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Real Americans : a novel
by Rachel Khong
In this intricately woven tapestry of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance, 15-year-old Nick Chen, who can't shake the feeling his mother is hiding something, sets out to find his biological father—journey that raises more questions than provides answers.
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The art of losing
by Alice Zeniter
The Algerian-French daughter of a man who claims he does not remember the past discovers her heritage when her grandmother's return to their native home reveals their family's secret past and the inescapable legacies of colonialism. 15,000 first printing.
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Vacationland : a novel
by Meg Mitchell Moore
While staying at her parents' house in Maine, Louisa must unravel a family mystery, while newly arrived Kristie cannot keep her various lives from colliding forever, and as these two women cross paths, they will ask themselves what they are owed and what they owe others. 100,000 first printing.
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The society of shame
by Jane Roper
When a photo of her with a period stain on the back of her pants goes viral, making her the unwitting figurehead for a social media-centered women's rights movement, #YesWeBleed, politician's wife Kathleen Held finds her growing obsession with maintaining her popularity online threatening her relationship with her budding activist daughter.
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| Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'ConnorManod is 18 years old in 1938 when a whale washes up on her remote Welsh island, drawing outside attention, including that of two Oxford ethnographers who want to study the 12 island families. Happy for a connection to the wider world, Manod agrees to help, a move she may regret. For other reflective and atmospheric novels, try Clear by Carys Davies or A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund.
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French braid
by Anne Tyler
Follows the Garrett family from 1959 onward as they discover that their actions advance across decades and ripple through generations, in the new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons.
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| Enlightenment by Sarah PerryIn 1997 Essex, England, Thomas Hart is a secretly gay newspaper columnist and the godfather of 17-year-old Grace Macaulay. As the Comet Hale-Bopp approaches, he becomes enamored by both the sky and an old letter related to a ghostly legend, while Grace falls for a local boy in a novel that "magnificently evokes the wonder of the cosmos" (Publishers Weekly). Read-alikes: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan; The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick. |
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| Bear by Julia PhillipsIn Washington's San Juan Islands, two 20-something sisters work dead-end jobs and care for their dying mother. They talk about a future on the mainland, but when a bear suddenly shows up, one sister sees danger, while the other sees a magical beacon of hope, leading to the unraveling of their plans in this unsettling tale. Read-alikes: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes; The Blue Window by Suzanne Berne. |
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The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
While a Mi'kmaq family from Novia Scotia picks blueberries in 1962 Maine, four-year-old Ruthie goes missing. Her disappearance reverberates for decades, as seen in the narration of Joe, Ruthie's brother who never gets over the loss, and Norma, a lonely only child with a connection to Ruthie. Read-alikes: A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power; Stealing by Margaret Verble.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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