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New Fiction BooksJuly 2024
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Our Librarians have selected 10 of the newest fiction books in the collection.
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Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. ChungAs China's civil war ravages and engulfs their once-privileged lives, four resourceful daughters defy tradition and flee their home as the Communist army closes in, charting a path across a war-torn nation to independence in Taiwan.
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To & Fro by Leah Hager CohenTold in two mirrored narratives that culminate in a new beginning, two girls from different worlds, each journeying from childhood to young adulthood, who never outgrow their yearning for a friend they cannot describe, reach across the divide, perhaps to discover - or perhaps to create - each other.
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The Wealth of Shadowsby Graham MooreIn 1939, Ansel Luxford uproots his family and moves to Washington, D.C., to work on a clandestine project to undermine Nazi Germany through economic warfare and is plunged into a world of espionage, danger and deceit, especially when his wife takes a job with the FBI, bringing subterfuge to the home front.
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Very Bad Company by Emma RosenblumOn an exclusive retreat in Miami with her new employer, trendy tech startup Aurora, Caitlin Levy and her colleagues must continue the charade to keep the future of Aurora afloat amid all the fatal speculations when a fellow high-level executive vanishes, causing the potential loss of millions.
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The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff ShaaraTold from many perspectives and voices, this gripping story of a global war that almost happened at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis brings to life the many threads that led to the building crisis between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in 1962.
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My First Book by Honor LevyThis inventive, ambitious and frequently surreal collection of stories, emerging from the chaos of coming of age in Generation Z, illuminates what it is to be at once adorable, special, heavily medicated, consistently panicked and completely sincere.
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Blue Ruin by Hari KunzruAfter being graduated from art school in London, Jay winds up undocumented in upstate New York, where he lives and works out of his car as a delivery driver - until he runs into an ex-girlfriend who invites him to live on her property.
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Butcher: Father of Modern Gyno-psychiatry by Joyce Carol OatesA disgraced doctor's quest for surgical renown in 19th-century America leads him down a horrifying path of experimentation on marginalized women at a New Jersey asylum - until his obsession with a young Irish indentured servant brings about his ultimate destruction.
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The Guncle Abroadby Steven RowleyWith his brother getting remarried in Italy, Patrick takes his niece and nephew back under his wing, and as they travel through Europe, he tries his best to help them understand love, while dealing with a groom with cold feet, his over-flirtatious sister and other disasters.
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The Goddess of Warsawby Lisa BarrA legendary Hollywood screen goddess, Lena Browning uses her power and fame to get revenge on the Nazis who escaped justice after the war, hoping to right the past's wrongs, but when an old enemy resurfaces, she must use her skills to protect herself and those she loves - then and now.
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