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Lilac Girls: A Novel
Martha Hall Kelly · Ballantine, 2016.
Pages: 496
Format: Print book |
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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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The Moon in the Palace
Weina Dai Randel · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 400
Format: Print book |
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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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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Phaedra Patrick · Mira Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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In this poignant and curiously charming debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard... |
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Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Chris Cleave · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Print book |
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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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Fools Crow
James Welch · Penguin Classics; Reprint edition |
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The 25th-anniversary edition of "a novel that in the sweep and inevitability of its events...is a major contribution to Native American literature." (Wallace Stegner) In the Two Medicine Territory of Montana, the Lone Eaters, a small band of Blackfeet Indians, are living their... |
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Winter in the Blood
James Welch · Penguin Classics |
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A contemporary classic from a major writer of the Native American renaissance, now adapted for film by Alex and Andrew Smith, starring Chaske Spencer and produced by Sherman Alexie During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter... |
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Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
Stephanie Thornton · NAL Trade |
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Egypt, 1400s BC. The pharaoh’s pampered second daughter, lively, intelligent Hatshepsut, delights in racing her chariot through the marketplace and testing her archery skills in the Nile’s marshlands. But the death of her elder sister, Neferubity, in a gruesome accident arising... |
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Green Island: A novel
Shawna Yang Ryan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 385
Format: Print book |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Keep me posted.
Lisa Beazley · New American Library
Pages: 305
Format: Print book |
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Two sisters share the surprising highs and cringe-worthy lows of social media fame, when their most private thoughts become incredibly public in this fresh and funny debut novel. Sisters Cassie and Sid Sunday have not done a bang-up job of keeping in touch. In their defense, it hasn't been... |
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The Excellent Lombards
Jane Hamilton · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 1
Format: Print book |
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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 Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel
Dominic Smith · Sarah Crichton Books, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can't shake them, even long after the reading's done. In his earlier, award-winning novels, Dominic Smith demonstrated a gift for coaxing the past... |
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The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney · Ecco Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover |
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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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