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The Moon in the Palace

Weina Dai Randel · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

There is no easy path for a woman aspiring to powerA concubine at the palace learns quickly that there are many ways to capture the Emperor's attention. Many paint their faces white and style their hair attractively, hoping to lure in the One Above All with their beauty. Some present him with...
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Lilac Girls: A Novel

Martha Hall Kelly · Ballantine, 2016.
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love...
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Everyone Brave is Forgiven

Chris Cleave · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Bee, a spellbinding novel about three unforgettable individuals thrown together by war, love, and their search for belonging in the ever-changing landscape of WWII London.It's 1939 and Mary, a young socialite, is determined to shock...
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Green Island: A novel

Shawna Yang Ryan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 385
Format: Print book

A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over the course of the twentieth century.February 28, 1947: Trapped inside the family home amid an uprising that has rocked Taipei, Dr. Tsai delivers his youngest daughter, the unnamed narrator...
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Miller's Valley

Anna Quindlen · Random House
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In a small town on the verge of big change, a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself. Filled with insights that are the hallmark of Anna Quindlen's bestsellers, this novel reminds us that home and family live in our hearts forever.For generations...
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The Two-Family House: A Novel

Lynda Cohen Loigman · St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and their...
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The Excellent Lombards

Jane Hamilton · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 1
Format: Print book

Mary Frances ''Frankie'' Lombard is fiercely in love with her family's sprawling apple orchard and the tangled web of family members who inhabit it. Content to spend her days with her brother William and expertly tending the orchard with her father, Frankie desires nothing more than for the rhythm...
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The Nest

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney · Ecco Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years...
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My Mother's Secret: A Novel Based on a True Holocaust Story

J L Witterick

Inspired by a true story, My Mother's Secret is a captivating and ultimately uplifting tale intertwining the lives of two Jewish families in hiding from the Nazis, a fleeing German soldier, and the mother and daughter who team up to save them all. Franciszka
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