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Local and Popular Reviews Books reviewed in the Providence Journal, Boston Globe or People WeeklyJun 25, 2017
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Kiss Carlo
by Adriana Trigiani
Establishing a stable home and Western Union Telegraph Office in post-World War II Philadelphia, the hardworking Palazzini family is shattered by their nephew's epiphany in the wake of a telegram that changes everything for the citizens of a small Italian-American village.
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The child
by Fiona Barton
Investigating the discovery of a baby's skeleton in a redeveloped section of London, journalist Kate Waters discovers links to the kidnapping of a baby from a hospital decades earlier before she is targeted by someone who wants to keep their secrets hidden. By the best-selling author of The Widow.
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The Identicals
by Elin Hilderbrand
Forced to call a truce by a family crisis, estranged identical twins Tabitha and Harper reevaluate their bond and the resentments that drove them apart from their respective homes on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. By the best-selling author of The Rumor.
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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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Golden Hill : A Novel of Old New York
by Francis Spufford
When a mysterious man shows up at the countinghouse in 1746 New York with an order for a huge sum of money, the local colonial merchants can’t decide if they should trust him, befriend him, arrest him or seduce him.
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The answers
by Catherine Lacey
A formerly paralyzed woman applies for a job on Craigslist to be the “Emotional Girlfriend” of an eccentric and narcissistic actor desperate to find the perfect relationship. By the author of Nobody Is Ever Missing.
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The Outer Beach : a thousand-mile walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic shore
by Robert Finch
In a collection of essays, a beloved nature lover chronicles his 50-year relationship with Cape Cod, an iconic American landscape, paying tribute to the Outer Beach’s impressive literary legacy, meditating on its often tragic history and exploring the strange, mutable nature of time near the ocean.
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This long pursuit : reflections of a romantic biographer
by Richard Holmes
The award-winning and best-selling author of The Age of Wonder and Falling Upwards describes his passion for researching and re-creating the lives of writers and scientists and infusing the historical records with a contemporary understanding of human nature.
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
by Sherman Alexie
The National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian presents a literary memoir of poems, essays and intimate family photos that reflect his complicated feelings about his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation with his siblings and alcoholic parents.
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Huâê 1968 : a turning point of the American War in Vietnam
by Mark Bowden
Interviews with participants from both sides of the conflict and materials from Vietnamese and American archives provide multiple points of view on each stage of the Battle of Hue. This is in the system, but the link doesn't work because of the spelling of Hue.
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