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Fiction A to Z December 2021 |
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| Five Tuesdays in Winter: Stories by Lily KingWhat it is: A short story collection from a novelist the Chicago Tribune describes as "wildly talented." These short stories explore strength, grief, violence -- but at the edges of it all, a longing for love. Unlikely pairings appear throughout, from college students who offer unexpected refuge to a teen house sitter, to complex mother-daughter relationships laced with a bitter bite and a youthful nanny's obsession with Jane Eyre.
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| O Beautiful by Jung YunStarring: Forty-ish Elinor, a former model and would-be journalist whose Korean mother abandoned the family when Elinor was just a pre-teen.
What happens: Elinor's former lover (and writing mentor) sends her back to her hometown of Avery, North Dakota, to cover a story on the town's explosive oil boom and its aftereffects. As Elinor investigates, she must confront the town's sharp divides of race, class, and gender -- and her own unresolved identity issues. |
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| Followers by Megan AngeloWhat happens: Two storylines unfold, one set in 2016, and one in 2051. Separating the two is a catastrophic data hack.
Why you might like it: Exploring the pitfalls of social media, this debut novel takes contemporary interest in celebrity culture to its logical extreme.
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| This Time Next Year by Sophie CousensWhat happens: New Year babies Minnie and Quinn (with Quinn in the lead) are born just minutes apart in London, on January 1, 1990. While Quinn seems born under a lucky star, Minnie's misfortunes multiply...especially on her birthday. After decades of near-misses, their 30th birthdays finally see them brought together.
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| Fifty Words for Rain by Asha LemmieWhat it's about: Born in the aftermath of WWII as the illegitimate child of a Japanese noblewoman and a Black American GI, at age eight Nori Kamiza is left with her strict Japanese grandparents. She is locked away for years, beaten regularly, and subjected to bleach baths as they try to erase her biracial identity. Nori eventually escapes and finds refuge with her half-brother, Akira. However, her fate is far from a pat happily ever-after. |
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| His Only Wife by Peace Adzo MedieStarring: Young Ghanaian Afi Tekple, who escapes poverty with an arranged marriage to wealthy Eli, who does not attend his own wedding and prioritizes his business (and his mistress) over Afi.
What happens: Making full use of her new family's connections, Afi learns new skills and gains confidence -- and soon wants to be the only woman in her husband's life.
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| My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellWhere it starts: Fifteen-year-old Vanessa, struggling with the loss of her best friend, finds herself drawn into an illicit affair with her English teacher at a Maine boarding school.
Where it goes: Seventeen years later, a younger student is raising allegations of sexual misconduct by the same professor. A dual narrative emerges, in which an adult Vanessa must confront her past and reframe its reality in a post-#MeToo society.
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