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After She's Gone: a novel
by Camilla Grebe
An amnesia-stricken psychological profiler struggling to recall the details of the case she had been investigating and a teenage boy with a closely guarded secret are brought together by a murder and the race to stop the killer from striking again.
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The Heavens
by Sandra Newman
Falling in love with an otherworldly young woman over their shared progressive ideals, a young activist begins questioning his girlfriend's mental state when she reveals her increasingly pervasive visions about an alternate life in Elizabethan England.
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The Burning Island
by Hester Young
A journalist who would ignore her psychic intuition in favor of hard facts flees unwanted attention to Hawaii, where a local's disappearance forces her to embrace her gift, despite the danger.
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A Woman is no Man: a novel
by Etaf Rum
Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy, and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture.
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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
by Anissa Gray
When their formidably strong-willed eldest sister is arrested, abruptly transitioning their family from respectability to disgrace, two younger sisters confront complicated dynamics in their family and identities to uncover what really happened.
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Joy: And 52 Other Very Short Stories
by Erin McGraw
In these very short stories, narrators step out of themselves to explain their lives to us, sometimes defensively, sometimes regretfully, other times deceitfully. Voices include those of the impulsive first-time murderer, the depressed pet sitter, the assistant of Patsy Cline, the anxiety-riddled new mother, the aged rock-and-roller, the girlfriend of your husband human beings often (incredibly) unaware of the turning points staring them in the face.
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Little Faith: a novel
by Nickolas Butler
A Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when their adult daughter falls under the influence of a radical church that threatens their six-year-old grandson's safety.
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Lost Children Archive
by Valeria Luiselli
Traces a profoundly human family summer road trip across America that is shaped by historical and modern displacement tragedies as well as a growing rift between the two parents.
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Mother Country: a novel
by Irina Reyn
Ukrainian immigrant Nadia struggles with the part-time jobs and looks forward to being reunited with her daughter, whose entry into the country has been delayed, but when her daughter's health is endangered, she decides to make a desperate overseas trip to see her.
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When All is Said: a novel
by Anne Griffin
An eighty-four-year-old loner, sitting at a grand hotel bar in Ireland, toasts the five people who have meant the most to him while recalling unspoken losses and joys, a tragic secret, and a fierce love.
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