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The life impossible / : A Novel
by Matt Haig
When Grace Winters is left a house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, she arrives in Ibiza with no guidebook and no plan, in a novel by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Midnight Library.
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Plays well with others : a novel
by Sophie Brickman
Finding herself going to impossible lengths to secure the best spot for her gifted and precocious son in NYC's kindergartens, New York Times journalist, when her intensifying rivalry with a hotshot divorce lawyer pushes her to the brink, realizes she's no better than the cutthroat preschool parents she's always judged.
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| The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee; translated by Sandy Joosun LeePenny gets a sought-after job at Dallergut Dream Department Store and begins work at the front desk, helping slumbering customers find the dreams they need. This whimsical and cozy Korean bestseller offers a well-drawn world with a cast of colorful characters. Read-alikes: Hwang Bo-Reum's Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop; Hisashi Kashiwai's The Kamogawa Food Detectives. |
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By any other name : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Across centuries two women, Melina Green and Emilia Bassano, one a modern playwright and the other her Elizabethan ancestor, each fight societal expectations to have their voices heard on the stage in a world that silences female playwrights.
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Our narrow hiding places : a novel
by Kristopher Jansma
When her grandson, Will, and his wife come for a visit, questioning family secrets, 80-year-old Mieke Geborn, to tell the truth, returns to the past and the final years of Nazi occupation during World War II, and to the story of Will's father, absent since Will's childhood.
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Scandalous women : a novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann
by Gill Paul
In 1965 NYC, editorial assistant Nancy White is ill prepared for the rampant sexism she encounters while working with authors Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins, who, due to their scandalous and controversial novels, fight to succeed in a man's world while desperately trying to protect those they love most.
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If you like: Elizabeth Strout
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| Roman Stories by Jhumpa LahiriCentering on the city of Rome, this thoughtful collection of nine lyrical short stories explores the lives and relationships of a wide variety of individuals. Roman Stories was composed in Italian by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri and translated into English by Lahiri and her editor. For fans of: quietly beautiful tales; stories "filled with intelligence and sorrow" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Commonwealth by Ann PatchettIt's at the Southern California christening for baby Franny Keating that the implosion of two nuclear families begins with a kiss. When the dust clears, Franny and her sister have four new stepsiblings with whom they are forced to spend long summers in Virginia. Over the decades, a fatal bee sting, long-held secrets, and a bestselling novel threaten hard-won bonds. For fans of: complex family tales, like those by Elizabeth Strout and Celeste Ng. |
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| Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonIn 1956 Gilead, Iowa, 70-something Reverend John Ames approaches the time of his death and writes a letter to his son chronicling family history that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals family secrets. For fans of: lyrical novels portraying the intimate thoughts of characters who have complicated, often difficult lives within their small communities. |
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| The Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseSet in Kerala, India from 1900 to 1977, this atmospheric saga follows a family of Saint Thomas Christians (a local Christian community present in the region since late antiquity) that loses at least one member by drowning each generation, as well as an orphaned Scot, who becomes a physician and makes his way to Colonial India. For fans of: emotionally powerful novels peopled with carefully drawn, three-dimensional figures. |
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