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Popular FictionJanuary 2020
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A Long Petal of the Seaby Isabel AllendeSponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.
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Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane ChamberlainImprisoned for a crime she did not commit, an artist is offered a chance to complete her remaining time by restoring a post office mural in a sleepy Southern town where another artist confronted violent prejudice decades earlier.
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American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsSelling two favorite books to an unexpectedly erudite drug-cartel boss, a bookstore manager is forced to flee Mexico in the wake of her journalist husband’s tell-all profile and finds her family among thousands of migrants seeking hope in America.
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The Hollows by Jess MontgomeryA sequel to The Widows finds newly elected sheriff Lily Ross investigating ghost sightings in Moonvale Hollow and the death of a mysterious woman who was killed while walking along a railroad shortcut beneath the Appalachians.
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The Whispers of War by Julia KellyThree friends struggle between their loyalties to England and each other when one of them is threatened with internment by the British government for her German heritage during World War II. By the award-winning author of The Light Over London.
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The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi DaréAdunni, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who longs for an education, must find a way for her voice to be heard loud and clear in a world where she and other girls like her are taught to believe, through words and deeds, that they are nothing.
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Little Gods by Meng JinA new novel explores the complex web of grief, memory, time, physics, history and selfhood in the immigrant experience, and the complicated bond between daughters and mothers.
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Recipe for a Perfect Wife : a novel by Karma BrownIn a dual-narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife, causing her to question the foundation of her relationship with her husband.
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Followers by Megan AngeloDecades after an ambitious writer and her A-list wannabe roommate abandon their ethics for social-media stardom, a government-appointed celebrity discovers a shattering secret from her past that her corporate sponsors would gladly exploit.
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Cartier's Hope by M. J. RoseDetermined to make her mark in Gilded Age New York, a woman journalist investigates rumors and curses swirling around Pierre Cartier’s recently acquired Hope Diamond, before attracting the attention of the blackmailer behind her father’s death.
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Coming of age in his family's Houston restaurant, a mixed-heritage teen navigates bullying, his newly discovered sexual orientation, and the ripple effects of a disadvantaged community
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Things in Jars by Jess KiddWoman detective Bridie Devine investigates the kidnapping of a nobleman’s illegitimate daughter, whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the attention of sinister collectors in the underworld’s curiosities trade. By the author of Himself.
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The Story of a Goat by PerummurukaönOffered a weakling goat by a mysterious stranger, a rural Indian farmer and his wife assume difficult hardships to protect the vulnerable animal, who makes bawdy observations of the human world and its sometimes dangerous government.
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya SudbanthadA house in flooded Bangkok reflects a confluence of lives shaped by upheaval, from a homesick missionary doctor, to a haunted jazz pianist in the age of rock, to a woman who would escape her political past.
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Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel BumpRaised by a civil-rights activist grandmother on the South Side of Chicago, Claude McKay Love searches for a sense of belonging before a riot compels his departure for college, where he discovers he cannot escape his past.
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Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen WestTargeted by privileged families for her progressive educational approaches, a beloved teacher discovers unexpected common ground with a meddling parent whose inadvertent encounter with a drama student has had dangerous consequences for her family.
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