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New Fiction September 2019
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All this could be yours
by Jami Attenberg
From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his secret past, can they rebuild and begin anew?
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The beekeeper of Aleppo : a novel by Christy LefteriA beekeeper and his artist wife have their lives upended and must flee after war destroys their home in Aleppo, Syria and they set off on a dangerous journey through Turkey and Greece, towards an uncertain future in England. This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war.
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The grammarians by Cathleen SchineFrom the author compared to Nora Ephron and Nancy Mitford comes a new novel celebrating the beauty, mischief, and occasional treachery of language. This comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language follows the experiences of identical twins whose respective literary careers are upended by their battle to claim an heirloom dictionary.
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The world that we knew : a novel by Alice HoffmanSent away to 1941 Paris when Berlin becomes too dangerous for Jewish families, a young girl bonds with her protective mystical golem; while her friend, a rabbi’s daughter, rises to become a defender of their people. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of Opposites.
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The Dutch house : a novel by Ann PatchettAnn Patchett returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. This tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family’s lavish Philadelphia estate.
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The secrets we kept
by Lara Prescott
A tale of spycraft, love and sacrifice inspired by the true story of Doctor Zhivago follows the efforts of two CIA agents to help publish Boris Pasternak’s censored masterpiece against a backdrop of Cold War politics in Moscow.
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The water dancer : a novel
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In this boldly conjured novel, a Virginia slave narrowly escapes a drowning death through the intervention of a mysterious force that compels his escape and personal underground war against slavery. By the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me.
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Girl
by Edna O'Brien
Abducted by Boko Haram, a young woman makes a hair-raising escape from her northeast Nigerian prison before confronting the hostility and bureaucracy of being the mother of a child fathered by enemies. Girl is an unforgettable story of one victim's astonishing survival, and her unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.
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Quichotte : a novel
by Salman Rushdie
The award-winning author of Midnight’s Children presents a modern adaptation of Don Quixote that finds a courtly, addled salesman embarking on a cross-country journey with his imaginary son after falling impossibly in love with a television star.
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The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories by Jhumpa LahiriA landmark collection of stories--nearly half appearing in English for the first time--selected and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, who now lives in Italy and reads exclusively in Italian.
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