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Fiction A to Z August 2022
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| Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldTrapped: A deep-sea research sub malfunctions, stranding marine biologist Leah on the ocean floor for six terrifying months. Leah returns home but isn't at all the same loving partner that her wife Miri knows. Are they just drifting apart? Or is something stranger happening? |
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| Either/Or by Elif BatumanStarring: Selin -- the brainy daughter of Turkish immigrants -- who's in pursuit of love, sex, and booze at Harvard during the 1990s.
What it is: A sardonic own voices story with a likeable, introspective yet unpretentious protagonist (think Bridget Jones with an obsessive love of Russian literature). |
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| Counterfeit by Kirstin ChenFriendship and fakery: Ava Wong bumps into former college roomie Winnie Fang. Ava is quickly drawn into Winnie's designer handbag scam to earn money for her son's school fees.
But who's hustling who? Narrated by Ava and Winnie in turn, this witty caper novel leaves readers guessing who they can trust. |
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| Cult Classic by Sloane CrosleyWhat it's about: Sloane, on the verge of marrying her "perfect guy," is suddenly tripping over her (still pretty darn attractive) exes. Her former boss -- a self-styled, wanna-be psychology guru -- is using her for one of his experiments... but to what end?
Also available in eBook on Libby |
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| Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott DarkWhat it's about: The luminous lifelong friendship of octogenarians Agnes and Polly, whose families jointly own the pristine slice of coastal Maine known as Fellowship Point.
Hidden secrets... put them at odds while developers eye their land.
Also available in eAudiobook on Libby |
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| Nuclear Family by Joseph HanHawai'i, 2018: Family and international tensions collide as North Korea boasts nuclear weapons. Siblings Grace and Jacob Cho (third-generation Hawaiian Korean) face the fallout.
What happens: Jacob makes an ill-timed effort to enter North Korea (to be fair, he's possessed by his grandfather's North Korean ghost). His antics draw unwanted attention to the whole family and sink the family business that Grace tries to keep afloat. She gives up and turns to drugs. |
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| Ways the World Could End by Kim HooperStarring: Dave, a neurodivergent widower now solo-parenting the baffling creature that is his teen daughter; and 15-year-old Cleo, who's grappling with both her mother's death and her attraction to a new girl in class.
Read it for: A touching portrait of love's many forms (parent and child, husband and wife, same-sex teen romance) and the deep grief that emerges after a traumatic death.
Also available in eAudiobook & eBook on Hoopla |
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| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinWhat it's about: A chance encounter launches a 30-year friendship between brilliant video game designers Sadie Green and Sam Masur. Mistakes are made, lessons are learned, and video game fortunes rise and fall.
Is it for me? Do you like ability diverse characters, Oregon Trail, Neal Stephenson's Reamde, gaming fandom at large, and/or the ride-or-die friendships forged therein? If yes, then smash "play" on this.
Also available in eAudiobook on Libby |
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