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Varina

Charles Frazier · HarperAudio
Format: Book

In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War With her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects...
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We Own the Sky: A Novel

Luke Allnutt · Park Row
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A triumphant story about love, loss and finding hope - against all odds"We looked down at the cliff jutting into the sea, a rubber boat full of kids going under the arch, and then you started running and jumping through the grass, dodging the rabbit holes, shouting at the top of your...
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The Lemonade Year

Amy Willoughby-Burle · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

LOVE. LOSS. AND SECOND CHANCES. Nina's once-sweet life has unexpectedly turned sour. Her marriage is over, her job is in jeopardy, and her teenage daughter is slipping away from her. Then her father dies and issues with Nina's mother come to a head; her estranged brother, Ray, comes home;...
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One Candle: A Historical Novel

Gale Sears · Deseret Book Companyh
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback

Set in the late 1840s in the Alpine mountains of Italy, this is the story of Lorenzo Snow opening Italy for the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. At the same time across the globe, Lorenzo Snow's sister, Eliza R. Snow, faces challenges of settling into the Salt Lake Valley. A group...
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The Woman in the Photo: A Novel

Mary Hogan · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 9
Format: Paperback

In this compulsively-readable historical novel, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of two young women - one in America's Gilded Age, one in scrappy modern-day California - whose lives are linked by a single tragic afternoon in history.1888: Elizabeth...
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The Cloister: A Novel

James Carroll · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Héloïse, and its impact on a modern priest and a Holocaust survivor seeking sanctuary in Manhattan.Father Michael Kavanagh is shocked to see a friend from his seminary...
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Rainbirds

Clarissa Goenawan · Soho Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawan's dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young man's path to self-discovery in the wake of his sister's murder. Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister's violent...
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The Masterpiece

Francine Rivers · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to her romance roots with this unexpected and redemptive love story, a probing tale that reminds us that mercy can shape even the most broken among us into an imperfect yet stunning masterpiece.A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco...
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How to Stop Time

MATT HAIG · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"The first rule is that you don't fall in love,' he said ... 'There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. If you stick to this you will just about be okay.'"A love story across the ages - and for the ages...
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Carnegie's Maid: A Novel

Marie Benedict · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Other Einstein, the mesmerizing tale of what kind of woman could have inspired an American dynasty.Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's...
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The Flight Attendant

CHRIS BOHJALIAN · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover...
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The Recipe Box: A Novel

Viola Shipman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling, beloved author of The Charm Bracelet spins a tale about a lost young woman and the family recipe box that changes her life.Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha "Sam" Mullins felt trapped on her family's orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making...
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My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

Stephanie Dray · William Morrow
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors of America's First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton - a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Haunting, moving, and beautifully written, Dray...
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Winter Sisters

ROBIN OLIVEIRA · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Mary Sutter comes a rich and compelling historical novel about the disappearance of two young girls after a cataclysmic blizzard, and what happens after their fate is discovered New York, 1879: After an epic snow storm ravages the city...
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