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Book Chat's Top Recommendations March 2023
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
by Gail Honeyman
A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness. A first novel.
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Everyone in my family has killed someone
by Benjamin Stevenson
A self-published author of crime novel writing guides attends a reunion with his family of expert killers and investigates when a body is found outside in the snow as another storm approaches. 150,000 first printing.
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The Frederick sisters are living the dream : a novel
by Jeannie Zusy
When her diabetic older sister with intellectual disabilities overdoses on strawberry Jell-O, Maggie brings her and her occasionally vicious dog home to upstate New York where she??raising two boys, freelancing and dating??must deal with her sisters diapers, sugar addiction, porn habit and refusal to cooperate.
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The local : a legal thriller
by Joey Hartstone
When the judge on his case is murderedand all evidence points to his client, wealthy Pakistani-American businessman Amir Zawar, patent lawyer James Euchre sets out to prove Zawars innocence in a town where everyone knows everyone and bad blood has a long history.
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The means
by Amy Fusselman
Wealthy stay-at-home mom, Shelly Means, determined to have a summer home in the Hamptons, has a vision board, an architect and a plan, but when things go awry, she goes into beast mode to realize the house of her dreams. 50,000 first printing.
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Someone else's shoes
by Jojo Moyes
When she accidentally takes the wrong gym bag, Sam Kemp tries on a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes that give her the confidence to change her life, while the shoes owner tries to cling to her glamorous life after her husband cuts her off. 400,000 first printing.
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Stay true : a memoir
by Hua Hsu
A New Yorker staff writer, in this gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self and the solace that can be found through art, recounts his close friendship with Ken, with whom he endured the successes and humiliations of everyday college life until Ken was violently, senselessly taken away from him. Illustrations.
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Horse
by Geraldine Brooks
A scientist from Australia and a Nigerian-American art historian become connected by their shared interest in a 19th century race horse, one studying its remains, the other uncovering the history of the Black horsemen who were critical to its success.
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The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : a novel
by Rachel Joyce
Jolted out of emotional numbness by a letter from an old friend who wants to say goodbye before she dies, Harold Fry embarks on a 600-mile hiking journey to his friend's side without supplies, an endeavor that stirs up memories of his unhappy marital and parenting experiences. 40,000 first printing.
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