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The Briar Club : a novel
by Kate Quinn
In 1950 Washington, DC, at an all-female boardinghouse called Briarwood, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, drawing her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship, but when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the women must expose the true enemy in their midst.
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| Their Divine Fires by Wendy ChenThis lyrical debut novel follows the life of a Chinese woman who marries for love in 1927 as well as the lives of her daughter, who tragically never knows her father; her twin granddaughters, who take very different paths from each other; and her American great-granddaughter, who digs into her family history. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Allow Me to Introduce Myself by Onyi NwabineliAnuri Chinasa grew up famous as the star of her stepmother's social media accounts. Now 25 and in therapy, she's suing her stepmother to remove all photos of her, while trying to save her five-year-old half-sister from the same fate. |
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| Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'ConnorManod is 18 years old in 1938 when a whale washes up on her remote Welsh island, drawing outside attention, including that of two Oxford ethnographers who want to study the 12 island families. Happy for a connection to the wider world, Manod agrees to help, a move she may regret. |
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The Anthropologists
by Aysegül Savas
Unfolding over a series of apartment viewings, late-night conversations, last rounds of drinks and lazy breakfasts, this mesmerizing examination of homebuilding and modern love follows Asya, a documentarian, and Manu as they open the horizons of their lives, what and whom they'll hold onto and what they'll need to let go.
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| Enlightenment by Sarah PerryIn 1997 Essex, England, Thomas Hart is a secretly gay newspaper columnist and the godfather of 17-year-old Grace Macaulay. As the Comet Hale-Bopp approaches, he becomes enamored by both the sky and an old letter related to a ghostly legend, while Grace falls for a local boy. |
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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. |
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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. |
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All friends are necessary
by Tomas Moniz
Efren“Chino” Flores, a former middle school biology teacher who suffered the devastating loss of his wife and child, searches for and finds love and community after moving back to the Bay Area.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Comsewogue Public Library 170 Terryville Road Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776 (631) 928-1212www.cplib.org |
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