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The Fire by Night: A Novel

Teresa Messineo · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback

A powerful and evocative debut novel about two American military nurses during World War II that illuminates the unsung heroism of women who risked their lives in the fight - a riveting saga of friendship, valor, sacrifice, and survival combining the grit and selflessness of Band of Brothers...
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Odd Child Out: A Novel

Gilly Macmillan · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

How well do you know the people you love ... ?Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened.Just back from a mandatory leave following his last...
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Unforgivable Love: A Retelling of Dangerous Liaisons

Sophfronia Scott · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

In this vivid reimagining of the French classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses, it's the summer when Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier and a sweltering stretch has Harlem's elite fleeing the city for Westchester County's breezier climes, two predators...
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After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

Sarah Perry · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life. When Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother, Crystal....
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The Stolen Marriage

Diane Chamberlain · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists, The Stolen Marriage is an emotionally captivating novel of secrets, betrayals, prejudice, and forgiveness. It showcases Diane Chamberlain at the top of her talent.One mistake, one fateful night, and Tess DeMello's life is changed...
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The Dirty Book Club

Lisi Harrison · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: eBook

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Clique series comes a novel about the importance of friendship, and, of course, the pleasure of a dirty book.M.J. Stark's life is picture-perfect - she has her dream job as a magazine editor, a sexy doctor boyfriend, and a glamorous...
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Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend

Steve Paul · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In the summer of 1917, Ernest Hemingway was an eighteen-year-old high school graduate unsure of his future. The American entry into the Great War stirred thoughts of joining the army. While many of his friends in Oak Park, Illinois, were heading to college, Hemingway couldn't make up his mind...
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The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother...
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Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.

DANIELLE ALLEN · Liveright
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy. Michael Alexander Allen, baby cousin of an extended family, was first arrested at fifteen for an attempted carjacking. Tried as an adult and sentenced to thirteen...
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The Madeleine Project

Clara Beaudoux · New Vessel Press
Pages: 285
Format: Paperback

"Simply magical. . . . Words and images, magnified in this book, are woven together in small strokes to create two moving portraits of women." -Lire A young woman moves into a Paris apartment and discovers a storage room filled with the belongings of the previous owner, a certain...
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