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The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving: A Novel
by Jonathan Evison
Hardcover: Aug 2012
Paperback: 7 May 2013
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| Bursting with energy, this big-hearted, soulful, and inspired novel ponders life's terrible surprises and the heart's uncanny capacity to mend and become whole again. |
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir
by Anna Quindlen
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 23 Apr 2013
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| In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more. |
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
by Maria Semple
Hardcover: Dec 2012
Paperback: 2 Apr 2013
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| A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world. |
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by Mary Roach
Hardcover: 1 Apr 2013
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| The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. |
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The Great Northern Express: A Writer's Journey Home
by Howard F. Mosher
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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| From bestselling, nationally celebrated author Howard Frank Mosher, a wildly funny and deeply personal account of his three-month, 20,000-mile sojourn to discover what he loved enough to live for. |
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Siege 13: Stories
by Tamas Dobozy
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| From celebrated short-story writer Tamas Dobozy, Siege 13 is a powerful testament to war's ability to carefully and thoroughly decimate the human spirit. |
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Love Is a Canoe
by Ben Schrank
Hardcover: 8 Jan 2013
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| In Love Is a Canoe, Ben Schrank delivers a smart, funny, romantic, and hugely satisfying novel about the fragility of marriage and the difficulty of repairing the damage when well-intentioned people forget how to be good to each other. |
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The Uninvited Guests: A Novel
by Sadie Jones
Hardcover: May 2012
Paperback: 8 Jan 2013
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| A frightening yet delicious drama of dark surprises - where social codes are uprooted and desire daringly trumps propriety - alight with Edwardian wit and opulence. |
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