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Us Against You: A Novel

FREDRIK BACKMAN · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beartown and A Man Called Ove, hailed as "a writer of astonishing depth [with] the remarkable ability to make you understand the feelings of each of a dozen different characters" (The Washington Times) , a heart-wrenching story...
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All the Beautiful Girls: A Novel

ELIZABETH J CHURCH · Ballantine Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas - and finds unexpected fortune, friendship, and love. It was unimaginable. When she was eight years old, Lily Decker somehow survived the auto accident that killed her parents and sister,...
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The Boat People: A Novel

Sharon Bala · Doubleday
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Khaled Hosseini and Chris Cleave, The Boat People is an extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face the threat of deportation amid accusations of terrorismWhen a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow...
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The High Season: A Novel

Judy Blundell · Random House
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In a beach town overrun with vacationers and newly colonized by socialites, one woman goes to extreme lengths when the life she loves is upended. The ultimate summer read, this novel of money, class, and family is perfect for fans of Meg Wolitzer, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Cynthia D'Aprix...
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A Place for Us: A Novel

FATIMA FARHEEN MIRZA · SJP for Hogarth
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker's new imprint, SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity and belongingA Place for Us unfolds the lives of an Indian-American Muslim family, gathered together in their Californian hometown to celebrate...
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The Book of Essie: A novel

Meghan MacLean Weir · Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A debut novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the emotionally stirring, wildly captivating story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart.Esther...
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Forty Rooms

Olga Grushin · Putnam, 2016.
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The internationally acclaimed author of The Dream Life of Sukhanov now returns to gift us with Forty Rooms, which outshines even that prizewinning novel.Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating....
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The Scribe of Siena

Melodie Winawer · Touchstone Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

"Will remind historical fiction readers of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander and Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring... Lovers of meticulously researched historical fiction and time-travel narratives will be swept away by the spell of medieval Siena" (Library Journal, starred...
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