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All this and more : a novel
by Peng Shepherd
A divorced, middle-aged woman full of regrets is selected for a reality show that uses quantum technology to allow contestants to relive and revise their pasts but she discovers that changing everything doesn't necessarily bring her happiness.
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| This Strange Eventful History by Claire MessudTouching on themes of identity and home, this buzzy book by an award-winning author follows an uprooted French Algerian pieds-noir family and their descendants as they move around the world between 1940 and 2010. "Brilliant and heart-wrenching" (Kirkus Reviews), this novel was inspired by the author's family. Read-alikes: The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter; My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar; French Braid by Anne Tyler. |
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| Sandwich by Catherine NewmanRocky, her husband, her two kids, and her mom and dad have been going to the same Cape Cod rental for 20 years. This year, things feel different as Rocky navigates hot flashes, aging parents, nostalgia for her kids' youth, and old secrets in a funny, fast-paced, and moving novel that's perfect for beach reading. Read-alikes: Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore; A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi; Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. |
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Lenny Marks gets away with murder
by Kerryn Mayne
Unable to remember a tragic childhood event, introvert Lenny Marks, who is excellent at not having a life, finds everything unraveling when she receives a letter that forces her to connect with the community around her where, unexpectedly, she may finally get a life—if her past doesn't catch up to her first.
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You are here : a novel
by David Nicholls
When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather bring Michael and Marnie, complete opposites except for the fact they're both recovering from heartbreak, together on a ten-day hike, neither of them can think of anything worse until they find exactly what they've been looking for—each other.
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Middletide : a novel
by Sarah Crouch
When Dr. Erin Landry is found hanging from a tree on his property-- death ripped straight from the pages of his own novel, failed writer Elijah Leith, with the town turned against him, must fight for his innocence against a cunning enemy dead set on framing him for murder.
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| Enlightenment by Sarah PerryIn 1997 Essex, England, Thomas Hart is a secretly gay newspaper columnist and the godfather of 17-year-old Grace Macaulay. As the Comet Hale-Bopp approaches, he becomes enamored by both the sky and an old letter related to a ghostly legend, while Grace falls for a local boy in a novel that "magnificently evokes the wonder of the cosmos" (Publishers Weekly). Read-alikes: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan; The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick. |
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| Bear by Julia PhillipsIn Washington's San Juan Islands, two 20-something sisters work dead-end jobs and care for their dying mother. They talk about a future on the mainland, but when a bear suddenly shows up, one sister sees danger, while the other sees a magical beacon of hope, leading to the unraveling of their plans in this unsettling tale. Read-alikes: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes; The Blue Window by Suzanne Berne. |
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| Fire Exit by Morgan TaltyCharles Lamosway grew up on the Penobscot Reservation with his mom and Native American stepdad, but had to leave when he was 18 since he isn't Native. Now nearing 60, he attends AA meetings, helps his mom who has dementia, and looks across the river from his home to the reservation, keeping an eye on his secret daughter and wondering if he should tell her who he is. Read-alikes: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters; There There by Tommy Orange. |
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Community board
by Tara Conklin
A woman moves back into her parents' empty home after her husband leaves her and spends her days on the town's internet community board, in the new novel from the best-selling author of The Last Romantics.
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