April 2021 list by Bernadette L.
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Bride of the Sea
by Eman Quotah
How can she exist between parents, between countries? This question lies at the heart of Eman Quotah's spellbinding debut about colliding cultures, immigration, religion, and family; an intimate portrait of loss and healing, and, ultimately, a testament to the ways we find ourselves inside love, distance, and heartbreak
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City of a Thousand Gates
by Rebecca Sacks
Multiple strands open this magnificent and haunting novel of present-day Israel and Palestine, following several diverse characters as they try to protect what they love. Their interwoven stories reveal complicated, painful truths about life in this conflicted land steeped in hope, love, hatred, terror, and blood on both sides.
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The Girl from the Channel Islands
by Jenny Lecoat
After fleeing Vienna, a Jewish woman living in the British Channel Islands is forced to hide in plain site during the German occupation and to survive must depend on her own courage, her community and a soldier she befriends.
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The Incredible Winston Browne
by Sean Dietrich
When a child in desperate need of protection appears in his sleepy Florida town, Sheriff Winston Browne joins his neighbors to help before discovering unexpected community ties and support.
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The Slaughterman's Daughter
by Yaniv Iczkovits
Fable-inspired stories within stories, told from the nuanced perspectives of interrelated characters, follow the experiences of a Jewish woman in late-19th-century Russia, who uses her secret talents as a ritual slaughterer to retrieve a faithless brother-in-law.
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Sparks Like Stars
by Nadia Hashimi
Adopted from Afghanistan 40 years earlier by an American diplomat in the aftermath of a coup and assassination, Aryana has a chance encounter with the soldier who saved her life and killed her family.
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Trial and Error
by Robert Whitlow
A small-town lawyer has been searching for his daughter for eighteen years. Now another young woman is missing, and he's determined to find them both-no matter the cost. Master legal writer Robert Whitlow will keep you guessing in this gripping legal drama while reminding you of the power of God’s restoration.
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While Paris Slept
by Ruth Druart
A debut told from alternating perspectives follows the experiences of a traumatized survivor of the Nazi occupation in France and a Jewish woman in wartime Paris who entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger.
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