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Girls on Fire: A Novel

Robin Wasserman - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he's found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand - a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved...
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The Sweetheart Deal

Polly Dugan - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The poignant story of what happens when a woman who thinks she's lost everything has the chance to love again.Leo has long joked that, in the event of his death, he wants his best friend Garrett, a lifelong bachelor, to marry his wife, Audrey. One drunken night, he goes so far as to make...
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Strong Looks Better Naked

Khloe Kardashian - Regan Arts
Format: Print book

THE ONLY OFFICIAL KHLO KARDASHIAN BOOK Book jacket folds out to a full-size poster! "There is no such thing as perfect. Nobody attains perfection. But if you keep trying, you grow and evolve, and to me that's the point: To be a better person today than I was yesterday; to become...
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Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body

Kate Hudson - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

I didn't just wake up one day understanding how to take care of myself. I had to learn how to do so over time, and I continue to learn - each and every day. This is a process, and my body is constantly changing. So is yours. And when I learned how to accept that I will always be like this,...
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Balancing in Heels: My Journey to Health, Happiness, and Making it all Work

Kristin Cavallari - Rodale, 2016.
Format: Print book

Kristin Cavallari is best known for her time on the hit reality series Laguna Beach and follow-up show, The Hills. But Cavallari is so much more than a reality star. Since her time on MTV, she has had a hand in multiple business ventures, including jewelry design, a line of shoes, and a lifestyle...
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The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time

Cameron Diaz - Harperwave, 2016.
Format: Print book

Cameron Diaz follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, The Body Book, with a personal, practical, and authoritative guide that examines the art and science of growing older and offers concrete steps women can take to create abundant health and resilience as they age.Cameron Diaz wrote...
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See Me

Nicholas Sparks - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Large Print Hardcover

See me just as I see you . . .Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison dogging his every step, he's determined to walk a straight line. To Colin, that means applying himself single-mindedly...
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300 Days of Sun: A Novel

Deborah Lawrenson - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Print book

Combining the atmosphere of Jess Walters' Beautiful Ruins with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Kline's The Orphan Train, Deborah Lawrenson's mesmerizing novel transports readers to a sunny Portuguese town with a shadowy past - where two women, decades apart, are drawn...
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I Almost Forgot About You: A Novel

Terry Mcmillan - Crown
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaningIn I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great...
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Best Friends Forever

Kimberla Lawson Roby - Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Format: Large Print Hardcover

Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads...
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The A to Z of You and Me

James Hannah - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Print book

He has all kinds of everyday joy in his life -- he's young, he's in love, he has friends who promise to stand by him if life ever goes wrong. Then one day, life does go wrong.He makes a mistake, and it's big and unforgiveable. Now time is running out, and his life is falling apart. But he's...
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Along the Infinite Sea

Beatriz Williams - Penguin Audiobooks
Format: Audio Compact Disc - Unabridged

Each of the three Schuyler sisters has her own world-class problems, but in the autumn of 1966, Pepper Schuyler's problems are in a class of their own. When Pepper fixes up a beautiful and rare vintage Mercedes and sells it at auction, she thinks she's finally found a way to take care of herself...
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Amateurs

Dylan Hicks - Coffee House Press
Format: Print book

Praise for Dylan Hicks:"Hicks is a terrific writer who can craft a simile with the best of them." - Kirkus Reviews"The joy in Hicks' debut arises less from plot than from the writing itself: nuanced, ingenious, perceptive, funny." - The Star Tribune"Do...
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The Art of Not Breathing

Sarah Alexander - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. One minute Eddie was there, and the next he was gone. Seventeen-year-old Tay McKenzie is a cute and mysterious boy that Elsie meets...
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The Atomic Weight of Love: A Novel

Elizabeth J Church - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Format: Print book

In the spirit of The Aviator's Wife and Loving Frank, this resonant debut spans the years from World War II through the Vietnam War to tell the story of a woman whose scientific ambition is caught up in her relationships with two very different men. For Meridian Wallace--and many...
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How to Be Single: A Novel

Liz Tuccillo - Pocket Books
Format: Paperback

The inspiration for the hit film! From the coauthor of He's Just Not That Into You and a former story editor for Sex and the City, How to Be Single is about one woman's attempts to navigate a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.Julie Jenson is a single thirty-seven-year-old...
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A Drop in the Ocean: A Novel

Jenni Ogden - She Writes PR
Format: Print book

On her 49th birthday, Anna Fergusson, Boston neuroscientist and dedicated introvert, arrives at an unwanted crossroads when the funding for her research lab is cut. With her confidence shattered and her future uncertain, on impulse she rents a cabin for a year on Australia's Great Barrier...
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Everybody Rise: A Novel

Stephanie Clifford - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller!Chosen as one of Summer's Best Books by People MagazineFeatured in Time Magazine's Summer ReadingEntertainment Weekly's Summer Must ListGood Housekeeping Beach Reads Feature"A witty tale about a high-society wannabe...Little is more...
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The Blue Line

Ingrid Betancourt - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

From the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, a stunning debut novel about freedom and fateSet against the backdrop of Argentina's Dirty War and infused with magical realism, The Blue Line is a breathtaking story of love and betrayal by one of the world's...
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Sweetbitter: A novel

Stephanie Danler - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming-of-age tale, following a small-town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan. Perfect for readers of Kitchen Confidential...
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Flight Patterns

Karen White - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels tells the story of a woman coming home to the family she left behind - and to the woman she always wanted to be.... Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people's pasts while trying to forget...
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The Rules of Love and Grammar

Mary Simses - Little
Format: Print book

A woman finds love and closure, and rediscovers herself, when she returns to her roots in the enchanting new novel from the author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Caf.Newly jobless, newly single, and suddenly apartmentless, writer Grace Hammond has come unmoored....
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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

Marina Keegan - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the worlds attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation. Marina Keegans star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude...
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We Were Liars

E. Lockhart - Delacorte Press
Format: Library Binding

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The Fault in Our Stars

Kishan Bagadia - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

From John Green, the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down"The greatest romance story of this decade." - Entertainment Weekly-Millions of copies sold-#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller#1 USA Today Bestseller#1 International BestsellerTIME...
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The Weekenders

Mary Kay Andrews - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

"Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Some people come only for the weekends-and it's something they look forward to all week long. When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead...
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Beach Town

Mary Kay Andrews - Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestselling Author Greer Hennessy is a struggling movie location scout whose last location shoot ended in disaster. Now Greer has been given one more chance ? a shot at finding the perfect undiscovered beach town for a big budget movie. She zeroes in on a sleepy Florida...
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Ladies' Night

Mary Kay Andrews - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Take a splash of betrayal, add a few drops of outrage, give a good shake to proper behavior and take a big sip of a cocktail called ... Ladies' Night!Grace Stanton's life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn when she catches her husband cheating...
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Angry Housewives: Eating Bon Bons

Lorna Landvik - Thorndike Press
Format: Large Print]

From her sensational sleeper hit Patty Jane’s House of Curl to her heartwarming novel Welcome to the Great Mysterious, Lorna Landvik has won the hearts of readers everywhere by skillfully balancing hilarity with pathos, and bittersweet insights with heartwarming truths. Now she returns...
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The Apartment: A Novel

Danielle Steel - Random House Large Print
Format: Large print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most.They come together by chance in the heart...
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The Friends We Keep

Susan Mallery - Mira Books
Format: Print book

In this insightful and compelling story from book club favorite Susan Mallery, three close friends test the boundaries of how much a woman can give before she has nothing left After five years as a stay-at-home mom, Gabby Schaefer can't wait to return to work. Oh, to use the bathroom in peace!...
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A girl's guide to moving on : a novel

Debbie Macomber - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this powerful and uplifting novel, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity for love are greater...
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