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Counting lost stars : a novel
by Kim van Alkemade
A college student in 1960 New York gives up her baby for adoption and then helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost mother, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Orphan #8.
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California golden : a novel
by Melanie Benjamin
Two teens in 1960s California grapple with the unconventional path of their mother, who defies societal expectations as a talented female surfer, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Children's Blizzard.
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Vampires of El Norte
by Isabel Caänas
When the US attacks Mexico in 1846, Nena, a healer striving to prove her worth, and Néstor, a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros, find their reunion overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh.
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Canary girls : a novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
During World War I, April Tipton, a 19-year-old former maid takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal filling shells, where she befriends the wife of a star footballer and the decides to join the ladies' football club.
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The dark edge of night
by Mark Pryor
In 1940 Paris, Police Inspector Henri Lefort, ordered by the Gestapo to find a missing neurologist, discovers the wayward scientist's experimental work is connected to children being taken from orphanages and vows to stop these atrocities, risking the wrath of the SS and the Gestapo.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
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The keeper of hidden books : a novel
by Madeline Martin
As bombs rain down on Warsaw and Hitler's forces surround the city, childhood friends Marta and Janina join the war effort using one of the only weapons that still feel safe to them: literature, fighting to preserve their culture and community and finding hope in each other in order to survive.
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The Paris assignment : a novel
by Rhys Bowen
After the death of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort and, returning to France, confronts the devastation of World War II as she fights to take down the Nazis, find her husband and ultimately survive against inconceivable odds.
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The ghost ship
by Kate Mosse
On the Barbary Coast, in 1621, aboard a mysterious vessel known only as the Ghost Ship, which has spent months liberating those enslaved by corsairs, its crew, who are not what they seem, must survive their journey and escape their fate or be hanged for their crimes.
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The brightest star : a novel
by Gail Tsukiyama
Arriving in Hollywood to become an actress, Anna May Wong discovers her beauty and talent aren't enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles and, over the years, fights to win lead roles, accept risqué parts and keep her illicit love affairs hidden—even as she finds global stardom.
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