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The It Girls: A Novel

Karen Harper · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper comes a novel based on the lives of two amazing sisters . . .One sailed the Titanic and started a fashion empire . . .The other overtook Hollywood and scandalized the world . . .Together, they were unstoppable.They rose from genteel poverty,...
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The Paris Secret

· William Morrow & Company
Pages: 416

In this glittering tale of forgotten treasures and long-held secrets, international bestseller Karen Swan explores one woman's journey to discovering the truth behind an abandoned apartment and a family whose mysteries may be better left undiscovered. When high-powered fine art agent...
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The Power

NAOMI ALDERMAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWhat would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?In THE POWER, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature;...
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Blue Ridge Sunrise

Denise Hunter · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Former free spirit Zoe Collins swore she'd never again set foot in Copper Creek or speak to the man who broke her heart. But return she must when her beloved Granny dies, leaving the family legacy to Zoe--a peach orchard nestled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. When Zoe returns...
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Beck

Mal Peet · Candlewick
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming.Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers...
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Stolen Beauty: A Novel

Laurie Lico Albanese · Washington Square Press
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback

A "powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family" (Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author) , Stolen Beauty gives voice to two remarkable women from the dawn of the twentieth century to the devastation of World War II, and brings to life the true story...
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Millard Salter's Last Day

Jacob M Appel · Gallery Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

In the spirit of the New York Times bestselling A Man Called Ove, this is the heartwarming story of a man who decides to end his life before he's too old - but then begins to reconsider when he faces complications from the world around him.In an effort to delay the frailty and isolation...
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The Doll's Alphabet

Camilla Grudova · Coffee House Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

"This doll's eye view is a total delight and surveys a world awash with shadowy wit and exquisite collisions of beauty and the grotesque." - Helen Oyeyemi, author of Boy, Snow, Bird"Down to its most particular details, The Doll's Alphabet creates an individual world...
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The Velveteen Daughter: A Novel

Laurel Davis Huber · She Writes Press
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

The Velveteen Daughter reveals for the first time the true story of two remarkable women: Margery Williams Bianco, the author of one of the most beloved children's books of all time -- The Velveteen Rabbit -- and her daughter Pamela, a world-renowned child prodigy artist whose fame at one time...
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