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Rabbit moon : a novel by Jennifer HaighDivorced parents, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call that their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during a college gap year, has been critically injured in a hit and run accident. The accident unearths a deeper fissure in the family: the shocking event that ended the Litvaks' marriage and turned Lindsey against them.
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Happy land by Dolen Perkins-ValdezWhen Nikki visits her estranged grandmother in North Carolina, she uncovers a hidden legacy tied to a forgotten kingdom of freed people, unraveling her family's secrets and her own identity while fighting to protect their endangered heritage.
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Hard town by Adam PlantingaWhen a plea for help sends retired Detroit cop Kurt Argento to the small desert town of Fenton, Arizona things immediately don't appear to be as they seem, and he finds himself unraveling secrets that want to stay hidden and questioning his own moral compass.
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Friends of the museum : a novel by Heather McGowanWhen the director of a major New York museum, is awakened on the morning of the museum's annual gala by a text message from the museum's lawyer, it is the start of a twenty-four hour roller-coaster ride. Coworkers at the legendary museum then struggle with issues large and small over the course of one extraordinary day.
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| Theft by Abdulrazak GurnahThis acclaimed latest from 2021 Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah follows three interlinked young people navigating uncertain futures in Tanzania: Karim, whose mother left his abusive father when he was three; beautiful Fauzia, who'd been sick as a child; and Badar, who was sent to work as a servant boy in his uncle's household. |
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| Loca by Alejandro HerediaIn this moving, character-driven debut novel that's perfect for book clubs, two 20-something best friends from the Dominican Republic adapt to late 1990s New York. Shy science nerd Sal finds love at a gay club, while beleaguered Charo navigates motherhood, work, family obligations, and a troubled relationship. |
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| Twist by Colum McCannIn 2019, off the west coast of Africa, Irish writer Anthony Fennell plans a longform article about the people who mend underwater fiber optic cables to keep the internet going. But there's danger ahead for Fennell, his fellow Irishman captain, and the captain's Black actor girlfriend, who's in England for a job. |
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| Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyOn a remote island between Australia and Antarctica, widowed dad Dominic and his three kids live in an old lighthouse and try to keep a United Nations seed vault safe. During a powerful storm caused by climate change, a mysterious woman washes ashore, changing all of their lives in this suspenseful tale. |
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| The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita MontimoreAn exclusive, secretive boarding school for actors, the Dollhouse Academy has been the home of 34-year-old megastar Ivy Gordon since she was a teen, and she's desperate to leave. New to the academy are Ramona and her best friend Grace, but life there isn't what the girls imagined. |
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Six days in Bombay by Alka JoshiThis sweeping novel follows young Anglo-Indian nurse Sona as she embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after famous painter Mira Novak dies in her care.
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The page turner by Viola ShipmanA young romance writer makes a discovery that throws her elitist family into chaos in this sharp, witty and entirely delightful family drama. Her parents, self-proclaimed 'serious' authors run their own vanity press, The Mighty Pages. A chance discovery unearthed reveals a secret that has the power to ruin her parents' business. Can she really just sit back and watch The Mighty Pages be exposed and their legacy destroyed?
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The mysterious bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie WoodsThis is the magical tale of Edith Lane, who sets off to find her fortune in the beautiful city of Paris. Edith ends up working in a vintage bakery in Compiègne. Escaping heartache and singledom in Ireland, Edith discovers that the bakery on Rue De Paris is not exactly what it seems and that some ghosts from the past are harder to escape than others.
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