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Popular FictionNovember 2018
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A charismatic and ambitious businessman in Victorian England faces the tragic ruin of everything he has worked to achieve before a royal summons gives him a chance to prove his talents. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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Tony's Wife by Adriana TrigianiFalling in love during a mid-20th-century Jersey Shore summer, two aspiring singers find their marriage tested when they must decide which of them will pursue career opportunities while the other stays at home to raise a family. Also Available in Large Print - LP / Audio - CDB
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Night of Miracles by Elizabeth BergA baking class instructor, her haunted assistant and a youth reeling from a family tragedy discover the power of community while navigating complicated choices and uncertain futures. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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Gone So Long by III Dubus, AndreA man living a solitary existence in seaside New England travels to a quaint Florida community in search of his traumatized, estranged daughter. By the award-winning author of House of Sand and Fog. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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Once Upon a River by Diane SetterfieldWhen the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her in the new novel from the best-selling author of The Thirteenth Tale. Also Available in Large Print - LP
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Fox 8 by George SaundersIdealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty
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A Ladder to the Sky by John BoyneAn aspiring writer meets a celebrated novelist in a hotel in 1988 and uses the man's long-held secret. A first novel. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
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Love is Blind by William Boyd At once an intimate portrait of one man's life and a vivid tapestry of the change and turbulence at the dawn of a new century, Love is Blind is a masterly novel from one of the most widely admired and acclaimed fiction writers at work today.
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Paris Echo by Sebastian FaulksAn American historical researcher in Paris and a Moroccan teen who risked his life to enter France find the realities of the city's past Nazi occupation transforming their ideas about sacrifice and happiness.
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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteSatire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.. Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit. A deliciously deadly debut that's as fun as it is frightening.
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The Adults by Caroline HulseMeet The Adults. Claire and Matt are no longer together but decide what's best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a "normal" family Christmas. They can't agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest Holiday park , or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did--and it's too late to pull the plug.
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Wolves of Edenby Kevin McCarthy Wolves of Eden blends intimate historical detail and emotional acuity in a haunting narrative that explores timeless themes of morality, the resilience of the human spirit, and the injustice implicit in warfare.
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel GaynorIn this historical novel inspired by true events, two extraordinary female lighthouse keepers, living centuries apart, are linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love.
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All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha RoyFrom the Man Booker Prize-nominated author of Sleeping on Jupiter, The Folded Earth, and An Atlas of Impossible Longing, a poignant and sweeping novel set in India during World War II and the present-day about a son's quest to uncover the truth about his mother.
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The Western Wind by Samantha HarveyAn extraordinary new novel by Samantha Harvey—whose books have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), and the Guardian First Book Award—The Western Wind is a riveting story of faith, guilt, and the freedom of confession.
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Come With Me by Helen SchulmanA part-time employee of a tech company owned by her friend's 19-year-old son acts as his guinea pig to test an algorithm that allows people to access their "multiverses" and see their alternative life choices and paths. One of Vogue’s Books You Won’t Want to Miss This Fall 2018
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The Splendor Before the Dark : a novel of the Emperor Nero by Margaret GeorgeAscending to the throne was only the beginning... Now Margaret George, the author of The Confessions of Young Nero, weaves a web of politics and passion, as ancient Rome's most infamous emperor cements his place in history.
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No Traveller Returns by Louis L'AmourLouis L'Amour's long-lost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Also Available in Audio - CDB
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