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Fiction A to Z February 2018
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The which way tree
by Elizabeth Crook
Surviving a panther attack that kills her mother and leaves her with scars, a tenacious young woman resolves to find and kill the unusually aggressive cat with the assistance of a charismatic Mexican American, a haunted preacher, her traumatized half-brother and an old hunting dog.
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| Green by Sam Graham-FelsenIt's 1992, and sixth-grader Green is one of the few white students at Boston's Martin Luther King Middle School. After Marlon, a studious black kid from the housing projects nearby, stands up for him, a friendship is born. It's strong enough to weather the typical middle school problems, but it may not be strong enough to survive their differences... |
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How to stop time
by Matt Haig
A man with a secret rare condition that has enabled him to survive for centuries moves to London to become a high-school history teacher and considers defying his protective guardians' rule against falling in love when he becomes entranced by a captivating colleague.
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The great alone
by Kristin Hannah
When her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season.
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An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
When her new husband is arrested and imprisoned for a crime she knows he did not commit, a rising artist takes comfort in a longtime friendship only to encounter unexpected challenges in resuming her life when her husband's sentence is suddenly overturned.
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This fallen prey : a Rockton novel
by Kelley Armstrong
A follow-up to A Darkness Absolute finds police detective Casey Duncan navigating the activities of a dangerous criminal whose arrival has coincided with a spate of murders throughout off-the-grid Rockton, where someone else is working in secret as a killer's accomplice.
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As bright as heaven
by Susan Meissner
Susan Meissner presents a tale set in 1918 Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic and traces the experiences of a family reeling from the losses of loved ones and changes in their adopted city, a situation that is further shaped by their decision to take in an orphaned infant.
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| A State of Freedom by Neel MukherjeeThis is a set of interconnected stories (each written in a different style), bound together by recurring characters and common themes, and set in modern-day India. A State of Freedom offers a variety of characters all dealing with disruption; the divide between the haves and have-nots is starkly depicted.
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Don't skip out on me : a novel
by Willy Vlautin
Determined to prove his worth as a son abandoned by his biological parents, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand leaves his aging caregivers to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico and Las Vegas lead to his realization that he cannot change his identity or outrun his destiny.
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Best Short Stories of 2017
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Atlanta noir
by Tayari Jones
Presents a collection of short noir stories set in Atlanta, Georgia, by such authors as Tayari Jones, David James Poissant, and Jim Grimsley
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Eveningland
by Michael Knight
A collection of interconnected short stories follow a family in Mobile, Alabama, in the years before a devastating hurricane.
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| Five-Carat Soul by James McBrideThis is a first short story collection from National Book Award-winning James McBride, featuring a multitude of different voices and settings, often focusing on themes of race, identity, and history.
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| The Refugees by Viet Thanh NguyenEight short stories, that are set mostly in California and portraying Vietnamese refugee experiences in the U.S. But the topics they explore -- relationships, grief, the desire for fulfillment -- "transcend ethnic boundaries to speak to human universals" |
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