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Things They Lost : a Novel
by Okwiri Oduor
Set at the intersection of the spirit word and the human one, this stunning debut novel tells the story of Ayosa, a lonely girl who struggles to free herself from her unpredictable, beautiful mother, a mysterious and aloof photographer who comes and goes as she pleases.
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Elsewhere
by Alexis Schaitkin
Follows a group of young women who are coming of age and wondering who among them will be lost in a close-knit, overly-protective mountain community where their unforgiving adherence to tradition dictates that some mothers vanish from their families.
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The School For German Brides
by Aimie K. Runyan
In 1939 Germany, Hanna Rombauer is sent to a "bride school" where she becomes increasingly disturbed by lessons of hatred, prejudice and misogyny, and when she discovers a pregnant Jewish woman hiding near the school, she proposes a risky plan that would free them both.
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The Suite Spot
by Trish Doller
Moving across the country to an island on Lake Erie for a manager position at a brewery, single mother Rachel instead finds a handsome, moody man who offers her the chance to help build a hotel and rebuild her own life from the ground up.
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The School For Good Mothers : a Novel
by Jessamine Chan
After one moment of poor judgment involving her daughter Harriet, Frida Liu falls victim to a host of government officials who will determine if she is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother's devotion.
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A Country You Can Leave : a Novel
by Asale Angel-Ajani
A young woman navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a fiery, Russian mother when the pair find themselves homeless again and at a mobile home park in the California desert.
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Time Is a Mother
by Ocean Vuong
"Ocean Vuong's second collection of poetry looks inward, on the aftershocks of his mother's death, and the struggle - and rewards - of staying present in the world.”
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The Other Mother : a Novel
by Rachel M. Harper
While attending Brown, Jenry, a musical prodigy, sets out to learn about his late father until his estranged grandfather makes an admission that leads Jenry down a new path, one that ends a web of secrecy that binds this family together even as it keeps them apart.
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I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself : a Novel
by Marisa Crane
When the Department of Balance adopts a radical new form of law enforcement, Kris, a new mother raising a child alone after her wife dies, finds support in a community of fellow misfits who defy the Department to lift one another up in solidarity and hope.
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