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Fiction A to Z September 2022 |
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| A History of Present Illness by Anna DeForestMysteries of the heart: An unnamed narrator completing med school stands witness to life, death, and her own unresolved (perhaps unresolvable) childhood trauma.
Want a taste? "I've seen a beating heart in a wide-open chest. This place has been a miracle land. No one even dies until we let them."
Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary |
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| The Work Wife by Alison B. Hart24 hours... Inside a #MeToo Hollywood scandal poised to blow, with A-list director and producer Ted Stabler at ground zero.
Starring: Holly, Ted's philanthropic current wife; Ted's former wife, whose promising directorial career tanked amidst whispered rumors; and Zanne, Ted's bright and ambitious personal assistant.
Also available in eBook on Libby |
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| Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar HokeahAncestor stories: Indigenous youth Ever Geimausaddle reckons with his heritage on a journey of self-discovery. Narrated by generations of his relatives, the result is both personal and panoramic.
Read it for: A powerful portrait of inherited trauma and resilience. |
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| Nothing But the Truth by Holly JamesLiar, liar: Lucy, a Los Angeles publicist, depends on lies to do her job. When her boyfriend stands her up, she makes a 30th-birthday wish that comes true with unexpected consequences: no more lies for Lucy!
Read it for: "A delightful, frothy, feminist take on classic chick-lit themes and characters" (Booklist). |
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| The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique RoffeyStarring: Aycayia, a young Taíno woman cursed to live as a mermaid; and David, a gentle musician who rescues her from greedy fishermen in the late 1970s.
Reviewers call it: "A feminist re-telling of an old Taíno myth... amplified by a condemnation of colonization in the Carribean" (Library Journal).
What to read next: Helen Oyeyemi's novel Boy, Snow, Bird; or The Rock Eaters, a short story collection by Brenda Peynado. |
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