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Fiction A to Z September 2024 |
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| Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-AknerThis witty and insightful novel takes place 40 years after wealthy Carl Fletcher was kidnapped. His wife paid the $250,000 ransom and he survived, but no one in the family has dealt with their trauma, and now their money is running out. Read-alikes: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez; This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper; Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson. |
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The Life Impossible : A Novel
by Matt Haig
When Grace Winters is left a house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, she arrives in Ibiza with no guidebook and no plan, in a novel by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Midnight Library.
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When the World Fell Silent
by Donna Jones Alward
1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nora Crowell wants more than her sister's life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won't be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake...
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On the Hunt
by Iris Johansen
A #1 New York Times best-selling author introduces a bold new heroine—and her search-and-rescue Golden Retriever, Mack—as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer who bombed a museum in Paris. 100,000 first printing.
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If you like: Elizabeth Strout
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| Commonwealth by Ann PatchettIt's at the Southern California christening for baby Franny Keating that the implosion of two nuclear families begins with a kiss. When the dust clears, Franny and her sister have four new stepsiblings with whom they are forced to spend long summers in Virginia. Over the decades, a fatal bee sting, long-held secrets, and a bestselling novel threaten hard-won bonds. For fans of: complex family tales, like those by Elizabeth Strout and Celeste Ng. |
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| Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonIn 1956 Gilead, Iowa, 70-something Reverend John Ames approaches the time of his death and writes a letter to his son chronicling family history that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals family secrets. For fans of: lyrical novels portraying the intimate thoughts of characters who have complicated, often difficult lives within their small communities. |
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| The Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseSet in Kerala, India from 1900 to 1977, this atmospheric saga follows a family of Saint Thomas Christians (a local Christian community present in the region since late antiquity) that loses at least one member by drowning each generation, as well as an orphaned Scot, who becomes a physician and makes his way to Colonial India. For fans of: emotionally powerful novels peopled with carefully drawn, three-dimensional figures. |
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