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Home of the American circus
by Allie Larkin
After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old Freya Arnalds bails on her lackluster life as bartender in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited from her estranged parents. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flames--as well as her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart years ago. Set in the birthplace of the American circus, this deeply moving novel is an exploration of broken families, the weight of the past, and the complicated journey of finding home.
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Spent : a comic novel
by Alison Bechdel
In Alison Bechdel's hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege? Meanwhile, Alison's first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. It's a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdel's beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For). As the TV show Death and Taxidermy racks up Emmy after Emmy-and when Alison's Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral-Alison's own envy spirals. Why couldn't she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show...like Queer Eye...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!
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The original daughter : a novel
by Jemimah Wei
In turn-of-the-millennium Singapore, sisters Genevieve and Arin navigate intense familial and societal pressures to achieve academic perfection, but a devastating betrayal forces Genevieve to confront the cost of ambition, loyalty, and the bonds that define her identity.
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The fisherman's gift : a novel
by Julia R. Kelly
In a snowbound Scottish fishing village in 1900, teacher Dorothy cares for a mysterious boy who resembles her lost son, unearthing buried secrets, confronting past love, and testing the fragile bonds of a tight-knit community.
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What will people think? : a novel
by Sara Hamdan
Mia Almas' secret comedy career, forbidden office crush and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame.
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| Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann ZhangIn this witty debut thriller, Julie Chan, a supermarket cashier, steps into her twin sister Chloe’s glamorous influencer life after Chloe’s mysterious death. As Julie uncovers dark secrets behind Chloe’s perfect facade, she finds herself caught in a dangerous world where she may become the next target. |
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| The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison GoodmanIn Regency England, 42-year-old twin sisters and amateur sleuths Augusta and Julia Colebrook have never married, each for their own reasons. Their compelling 2nd adventure combines mystery and romantic elements as the two try to clear an innocent man's name, hide a woman from her controlling brother, and push against the restrictions society places on women. Try this next: Katharine Schellman's Lily Adler mysteries; Vanessa Riley's Lady Worthing mysteries. |
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Harmattan season : a novel
by Tochi Onyebuchi
Veteran and private eye Boubacar must pull his attention away from his unpaid bills to investigate the disappearance of a bleeding woman who appeared at his door.
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| The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall KellyBased on real events, this dual-timeline novel follows Mari Starwood in 2016 as she visits a reclusive Martha's Vineyard painter with a connection to her recently deceased mother. Back in 1942, with their brother at war, the teenage Smith sisters form a book club as they balance running their island farm with romance and fears of German U-boats and spies. For fans of: Madeline Martin's The Last Bookshop in London; Amy Lynn Green's The Blackout Book Club. |
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Spectregraph
by James Tynion
For years, the mansion has sat strangely nestled into the coastline just a short drive north of Los Angeles. Rumors have haunted the place for years. Its owner a titan of American industry, with a strange fascination in the occult and the paranormal. For decades, the richest men and women in the country have whispered to each other, trying to understand what he was building alone in that mansion for all those years. And now finally, with his death and his estate finally open for sale... they are eager to find out for themselves.
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Cat fight : a novel
by Kit Conway
When a rumored panther sighting sparks suburban hysteria in the posh London enclave of Sevenoaks, three women including a former zoologist must navigate secrets, rivalries and escalating tensions that reveal the true predators may be much closer to home.
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Blonde dust
by Tatiana de Rosnay
Pauline, a young chambermaid who works at the legendary Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada, is asked to step in for a colleague and clean Suite 614. Although she was told the rooms were empty, a dazed, sleepy woman appears before her. This is Mrs. Miller, aka Marilyn Monroe, whose stay in Reno coincides with the breakdown of her marriage to Arthur Miller and the filming of what was to be her last film, The Misfits. Set in the American West in 1960 where the mustang horses run wild, an unexpected friendship unfolds between the most famous movie star in the world and a young cleaning woman whose life will be changed forever through the course of a few weeks. A testament to the enduring power of female friendship and a reimagining of a side of Marilyn Monroe that has never been seen before.
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Anima rising : a novel
by Christopher Moore
From New York Times bestselling author comes a humorously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter and an undead woman's electrifying journey of self-discovery.
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Ace, marvel, spy : a novel of Alice Marble
by Jenni L. Walsh
Tennis champion Alice Marble's world unravels after her husband's death in World War II, but when the U.S. Army recruits her to spy under the guise of tennis exhibitions, she seizes the chance to avenge him and faces her greatest challenge.
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Insectopolis : a natural history
by Peter Kuper
Award-winning cartoonist Peter Kuper transports readers through the 400-million-year history of insects and the remarkable entomologists who have studied them.
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Death of a racehorse : an American story
by Katie Bo Lillis
The dark side of modern horse racing is exposed through high-profile doping scandals, class tensions and the relentless pursuit of profit, revealing how financial greed endangers thoroughbreds while exploring the industry's moral failings and potential paths to reform.
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| Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael LuoNew Yorker executive editor Michael Luo's intimate and richly detailed history chronicles Chinese immigration and exclusion in America from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Further reading: Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad by Gordon H. Chang; America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee. |
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Ocean : Earth's last wilderness
by David Attenborough
Through personal stories, history and cutting-edge science, Ocean uncovers the mystery, the wonder, and the frailty of the most unexplored habitat on our planet--the one which shapes the land we live on, regulates our climate, and creates the air we breathe. This book showcase the oceans' remarkable resilience: they can, and in some cases have, recovered the fastest, if we only give them the chance. Drawing a course across David Attenborough's own lifetime, Ocean takes readers on an adventure-laden voyage through eight unique ocean habitats, countless intriguing species, and the most astounding discoveries of the last 100 years, to a future vision of a fully restored marine world--one even more spectacular than we could possibly hope for. Ocean reveals the past, present and potential future of our blue planet. It is a book almost a century in the making, but one that has never been more urgently needed.
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| Mark Twain by Ron ChernowIn his well-researched latest, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow (Alexander Hamilton) offers a nuanced and richly detailed portrait of writer Mark Twain that's been deemed a "monumental achievement" (Booklist) and "essential reading" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| J vs. K by Kwame Alexander and Jerry CraftThe friendly trash-talk between two Newbery Award-winning authors gets a funny, fictional twist in this story about cartoonist J and poet K, two fifth-graders battling to win their school’s storytelling contest. This graphic novel hybrid offers plenty of jokes alongside useful advice for young artists and authors. Read-alike: The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud. |
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Missing Clarissa : a novel
by Ripley Jones
Twenty years after the mysterious disappearance of popular cheerleader Clarissa Campbell, Oreville high school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to finally discover the truth, with dangerous consequences.
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The greatest gift
by Emma Dodd
A little zebra learns about the power of love, the greatest gift of all.
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From here : a memoir
by Luma Mufleh
Refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee.
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