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Honor
by Thrity N. Umrigar
An Indian American journalist returns home to cover the story of a Hindi woman attacked by her own family for marrying a Muslim and deals with a society that places more weight on tradition than one's heart.
Generously donated by Second Park Ridge Review Club.
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Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
In a society consumed by fear, twelve-year-old Bird Gardner receives a mysterious letter and sets out on a quest to find his mother, a Chinese-American poet who left when he was nine years old. This leads him to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
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The Future We Choose : Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres
A cautionary but hopeful report by the cofounders of Global Optimism and architects of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement outlines urgent measures that must be taken to adapt to or reverse climate change.
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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
by Clare Pooley
An eclectic group of train commuters traveling from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station discover that talking to strangers can help them learn more about themselves in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Authenticity Project.
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The Removed
by Brandon Hobson
A Cherokee family takes in a remarkable foster child on the eve of the Cherokee National Holiday and anniversary of a loved one’s death. By the National Book Award-winning author of Where the Dead Sit Talking.
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The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
A spirit-lifting, high-concept blockbuster debut set in a world where people can find out how much time they have left to live.
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The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
Nora Seed finds herself faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one: following a different career, undoing old breakups, or realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist. She must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.
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The Immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin
After getting readings from a psychic reputed to be able to tell customers when they will die, four siblings from New York's Lower East Side hide what they learn from each other before living five decades of experiences shaped by their determination to control fate.
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