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Akin : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother’s wartime secrets.
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The world that we knew : a novel
by Alice Hoffman
Sent away to 1941 Paris when Berlin becomes too dangerous for Jewish families, young Lea bonds with her protective mystical golem; while her friend Ettie, a rabbis daughter, joins the French Resistance in order to defend their people.
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The Dutch house : a novel
by Ann Patchett
A tale set over the course of five decades traces the consequences of Cyril Conroy's purchase of a lavish Philadelphia estate for him, his wife, and his children, Danny and Maeve, who struggle to escape from poverty following his death.
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Summer of '69
by Elin Hilderbrand
During the tumultuous summer of 1969, the children of the Levin family, looking forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic Nantucket home, find their lives upended by troubling family secrets
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Lady in the lake : a novel
by Laura Lippman
A divorced reporter in racially torn 1966 Baltimore triggers unanticipated consequences for vulnerable community members while investigating the murder of an African-American party girl.
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Red at the bone
by Jacqueline Woodson
As Melody celebrates a coming of age ceremony at her grandparents' house in 2001 Brooklyn, her family remembers 1985, when Melodys own mother, Iris, prepared for a similar party that never took place
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The water dancer : a novel
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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.
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A single thread : a novel
by Tracy Chevalier
Facing limited prospects after the loss of her loved ones in World War I, Violet Speedwell joins a circle of embroiderers continuing a centuries-long tradition at the Winchester Cathedral, as the second world war approaches
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