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Until Next Summer
by Ali Brady
When she learns that Camp Chickawah will be sold, director Jessie plans one last hurrah, inviting past campers—including her former best friend Hilary—to a nostalgic “adult summer camp,” the two woman rebuild their friendship as they relive the best time of their lives.
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Sons and Daughters : a Novel
by Chaim Grade
In 1930s Poland and Lithuania, Rabbi Sholem Shachne Katzenellenbogen grapples with his children's embrace of modern, secular ideals over traditional Jewish life, amid rising anti-Semitism and the cultural shifts threatening their shtetl's way of life.
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Director's Cut : a Novel
by Carlyn Greenwald
An actress decides to pursue a career in academia at USC, where she begins a romantic relationship with her co-professor and finds illusive career fulfillment, until her latest film and directorial debut starts getting attention and Hollywood beckons.
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Never Planned On You : a Novel
by Lindsay Hameroff
Ali Rubin's drunken bet in London leads to a matching tattoo with stranger Graham, and when he unexpectedly shows up in her hometown, Baltimore, to get married at his grandmother's historic hotel—where Ali is planning the wedding—they try to ignore their chemistry.
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Last Twilight In Paris
by Pam Jenoff
In London, 1953, a secondhand shop necklace bears the name Lévitan, a Paris department store-turned-Nazi prison camp, leading Louise and former romantic partner Ian to investigate her friend Franny's war death and the fate of Helaine, a woman imprisoned at Lévitan when the Germans invaded France.
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Counting Backwards
by Binnie Kirshenbaum
Leo, a research scientist, is diagnosed with early onset dementia, shattering his life's plans and dreams, leaving his wife to navigate a heartbreaking journey through grief, isolation and watching his life diminish amidst fleeting moments of beauty.
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Someone Just Like You
by Meredith Schorr
Resuming their prank war years after they stopped speaking completely, Molly Blum and her lifelong nemesis, Jude Stark, while planning a massive party for both their parents, realize they've mastered the art of hating each other, but falling in love is a whole new battlefield.
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This is a Love Story : a Novel
by Jessica Soffer
As Jane faces the end of her life, her husband Abe reflects on their 50 years together—revisiting their courtship, careers, family challenges, and estranged son, Max—while Central Park, a constant witness to their relationship, holds their memories in this tribute to love, loss and New York City.
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A Gorgeous Excitement
by Cynthia Weiner
Nina Jacobs navigates her mother's volatile depression and her own struggles for acceptance and independence in gritty 1980s Manhattan after an embarrassing sexual exploit leads her down a dangerous path of drugs and self-destruction.
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The New Internationals : a Novel
by David Wright Falade
A stunning novel of post-war Paris that interweaves a coming-of-age story, a cross-cultural romance, and a portrait of the international youth at a definitive moment in contemporary history.
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