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Gravity Is the Thing: A Novel

Jaclyn Moriarty · Harper
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The adult debut from bestselling, award-winning young adult author Jaclyn Moriarty - a frequently hilarious, brilliantly observed novel - that follows a single mother's heartfelt search for greater truths about the universe, her family and herself."I loved this book. . . .Funny, heartbreaking...
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The Chelsea Girls: A Novel

Fiona Davis · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From Fiona Davis, the nationally bestselling author of The Dollhouse and The Address, the bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a dazzling new novel about the twenty-year friendship...
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The Undertaker's Assistant

Amanda Skenandore · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Set during Reconstruction-era New Orleans, and with an extraordinary and unforgettable heroine at its heart, The Undertaker's Assistant is a powerful story of human resilience - and of the unlikely bonds that hold fast even in our darkest moments. "The dead can't hurt you. Only the living...
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The Flight Girls

Noelle Salazar · MIRA
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

A stunning story about the Women Airforce Service Pilots, whose courage during World War II turned ordinary women into extraordinary heroes1941. Audrey Coltrane has always wanted to fly. It's why she implored her father to teach her at the little airfield back home in Texas. It's why she signed...
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The Dearly Beloved: A Novel

Cara Wall · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A luminous debut novel about two young couples whose lives become intertwined when the husbands are appointed co-ministers of a venerable New York City church in the 1960s, spanning decades - for readers of Ann Patchett and Nicole Krauss.Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich...
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The Winemaker's Wife

Kristin Harmel · Gallery Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Love and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption combine in a heady tale of the ever-present past ... fantastic!" - Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris The author of the "engrossing" (People) international bestseller The Room...
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The Stationery Shop

Marjan Kamali · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Together Tea - a debut novel hailed as "compassionate, funny, and wise" by Jill Davis, bestselling author of Girls' Poker Night - comes a powerful love story exploring loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya is a dreamy, idealistic...
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The Song of the Jade Lily: A Novel

Kirsty Manning · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Kirsty Manning makes her US debut with this gripping historical novel that tells the little-known story of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII. "Compelling, passionate, and admirable." - Australian Women's Weekly   1939: Two young girls meet in Shanghai,...
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The lost vintage : a novel

Ann Mah · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

"If you enjoyed Sarah's Key and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale, then this wonderful book by Ann Mah is for you." -- Tatiana de RosnaySweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family's ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly...
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