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Buffalo Dreamer

Violet Duncan - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author's family history. Summer and her family always spend relaxed summers in Alberta, Canada, on the reservation where her mom's family lives. But this year is turning out to be an eye-opening one....
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Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

Lawrence Wood - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker cartoon caption contest, its history, how it's judged, and the secrets to writing a winning caption. Every week, thousands of people enter The New Yorker cartoon caption contest in hopes of seeing their name and caption in print. But only one person...
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Writing an Identity Not Your Own: A Guide for Creative Writers

Alex Temblador - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to help authors authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than their own.. Do you have the tools to authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than your own? It's not a subject that's generally taught in creative...
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My Favorite Mistake

Marian Keyes - Doubleday Canada
Format: Hardcover

Available to pre-order now! The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes.. Anna has just lost her taste for the big apple . . .. Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying...
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Grown Women: A Novel

Sarai Johnson - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.Erudite Evelyn, her cynical daughter Charlotte,...
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Beautiful Villain: A Dark & Spicy Modern Jay Gatsby (Gilded Monsters)

Rebecca Kenney - Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Paperback

Seven years ago, I lost him for good. Now he's back, but is he still the Jay Gatsby I used to know ... or is he something more? Something ... darker.Daisy Finnegan is looking forward to the endless golden freedom of summer. No more college, no more pressure, no more worries. But when...
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A Deceptive Composition (A Lady Darby Mystery Book 12)

Anna Lee Huber - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they've finally found peace after a tumultuous summer, but long-buried family secrets soon threaten to unravel their lives . . . October 1832. Kiera is enjoying the slower pace of the English countryside. She, Sebastian,...
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The Body in the Bookstore (A Secret Bookcase Mystery Book 1)

Ellie Alexander - Storm Publishing
Format: Paperback

An addictively cozy and gripping murder mystery introducing a brand-new amateur sleuth and lovable heroine to the crime scene ... . Welcome to The Secret Bookcase, a quirky bookstore in a grand, converted manor house, where the selection of crime fiction is dangerously good. The store has been...
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Tired Ladies Take a Stand: A Novel

Gretchen Anthony - Park Row
Format: Paperback

"Do yourself a favor and say yes to the perfect bookish escape." - Lucy Gilmore, author of The Lonely Hearts Book Club. You've heard of Year of Yes. Introducing... Year of No.. During one unforgettable year in their twenties, best friends Emma, Fern, Carolina, and Andi make...
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You Will Never Be Me

Jesse Q. Sutanto - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

When cracks start forming in an influencer's curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as viral as a video in this riveting suspense novel by bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto. Influencer Meredith Lee didn't teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched...
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