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The Sacrament: A Novel

Olaf Olafsson · Ecco
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims

A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During...

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The German House

Annette Hess · HarperVia
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

As seen in the New York Times Book Review.

A December 2019 Indie Next Pick!

Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess's international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator - caught...

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel

Julie Orringer · Knopf
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

"Bighearted, gorgeous, historical, suspenseful, everything you want a novel to be" ( - Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less) , a new book inspired by the World War II story you've never heard - the real-life quest of an unlikely...
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Southern Lady Code: Essays

Helen Ellis · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"I loved it." - Ann Patchett

The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely...
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After Emily: Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America's Greatest Poet

Julie Dobrow · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of the extraordinary mother and daughter who brought Emily Dickinson's genius to light.Despite Emily Dickinson's world renown, the story of the two women most responsible for her initial posthumous publication -- Mabel Loomis Todd and her daughter, Millicent Todd...
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The Game of Kings: Book One in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles

Dorothy Dunnett · Vintage
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback

Combining all the political intrigue of Game of Thrones with the sweeping romanticism of Outlander, Dorothy Dunnett's legendary Lymond Chronicles have enthralled readers for decades and amassed legions of devoted fans. The first book in the series introduces Dunnett's unforgettable...
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The Glittering Hour: A Novel

Iona Grey · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Iona Grey's next unforgettable historical about true love found and lost and the secrets we keep from one another

Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side...

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A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis

Francoise Frenkel · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE

"A beautiful and important book" (The Independent) in the tradition of rediscovered works like Suite Française and The Nazi Officer's Wife, the prize-winning memoir of a fearless Jewish bookseller...
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