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Popular FictionMarch 2018
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Alternate Side by Anna QuindlenLiving in a quiet Manhattan brownstone that has become its own little community, Nora discovers her true self in the wake of a violent attack that exposes the racial, economic, martial and interpersonal tensions beneath her neighbors harmony. Also Available in Large Print - LP / Audio - CDB
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The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse by Alexander McCall SmithA heartwarming tale of hope and friendship is set during World War II and traces the intersection of a British farm girl, an American pilot and a German soldier who are brought together by an adorable border collie. By the best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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Varina by Charles FrazierForced by limited prospects to marry much-older widower Jefferson Davis, teenaged Varina Howell finds her expectations as the wife of a Mississippi landowner upended by his appointment as the leader of the Confederacy, a situation that renders her and her children fugitives in a divided and increasingly hostile nation. Also Available in Large Print - LP / Audio - CDB
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One House Over by Mary MonroeLonging to enjoy life on the wild side without consequences in their 1930s Alabama community, spouses Joyce and Odell forge a secret friendship with a pair of successful bootleggers whose resentment over being marginalized leads to the exposure of Odell's scandalous double life.
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The Female Persuasion by Meg WolitzerA shy college freshman finds her perspectives transformed by a mentor activist at the center of the women's movement who challenges her to discover herself in ways that take her far from the traditional life she envisioned at the side of her boyfriend. Also Available in Large Print - LP / Audio - CDB
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Women in Sunlight by Frances MayesFour American expats and strangers become unexpected friends during a magical year in Tuscany marked by a writer's complicated relationship with the subject of her biography, long-postponed dreams and shifting senses of adventure and bravery. By the best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun
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I was Anastasia by Ariel LawhonAn evocative retelling of the Anastasia survival myth follows the appearance of a traumatized, badly scarred young woman who claims to be the youngest Romanov daughter. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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The Recipe Box by Viola ShipmanWhen her efforts to pursue a professional culinary life away from her family's northern Michigan orchard end in disappointment, Sam spends a summer working for the family pie shop and begins to learn about and understand the women in her life, her family's history and her passion for food. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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The Italian Teacher by Tom RachmanAn Italian youth raised to revere the genius artist father who abandoned their family strives to become worthy of his father's attentions through a series of failed career pursuits before he hatches a scheme to secure his father's legacy. By the best-selling author of The Imperfectionists.
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Paris by the Book by Liam CallananWhen her eccentric novelist husband disappears, leaving behind nothing but a hidden pair of plane tickets to Paris, Leah relocates to France and takes ownership of a small bookstore, where clues she discovers in an unfinished manuscript and in the literary paths of beloved Parisian classics lead to consequential truths for her daughters.
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What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw by Leah StewartThe author of The Myth of You and Me explores an untraditional love story through the lens of a character actor who must finally become the hero of her own story.
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The Balcony by Jane DeluryA century-spanning portrait—from the Belle Époque to the present day—of the inhabitants of a French village reveals the deception, despair, love and longing beneath the calm surface of their ordinary lives.
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Every Note Played by Lisa GenovaA once-celebrated concert pianist who is gradually succumbing to ALS is forced to accept help from the estranged wife he pushed away, a situation that forces the couple to reconcile their past before time runs out. By the best-selling author of Still Alice. Also Available in Large Print - LP / Audio - CDB
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