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| Mostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettStarring: Jessa-Lynn Morton, who, after her father's suicide, runs her family's (failing) taxidermy business and helps raise her niece and nephew (she's in love with their mother, who's abandoned them all).
Why you might like it: Mostly Dead Things balances the Morton family's suffering with "only in Florida" weirdness; sharp dialogue and descriptive language make for a vivid read.
Why you might not like it: If you're squeamish, the visceral descriptions may be too much for you. |
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| Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean KwokWhat happens: Though they're sisters, Sylvie Lee was raised in the Netherlands, while Amy Lee was raised in the U.S. When Sylvie goes missing, Amy begins to question everything she knows about her family.
For fans of: Celeste Ng's tragic family mystery Everything I Never Told You or Cristina Henriquez's immigrant story The Book of Unknown Americans. |
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| The Flatshare by Beth O'LearyThe problem: Newly single Tiffy is looking for an affordable living situation, while hard-working Leon has a place but needs to save some cash.
The solution: Leon works nights, and Tiffy works days. As roommates they'd never see each other, so why not share a one-bedroom (and its bed) and communicate solely through Post-It notes?
Why you might like it: Utterly charming and with delightful, realistic characters to root for, this romantic comedy delivers on all counts. |
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We came here to forget : a novel
by Andrea Dunlop
"From the author of She Regrets Nothing, which BuzzFeed called a "sharp, glittering story of wealth, family, and fate," comes a vivid novel about a young Olympic skier who loses everything and escapes to Buenos Aires, where she reinvents herself, meets acolorful group of ex-pats, and becomes enmeshed with a man keeping dark secrets of his own. Katie Cleary has always known exactly what she wants: to be the best skier in the world. As a teenager, she leaves her home to live and train full time with her two best friends, all-American brothers Luke and Blair, whose wealthy father has hired the best coaches money can buy. Together, they are the USA's best shot at bringing home Olympic gold. But as the upward trajectory of Katie's elite skiing career nearsits zenith, a terrifying truth about her sister becomes impossible to ignore--one that will lay ruin not only to Katie's career but to her family and her relationship with Luke and Blair. With her life shattered and nothing left to lose, Katie flees thesnowy mountainsides of home for Buenos Aires. There, she reinvents herself as Liz Sullivan, and meets a colorful group of ex-pats and the alluring, charismatic Gianluca Fortunado, a tango teacher with secrets of his own. This beautiful city, with its dark history and wild promise, seems like the perfect refuge, but can she really outrun her demons? In alternating chapters, Katie grows up, falls in love, and races down the highest peaks on the planet--while Liz is reborn, falls into lust, and sinks intothe underground tango scene at the bottom of the world. From the moneyed ski chalets of the American West to the dimly lit milongas of Argentina, We Came Here to Forget explores what it means to dream, to desire, to achieve--and what's left behind after it all disappears"
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The ghost clause
by Howard A Norman
Haunting his former home, now occupied by a rookie detective and his wife, ghost Simon witness the impact of a child's disappearance on the couple's relationship. By the award-winning author of The Bird Artist. 15,000 first printing
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The last book party : a novel
by Karen Dukess
Attending an early summer gathering at a famed journalist's Cape Cod home, an aspiring writer stuck in a low-level job discovers uncomfortable truths about the literary world she has been so desperate to join.
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Otherhood
by William Sutcliffe
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Death and other happy endings : a novel
by Melanie Cantor
Regretting nothing except the relationships she has lost upon learning she has only three months to live, Jennifer writes cathartic letters to the most significant people in her life before she is confronted by unexpected surprises. A first novel.
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Copperhead
by Alexi Zentner
A hardworking high-school senior who longs to attend college struggles against the belief systems of his white-supremacist father, who is about to be released from prison after a violent encounter with two black college students.
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