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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

MANAL AL-SHARIF · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

"A vital, inspiring book" (O, The Oprah Magazine) : a ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of the courageous movement that won Saudi women the right to drive.Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second...
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The Ever After: A Novel

Sarah Pekkanen · Washington Square Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally bestselling author of the "gossipy page-turner" (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover...
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The History of Bees: A Novel

Maja Lunde · Touchstone
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback

"Imagine The Leftovers, but with honey" (Elle) , and in the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this "spectacular and deeply moving" (Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author) novel follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future,...
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4: Sailing Lessons: A Novel

Hannah McKinnon · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

On the shores of Cape Cod, the Bailey sisters reunite with their long-lost father for a summer of hope and forgiveness in this heartfelt novel from the author of the "sharp and evocative" (Kirkus Reviews) Mystic Summer, The Lake Season, and The Summer House, sure to appeal...
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The visitors : a novel

Catherine Burns · Scout Press
Pages: 289

"With the smart suspense of Emma Donoghue's Room and the atmospheric claustrophobia of Grey Gardens, Catherine Burns's debut novel The Visitors explores the complex truths we are able to keep hidden from ourselves and the twisted realities that can lurk beneath even the most...
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White bodies : a novel

Jane Robins · Touchstone

"This chilling psychological suspense novel--think Strangers on a Train for the modern age--explores the dark side of love and the unbreakable ties that bind two sisters together. Felix and Tilda seem like the perfect couple: young and in love, a financier and a beautiful up-and-coming...
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Tell Me Lies: A Novel

Carola Lovering · Atria Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling, sexy coming-of-age story exploring toxic love, ruthless ambition, and shocking betrayal, Tell Me Lies is about that one person who still haunts you - the other one. The wrong one. The one you couldn't let go of. The one you'll never forget.Lucy Albright is far from her Long...
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They Come in All Colors: A Novel

Malcolm Hansen · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The Secret Life of Bees meets Paul Beatty's The White Boy Shuffle in this bold debut novel, set between the deep South and New York City during the 1960s and early 70s, following a biracial teenage boy whose new life in a big city is disrupted by childhood memories of the summer when racial...
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The Verdun Affair: A Novel

NICK DYBEK · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping, romantic, and profoundly moving novel, set in Europe in the aftermath of World War I and Los Angeles in the 1950s, about a lonely young man, a beautiful widow, and the amnesiac soldier whose puzzling case binds them together even as it tears them apart.In 1921, two young Americans...
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