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Popular FictionNovember 2020
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Fifty Words for Rain : a novel by Asha LemmieAbandoned by a mother who instructs her never to fight or ask questions, an illegitimate child of mixed heritage in 1948 Kyoto forges a powerful bond with her older half-brother against the wishes of their formidable grandparents. A first novel.
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The Cold Millions : a novel by Jess WalterEnduring the corruption of their union employment, two young day laborers are respectively drawn to a feminist activist and a vaudeville singer whose experiences reflect an unjust world on the brink of upheaval.
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Dark Tides : a novel by Philippa GregoryA sequel to Tidelands finds 17th-century London warehouse owner Alinor reuniting with a man from her past while reaching out to her brother in war-torn New England for proof of her son's survival.
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War Lord : a novel by Bernard CornwellA latest entry in the best-selling series behind Netflix's The Last Kingdom continues the history-based epic story of fan-favorite character Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his adventures in the turbulent early years of England.
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His Only Wife : a novel by Peace A. MedieEnduring a life of minimal prospects among her uncles many wives, a young seamstress relocates to Accra when she is married in absentia to a wealthy man whose family would separate him from the woman he loves.
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Perestroika In Paris : a novel by Jane SmileyA captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris Parasis a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris.
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Missionaries by Phil KlayAuthor of Redeployment examines the globalization of violence through the interconnected stories of a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, a foreign correspondent, a Colombian officer and a militia lieutenant who navigate the realities of modern warfare
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Pizza girl : a novel by Jean Kyoung FrazierDelivering pizzas in suburban Los Angeles, a pregnant teen mourning the death of her father becomes obsessed with a middle-aged stay-at-home mom who comes to depend on weekly pizza deliveries for her son’s happiness. A first novel.
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. MooreBased on true events, follows the story of one of many young, Chinese women who traveled to 19th century San Francisco for an arranged marriage, but were sold into prostitution, and the pioneering advocate who helped them.
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The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister1855: Virginia Reeve is summoned by an eccentric Brit with a compelling offer. Lady Jane Franklin wants her to lead a dozen women into the Arctic in search of the ships of her husband's lost expedition, and she's willing to pay handsomely.
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To Be a Man by Nicole KraussThe National Book Award finalist and best-selling author of The History of Love explores contemporary gender realities in a latest collection of short fiction that traces the experiences of diverse characters at respective stages of life.
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Midnight Train to Prague : a novel by Carol WindleyIn 1927, as Natalia Faber travels from Berlin to Prague with her mother, their train is delayed in Saxon Switzerland. In the brief time the train is idle, Natalia learns the truth about her father-who she believed died during her infancy-and meets a woman named Dr. Magdalena Schaeffer.
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The Wrong Kind of Woman : a novel by Sarah McCraw CrowA late-1970s widow becomes increasingly dependent on the feminist activists her professor husband and she once disdained, before a frat party and a Vietnam War protest gone wrong threaten her daughter’s prospects.
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Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon HanEarning just enough in America that they hope to reclaim the son they left behind in China, Patty and Liang Cheng find their fragile stability complicated by their daughter's sleepwalking activities, which expose complicated family secrets.
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The Sun Collective by Charles BaxterA vision of modern American society and the specters of the consumerism, fanaticism, and fear that haunt it, The Sun Collective captures both the mystery and the violence that punctuate our daily lives.
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Eartheater by Dolores ReyesA woman from an underprivileged region of contemporary Argentina teams up with a withdrawn police officer when she develops uncontrollable pica that triggers visions of murdered and missing people, including her own mother. A first novel.
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The Thirty Names of Night : a novel by Zeyn JoukhadarFollows three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts. By the author of The Map of Salt and Stars.
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The Orchard : a novel by David HopenReinventing himself upon moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, a student at an Orthodox Jewish academy is welcomed into a circle of popular students whose faith is unconventionally tested by their charismatic rabbi. A first novel.
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Here Is the Beehive by Sarah CrossanA debut about a love affair cut short, and how lonely it is to live inside a secret.
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