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The Booklover's Library
by Madeline Martin
In wartime England, widow Emma, when she's separated from her daughter, seeks solace in the friendships she forms at Boots' Booklover's Library, but when the Blitz intensifies, she fights to reunite with her daughter, learning to depending on her community and the powerful of literature to find hope in the darkest of times.
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| This Strange Eventful History by Claire MessudTouching on themes of identity and home, this buzzy book by an award-winning author follows an uprooted French Algerian pieds-noir family and their descendants as they move around the world between 1940 and 2010. "Brilliant and heart-wrenching" (Kirkus Reviews), this novel was inspired by the author's family. Read-alikes: The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter; My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar; French Braid by Anne Tyler. |
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| Sandwich by Catherine NewmanRocky, her husband, her two kids, and her mom and dad have been going to the same Cape Cod rental for 20 years. This year, things feel different as Rocky navigates hot flashes, aging parents, nostalgia for her kids' youth, and old secrets in a funny, fast-paced, and moving novel that's perfect for beach reading. Read-alikes: Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore; A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi; Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. |
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Four Squares
by Bobby Finger
A tender, funny, and fresh novel about a gay writer in New York City whose life is irrevocably altered, and then again thirty years later.
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The Lost Story
by Meg Shaffer
Forced to return to the enchanted world they called home for six months 15 years ago to confront their shared past no matter how traumatic the memories, reclusive artist Rafe and famed missing persons' investigator Jeremy search for their friend Emilie's sister—and for everything they've lost.
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The Champagne Letters
by Kate Macintosh
'The Champagne Letters' is a debut novel that follows Mme. Clicquot in 1895 Reims, France, as she builds her legacy, and the modern day divorcee who looks to her letters for inspiration.
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A Nest of Vipers
by Harini Nagendra
Kaveri and Ramu investigate Indian street magic in 1922 Bangalore where they uncover a potential threat to the visiting Prince of Wales amidst cries for India's independence, in the third novel of the series following Murder Under a Red Moon.
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| Bear by Julia PhillipsIn Washington's San Juan Islands, two 20-something sisters work dead-end jobs and care for their dying mother. They talk about a future on the mainland, but when a bear suddenly shows up, one sister sees danger, while the other sees a magical beacon of hope, leading to the unraveling of their plans in this unsettling tale. Read-alikes: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes; The Blue Window by Suzanne Berne. |
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| Fire Exit by Morgan TaltyCharles Lamosway grew up on the Penobscot Reservation with his mom and Native American stepdad, but had to leave when he was 18 since he isn't Native. Now nearing 60, he attends AA meetings, helps his mom who has dementia, and looks across the river from his home to the reservation, keeping an eye on his secret daughter and wondering if he should tell her who he is. Read-alikes: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters; There There by Tommy Orange. |
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Death in the Air
by Ram Murali
Disgraced after being forced out of a high-profile job under mysterious circumstances, lawyer Ro Krishna seeks rejuvenation at a luxurious Indian spa, only to become entangled in a series of murders among the elite guests.
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