-somethings create a self-sustaining socialist commune, before their utopian vision is marred by desire, suspicion and betrayal. By the author of Dead Letters
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Mostly Dead Things
by Kristen Arnett
Starring: Jessa-Lynn Morton, who, after her father's suicide, runs her family's (failing) taxidermy business and helps raise her niece and nephew (she's in love with their mother, who's abandoned them all).
Why you might like it: Mostly Dead Things balances the Morton family's suffering with "only in Florida" weirdness; sharp dialogue and descriptive language make for a vivid read.
Why you might not like it: If you're squeamish, the visceral descriptions may be too much for you.
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Turbulence
by David Szalay
From the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of All That Man Is comes a novel about 12 people, mostly strangers, and the surprising ripple effect each one has on the life of the next as they cross paths while in transit around the world.
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