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Read a Book by a Georgia Author
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Wild Spectacle : Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans
by Janisse Ray
Looking for adventure and self-discovery, Janisse Ray has repeatedly set out to immerse herself in wildness, to be wild, and to learn what wildness can teach us. From overwintering with monarch butterflies in Mexico to counting birds in Belize, the stories in Wild Spectacle capture her luckiest moments-ones of heart-pounding amazement, romance, and moving toward living more wisely. In Ray's worst moments she crosses boundaries to encounter danger and embrace sadness.
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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
by Anissa Gray
When their formidably strong-willed eldest sister is arrested, abruptly transitioning their family from respectability to disgrace, two younger sisters confront complicated dynamics in their family and identities to uncover what really happened.
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The Magnetic Girl
by Jessica Handler
A girl in post-Civil War rural Georgia discovers that by harnessing the power of electricity she can control the thoughts and actions of others and sets out on a quest to use this power to heal her disabled baby brother.
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Pride of Eden
by Taylor Brown
Obsessed with replacing his wildlife sanctuary's escaped lion, a racehorse jockey and Vietnam veteran teams up with a former poacher and a veterinarian to battle underworld smugglers, breeders and trophy hunters.
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Memorial Drive : A Daughter's Memoir
by Natasha D. Trethewey
The former U.S. poet laureate shares a personal memoir about the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and how this profound experience of loss shaped her as an adult and an artist.
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Never Have I Ever
by Joshilyn Jackson
When her loved ones are put in danger by a blackmailer who threatens to expose dangerous secrets, wife and mother Amy Whey struggles to keep the upper hand in an escalating war of betrayal.
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We Are All Good People Here
by Susan Rebecca White
A pair of roommates at Belmont College in 1962 become close friends until their growing awareness of the South’s caste system causes them to question everything and one of them veers towards radicalism.
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Unmarriageable
by Soniah Kamal
A retelling of Pride and Prejudice, set in modern-day Pakistan, finds a practical-minded teacher from a family of sisters evaluating her resolve never to marry after encountering a brusque but compelling man during a series of lavish wedding parties.
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Midnight Atlanta
by Thomas Mullen
When Arthur Bishop, editor of Atlanta's leading black newspaper, is killed in his office, cop-turned-journalist Tommy Smith finds himself in the crosshairs of the racist cops he's been trying to avoid. To clear his name, he needs to learn more about the dangerous story Bishop had been working on.
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