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An Orchestra of Minorities

CHIGOZIE OBIOMA · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A heart-breaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma. Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES...
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The Light Over London

Julia Kelly · Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Book

Reminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale, this sweeping, entrancing story is a must-listen for fans of remarkable women rising to challenges they could never have predicted. It's always been easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself...
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The Far Field

Madhuri Vijay · Grove Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

"The Far Field is remarkable, a novel at once politically timely and morally timeless. Madhuri Vijay traces the fault lines of history, love, and obligation running through a fractured family and country. Few novels generate enough power to transform their characters, fewer still their...
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Annelies: A Novel

David R Gillham · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and deeply humane new novel that asks the question: What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? The year is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps, but lost her mother and sister, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated...
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The Red Address Book

Sofia Lundberg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Written with love, told with joy. Very easy to enjoy." - Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called OveFor fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared comes a heartwarming debut about 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories...
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Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I

Hazel Gaynor · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes - as everyone...
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The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding

Jennifer Robson · William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century - Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown - and the fascinating women who made it."Millions will welcome this joyous...
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The Eulogist: A Novel

Terry Gamble · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Water Dancers and Good Family, an exquisitely crafted novel, set in Ohio in the decades leading to the Civil War, that illuminates the immigrant experience, the injustice of slavery, and the debts human beings owe to one another, witnessed through the endeavors of one Irish-American...
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White Chrysanthemum

Mary Lynn Bracht · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

For fans of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Lilac Girls, the heartbreaking history of Korea is brought to life in this deeply moving and redemptive debut that follows two sisters separated by World War II.Korea, 1943. Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. As a haenyeo, a female...
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The Wartime Sisters: A Novel

LYNDA COHEN LOIGMAN · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Lilac Girls, the next powerful novel from the author of Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist The Two-Family House about two sisters working in a WWII armory, each with a deep secret. "Loigman's strong voice and artful prose earn her a place in the company of Alice Hoffman...
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