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Boys weekend
by Mattie Lubchansky
"Newly-out trans artist's assistant Sammie is invited to an old friend's bachelor weekend in El Campo, a hedonistic wonderland of a city floating in the Atlantic Ocean's international waters-think Las Vegas with even fewer rules. Though they have not identified as a man for over a year, Sammie's old friends haven't quite gotten the message-as evidenced by their former best friend Adam asking them to be his "best man." Arriving at the swanky hotel, Sammie immediately questions their decision to come. Bad enough that they have to suffer through a torrent of passive-aggressive comments from the groom's pals-all met with zero pushpack from supposed "nice guy" Adam. But also, they seem to be the only one who's noticed the mysterious cult that's also staying at the hotel, and is ritually dismembering guests and demanding fealty to their bloodthirsty god. Part satire, part horror, Boys Weekend explores what it's like to exist as a transfemme person in a man's world, the difficulty of maintaining friendships through transition, and the more cult-like effects of masculinity, "hustle" culture, and capitalism-all through the vibrant lens of a surreal, scary, and immensely imaginative romp"
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The elegance of the hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu
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The throwback special : a novel
by Chris Bachelder
Follows the lives of a group of men who gather annually to recreate the November 1985 football play in which Joe Theismann suffered a horrible, career-ending broken leg in this new novel by the author of Abbott Awaits.
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A man called Ove : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
A curmudgeon hides beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior a terrible personal loss while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship. A first novel by the Swedish author of Things My Son Needs to Know About Life.
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The other's gold
by Elizabeth Ames
A novel that begins on a college campus follows the friendship of four women across life-defining turning points. A first novel.
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Prayers for sale
by Sandra Dallas
Drawn to the newly married seventeen-year-old Nit Spindle, who has moved to their small mountain Colorado town to escape the ravages of the Great Depression, octogenarian Hennie Comfort forges a friendship with the young woman based on shared hardships and secrets. By the author of Tallgrass.
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The eight mountains : a novel
by Paolo Cognetti
Describes the friendship between two young boys, one from cosmopolitan Milan, the other from the mountains, who spent many summers together exploring the Dolomites and how they try to sustain their connection despite divergent paths in life.
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Chances are...
by Richard Russo
One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college, and must puzzle out a lingering mystery from the summer of 1971
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The summer sail
by Wendy Francis
A trio of college friends who reunite aboard a cruise ship experience an unforgettable vacation. By the author of The Summer of Good Intentions
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The old place : a novel
by Bobby Finger
Retired teacher Mary Alice Roth, while working her way back to a comfortable friendship with her neighbor, finds the careful shell she's built around her life threatened by her sister who delivers a staggering piece of news that could send shockwaves through her small Texas town.
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The lost girls of Paris
by Pam Jenoff
After discovering an abandoned, photograph-filled suitcase in Grand Central Station in 1946 a young widow sets out to discover who the people in the pictures are. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Orphan's Tale. .
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A prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
While playing baseball in the summer of 1953, Owen Meany hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother, and he becomes convinced that he is an instrument of God.
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The friend
by Sigrid Nunez
Becoming the guardian of her late best friend's enormous Great Dane, a grieving woman is evicted from her no-pets apartment and forges a deep bond with the equally distraught animal in ways that initially disturb her friends
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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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Rules for visiting
by Jessica Francis Kane
A talented but reclusive gardener is inspired by her love of classic literature to embark on a female odyssey to reconnect with her four once-close friends through simple activities and digital encounters that unexpectedly catapult her into viral fame.
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All the broken people
by Leah Konen
Moving to rustic Woodstock to escape an unhappy past, Lucy bonds with an alluring couple, Vera and John, who embroil her in a plot to fake John’s death, before Lucy finds herself framed for the man’s actual murder.
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Still me
by Jojo Moyes
The irrepressible Louisa Clark from Me Before You and After You arrives in New York to start a new life and a long-distance relationship with Ambulance Sam while working for the super-wealthy Gopniks, a job that introduces her to New York high society and a secretive man who reminds her of her own past.
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Augustown
by Kei Miller
Possessing strong intuitive powers in spite of being unable to see, Ma Taffy comforts her stricken great-nephew while recalling a fantastical story with ties to Jamaican history, the birth of the Rastafari and the human drive for a better life. By the award-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings.
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Lula Dean's little library of banned books : a novel
by Kirsten Miller
When Lula Dean, trying to rid public libraries of“pornographic” books, starts her own lending library in front of her home, Lindsay, the daughter of Lula's arch nemesis, sneaks in nightly, secretly filling it with banned books wrapped in“wholesome” dust jackets, changing the lives of those who borrow them in unexpected ways.
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Precious and Grace
by Alexander McCall Smith
Helping Mr. Polopetsi with an entanglement in a pyramid scheme and Charlie with a dubious romance, an unassisted Precious Ramotswe tackles the case of a young Canadian woman who would find a long-lost acquaintance from her Botswana childhood. By a best-selling author. (mystery & detective).
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The giver of stars
by Jojo Moyes
Volunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships. By the best-selling author of Me Before You. (romance). .
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The Island of sea women : a novel
by Lisa See
The ostracized daughter of a Japanese collaborator and the daughter of their Korean village's head female diver share nearly a century of friendship that is tested by their island's torn position between two warring empires. .
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Nosy neighbors
by Freya Sampson
When their apartments in Shelley House face demolition, sworn enemies 25-year-old Kat and 77-year-old Dorothy put their differences aside to save their historic building, but when one of its residents is murdered, the duo seek justice to restore peace in their community.
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Conversations with friends : a novel
by Sally Rooney
Devoting herself to an intellectual life and the self-possessed lover with whom she performs spoken-word poetry readings, a college student is drawn into the lives of a sophisticated journalist and her husband before the increasingly intimate relationship tests the boundaries of her resolve. A first novel.
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Girls burn brighter
by Shobha Rao
Forging a deep friendship with impoverished but passionate fellow weaver Savitha, motherless Poornima begins to reconnect with the beauty of the world before a devastating act of cruelty drives her friend away, compelling her to leave behind everything she knows to search for her friend in the darkest corners of India's underworld and beyond. A first novel.
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A prayer for travelers : a novel
by Ruchika Tomar
Set adrift when her grandfather passes away, a bookish loner of mysterious parentage takes a waitressing job and reconnects with a charismatic former classmate who runs side-hustles to finance her dreams. A first novel.
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The lido : a novel
by Libby Page
An anxiety-riddled cub reporter for a small London paper is assigned to cover the closing of a local rec center and bonds with an 86-year-old widow who has swum in the community pool every day since childhood.
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Dele weds Destiny
by Tomi Obaro
Three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria reunite at the posh Lagos wedding of one of their daughters and recount the events of the past 30 years including loves, losses, an abortion and an affair with an American Peace Corps volunteer.
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The mostly true story of Tanner & Louise
by Colleen Oakley
The USA Today best-selling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island presents a novel featuring a college dropout and an 84-year-old woman on the run from the law
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Swing time
by Zadie Smith
Two dark-skinned dancers with very different talents share a complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in early adulthood in a story that transitions from northwest London to West Africa. By the award-winning author of On Beauty.
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The myth of you and me : a novel
by Leah Stewart
A letter from a childhood best friend to whom she has not spoken in ten years and an odd legacy from her boss, elderly historian Oliver Doucet, sends thirty-year-old Cameron on a difficult mission to track down her old friend Sonia and hand-deliver a mysterious package to her, in a novel that celebrates the power, pain, and pleasure of friendship.
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The all-night sun : a novel
by Diane Zinna
Bonding with a charismatic student during a summer trip to Sweden, a writing teacher at a Washington, D.C. college discovers the student's dark nature during a Midsommar's Eve seaside camping trip that takes an ominous turn. A first novel.
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The lost book of Adana Moreau : a novel
by Michael Zapata
Decades after a 1929 Dominican immigrant writer passes away believing her final manuscript was destroyed, a Chicago lawyer discovers the book and endeavors to learn the woman's remarkable story against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina.
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The color purple
by Alice Walker
"The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into the experiences of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery, and Sofia"
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Surfside sisters : a novel
by Nancy Thayer
Returning to her Nantucket childhood home in the wake of personal and professional setbacks, a novelist is forced to settle old scores with her former best friend and unfaithful ex. By the best-selling author of A Nantucket Wedding.
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Big chill
A compassionate "comedy of values" probes the growing pains of seven college housemates from the 1960's who have drifted apart and have been reunited at the funeral of a friend
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of Ring
Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship and individual courage. The saga centers around an unassuming Hobbit named Frodo Baggins who" inherits a Ring that would give a dark and powerful lord the power to enslave the world. This Special Edition 4xDVD set contains over 30 minutes of new and extended scenes, feature length commentaries by the director and writers, casdt, and the product"on and design teams, two full discs of multiple behind-the-scenes documentaries, and tons more. BJS. DVD Disc
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Old joy
Two old friends take a camping trip in the Cascade Mountains and learn how different their lives have become
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Kite runner
Two young boys in Afghanistan are inseparable until one day their relationship is torn apart, and years later one of them returns to try to redeem himself
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Honor list
Four best friends drifted apart over the course of high school but when one of them suddenly dies, the other three reunite to complete a bucket list they made when they were freshmen
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Bridesmaids
After taking on the maid of honor role in her best friend's wedding, a woman struggles to balance her wedding duties and her own romantic relationships
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Nonfiction and Biographies
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We need to hang out : a memoir of making friends
by Billy Baker
A staff writer for The Boston Globe discusses his own issues maintaining friendships after age 40 and offers inspiration for overcoming loneliness and reconnecting with others in the face of increasingly hectic lives. 60,000 first printing.
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You're the only one I can tell : inside the language of women's friendships
by Deborah Tannen
The critically acclaimed linguistics professor and author of You Just Don't Understand decodes the conversational styles of female friends to explain how language contributes to the crucial bonds between women as expressed through casual chats, private confidences and social media exchanges.
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Saving Simon : how a rescue donkey taught me the meaning of compassion
by Jon Katz
Describes how the author rescued and fell in love with a neglected donkey who proved a loyal listener and companion, prompting the author to confront personal challenges and learn new lessons about compassion. By the best-selling author of The Second-Chance Dog: A Love Story. 25,000 first printing.
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Text me when you get home : the evolution and triumph of modern female friendship
by Kayleen Schaefer
A personal and sociological examination of the evolution of female friendship in pop culture and modern society draws on the experiences of diverse women and the author's own life to celebrate how the bonds between women have evolved to have as much significance as relationships with romantic partners and family members.
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She matters : a life in friendships
by Susanna Sonnenberg
The best-selling author of Her Last Death presents an illuminating and provocative assessment of the women who have profoundly shaped her life, in a candid series of portraits that explores the powerful bonds and complex nuances that mark female friendships. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.)
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