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Daughter of Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
A sequel to the best-selling Moloka'i follows the story of quarantined leprosy patient Rachel Kalama's daughter, who is raised by adoptive Japanese parents on a California grape farm before her unjust internment during World War II.
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These Ghosts Are Family
by Maisy Card
A man on his deathbed reveals that he stole another man’s identity decades earlier, traces the family’s history from colonial Jamaica to present-day Harlem and reconnects with the firstborn daughter he never knew.
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Resistance Women
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Resisting the power grabs of an increasingly formidable Nazi Party in 1930s Berlin, the courageous American wife of a German intellectual and her circle of women friends engage in a clandestine battle to sabotage Hitler's regime.
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The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
A vivacious dance-hall girl in 1930s colonial Malaysia is drawn into unexpected danger by the discovery of a severed finger that is being sought by a young houseboy who would protect his late master's soul.
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The Grace Kelly Dress
by Brenda Janowitz
The iconic wedding dress of Grace Kelly inspires three generations of women to forge their own paths, including a Parisian atelier who is hired to sew a look-alike gown before confronting an impossible choice.
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The Lost Girls of Paris
by Pam Jenoff
After discovering an abandoned, photograph-filled suitcase in Grand Central Station in 1946 a young widow sets out to discover who the people in the pictures are.
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The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
by Kayte Nunn
Taking shelter on a distant island, a free-spirited marine scientist discovers a cache of love letters written by a young mother who was committed to an asylum in the 1950s.
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Cartier's Hope
by M. J. Rose
Determined 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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The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
While working as divers with the all-female diving collective on a small Korean island, Mi-ja and Young-sook find their friendship challenged by their differences and forces outside their control.
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Red Letter Days
by Sarah Jane Stratford
After being caught in the web of hysteria stemming from the hate-mongering Senator McCarthy, a female television writer leaves Hollywood for post-war London where she befriends other exiled Americans including a successful producer who hires blacklisted writers.
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