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Girl in Disguise
by Greer Macallister
Going undercover to infiltrate the seedy side of Chicago, first female Pinkerton detective Kate Warnes assumes a range of sophisticated identities to track down evildoers and bring them to justice. By the best-selling author of The Magician's Lie.
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The Young Widower's Handbook: A Novel
by Tom McAllister
Devastated by the death of the beloved wife who was a shining exception in a life otherwise marked by minimal accomplishments, Hunter Cady takes his wife's ashes and flees west, where he finds himself in encounters with eccentrics ranging from an overzealous Renaissance Faire worker to a raucous troop of bachelorettes. A first novel.
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
by Lisa See
Explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very different cultural factors that compel them to consume a rare native tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations.
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The Good at Heart
by Ursula Werner
A tale based on discoveries about the author's great-grandfather takes place over three harrowing days in a seemingly idyllic German village during World War II, where the daughter of one of Hitler's cabinet members has hidden two Jewish refugee children only to learn that the Führer is coming to visit.
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| Absalom's Daughters: A Novel by Suzanne FeldmanCassie and Judith have just learned that they're sisters (well, half-sisters), and that they may be due a sizable inheritance through their wayward father. Collecting it won't be easy: Cassie is black, Judith is white, they live in Mississippi, it's the 1950s, and they must arrive in Virginia by an appointed date. Their road trip (in a stolen car) is their first step in creating their own futures, and they encounter both the grim reality of racism and the kindness of strangers. Not strictly historical fiction -- there are some elements of magical realism -- this debut novel nevertheless offers a compelling look at the Jim Crow South. |
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| Orhan's Inheritance: A Novel by Aline OhanesianDepicting a Turkish family caught up in the legacy of the Armenian genocide, this reflective novel follows Orhan, who has inherited the family's kilim rug dynasty in place of his father (breaking with tradition as well as with Turkish inheritance laws). Another surprise in his grandfather's will: the family home has been left to an unfamiliar Armenian woman living in an American nursing home. Orhan has been tasked with convincing her (and her son) to sign the house over, but Orhan is more interested in figuring out her connection to his grandfather. What he learns opens his eyes to some dark and terrible truths; while parts of the story set in 1915 are brutal, the novel ends with "a tenuous sense of hope" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Island Girls: A Novel by Nancy ThayerThe will of recently deceased ladies' man Rory Randall explicitly states that his fancy Nantucket house should go to his three daughters (all from different marriages) as long as they all live in it together for one full summer. Though they spent some time together as kids, they haven't seen each other in years thanks to long-standing resentments and misunderstandings. Unsurprisingly, the summer gets off to a rocky start, made worse when their mothers arrive to complicate things. However, the beautiful Nantucket setting and the eventual happy ending make this a great choice for a beach read -- or just an escapist few hours on your couch. |
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| That Summer by Lauren WilligStill reeling from the loss of her job as a stockbroker, Julia finds the perfect escape -- the unexpected inheritance of a house in London. There, she discovers a painting depicting legendary doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde. Meanwhile, in a parallel narrative set in the 1840s, beautiful and intelligent heiress Imogene Hadley is imprisoned in an unhappy marriage to an aristocrat who treats his wife more like a possession than a partner. As Julia works with an antiques dealer to discover the origins of the painting, she unearths the heiress' history...and that of the portrait painter commissioned to capture Imogene's likeness but destined to steal her heart. An artful combination of mystery, multi-generational family drama, star-crossed romance, and tragedy make That Summer a compelling reading experience. |
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