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The Girls: A Novel

Emma Cline · Random House
Pages: 355
Format: Print book

An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong - this stunning first novel is perfect for readers of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides and Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Northern California, during...
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The Singles Game

Lauren Weisberger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 341
Format: Book

"The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Revenge Wears Prada--a dishy tell-all about a beautiful tennis prodigy who, after changing coaches, suddenly makes headlines on and off the court. Charlotte "Charlie" Silver has always...
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The Hopefuls: A novel

Jennifer Close · Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

"A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Better Half tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among young...
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The House at the Edge of Night: A Novel

Catherine Banner · Random House
Pages: 419
Format: Print book

A sweeping saga about four generations of a family who live and love on an enchanting island off the coast of Italy - combining the romance of Beautiful Ruins with the magical tapestry of works by Isabel Allende. Castellamare is an island far enough away from the mainland to be forgotten,...
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Chance Developments: Stories

Alexander McCall Smith · Pantheon Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes this splendid collection. Inspired by vintage photographs, these five lyrical stories capture the surprising intersections of love and friendship that alter life's journeys. A smiling girl leading a younger girl...
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Lily and the Octopus

Steven Rowley · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

Combining the emotional depth of "The Art of Racing in the Rain" with the magical spirit of "The Life of Pi, " "Lily and the Octopus "is an epic adventure of the heart. When you sit down with "Lily and the Octopus, " you will be taken on an unforgettable...
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Truly Madly Guilty

Liane Moriarty · Flatiron Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Entertainment Weekly's "Best Beach Bet" A USA Today Hot Books for Summer SelectionA Miami Herald Summer Reads PickThe new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't...
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Billy and Me: A Novel

Giovanna Fletcher · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 340
Format: Print book

In this utterly sweet and moving women's fiction novel, a celebrity comes to town and sweeps a young woman - who is used to being overlooked - off her feet. Sophie May is content with her life in her small English village, working in the local coffee shop and living with her mom. But when...
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Nine Women, One Dress: A Novel

Jane L Rosen · Doubleday Canada
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A charming, hilarious, irresistible romp of a novel that brings together nine unrelated women, each touched by the same little black dress that weaves through their lives, bringing a little magic with it.Natalie is a Bloomingdale's salesgirl mooning over her lawyer ex-boyfriend who's engaged...
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Rich and pretty.

Rumaan Alam · Ecco
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

This irresistible debut, set in contemporary New York, provides a sharp, insightful look into how the relationship between two best friends changes when they are no longer coming of age but learning how to live adult lives.As close as sisters for twenty years, Sarah and Lauren have been...
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The Highwayman

Craig Johnson · Viking
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear embark on their latest adventure in this novella set in the world of Craig Johnson's New York Times bestselling Longmire series - the basis for the hit drama Longmire, now on Netflix When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred...
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Enchanted Islands: A Novel

Allison Amend · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pages: 306
Format: Print book

Inspired by the midcentury memoirs of Frances Conway, Enchanted Islands is the dazzling story of an independent American woman whose path takes her far from her native Minnesota when she and her husband, an undercover intelligence officer, are sent to the Galápagos Islands at the brink...
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The Twelve

Justin Cronin · Ballantine Books
Pages: 585
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Look for a special preview of Justin Cronin's The City of Mirrors in the back of the book.The end of the world was only the beginning. In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable...
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The Things We Knew

Catherine West · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

When their tragic past begins to resurface, can he help her remember the things she can't? After her mother's death twelve years ago, Lynette Carlisle watched her close-knit family unravel. One by one, her four older siblings left their Nantucket home and never returned. All seem to blame...
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Room for Hope: A Novel

Kim Vogel Sawyer · WaterBrook Press
Pages: 342
Format: Print book

In a desperate time, can Neva find forgiveness for a grievous wrong - and make room for hope? Neva Shilling has a heavy load of responsibility while her husband travels to neighboring communities and sells items from his wagon. In his absence, she faithfully runs the Shilling Mercantile,...
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Nobody's Fool

Richard Russo · Vintage Books
Pages: 549
Format: Hardcover

Richard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbeat town in upstate New York - and in the life of one of its unluckiest citizens, Sully, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years.Divorced from his own wife and carrying...
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Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray: A Novel

Dorothy Love · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A general's wife and a slave girl forge a friendship that transcends race, culture, and the crucible of Civil War. Mary Anna Custis Lee is a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, wife of Confederate General Robert E Lee, and heiress to Virginia's storied Arlington house and General...
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