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The End of Eddy: A Novel

E?douard Louis · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

An autobiographical novel about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy."Every morning in the bathroom I would repeat the same phrase to myself over and over again . . . Today I'm really gonna be a tough guy." Growing up in a poor village in northern France, all Eddy...
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Eveningland: Stories

Michael Knight · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover

"Michael Knight is more than a master of the short story. He knows the true pace of life and does not cheat it, all the while offering whopping entertainment." - Barry HannahLong considered a master of the form and an essential voice in American fiction, Michael Knight's stories...
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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

One of Stylist Magazine's 20 Must-Read Books of 2018 One of Harper's Bazaar's 10 Must-Read Books of 2018 One of Marie Claire, Australia's 10 Books You Absolutely Have to Read in 2018The Rules of BlackheathEvelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m. There are eight days,...
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Bearskin: A Novel

James A McLaughlin · Ecco
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Bearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling - filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed. It's a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose. There are very few first novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlin's...
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Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine: Stories

Kevin Wilson · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine, Kevin Wilson's first story collection in nearly a decade, Wilson combines his signature quirkiness with his keen eye for emotional complexity to explore the fraught relationship between parents and children."Wildfire Johnny" is the story...
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Ayiti

ROXANE GAY · Grove Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

From New York Times -bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, Ayiti is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. Originally published by a small press, this Grove Press paperback will make Gay's debut widely available for the first time, including several new stories....
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America Is Not the Heart: A Novel

ELAINE CASTILLO · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Three generations of women from one immigrant family trying to reconcile the home they left behind with the life they're building in AmericaHow many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero de Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she's...
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All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother

Danielle Teller · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella's "evil" stepmother.We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we?As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed...
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The Air You Breathe: A Novel

Frances de Pontes Peebles · Riverhead Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other.Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate.Skinny, nine-year-old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation...
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Displaced: A Novel

Stephan Abarbanell · Harper
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover

Echoing the fiction of Joseph Kanon, Alan Furst, and Daniel Silva, this deeply intelligent debut literary thriller - set within a world still reeling from World War II - explores how the actions of a few can change the course of history.British-occupied Palestine, 1946: Elderly writer Elias...
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