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Under Fishbone Clouds: A Novel
by Sam Meekings
Hardcover: 7 Dec 2010
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| Sam Meekings's remarkable debut novel showcases his luminous, poetic writing, as well as insights that belong to a writer twice his age. Part love story and part historical narrative, Under Fishbone Clouds carries the weight and beauty of a lifetime's achievement. |
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel
by Helen Simonson
Hardcover: Mar 2010
Paperback: 1 Dec 2010
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Winner of BookBrowse's 2010 Best Debut Award
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family.
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The Swan Thieves
by Elizabeth Kostova
Hardcover: Jan 2010
Paperback: 3 Nov 2010
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| Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Thieves is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope. |
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Love and Summer: A Novel
by William Trevor
Hardcover: Sep 2009
Paperback: 26 Oct 2010
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| In his characteristically masterly way, Trevor evokes the passions and frustrations of the people of a small Irish town during one long summer. |
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The Ada Poems
by Cynthia Zarin
Hardcover: 21 Sep 2010
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| A dazzling story of obsessive love emerges in Cynthia Zarin's luminous new book inspired and inhabited by the title character of Nabokov’s novel Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, who was the lifelong love of her half brother, Van. |
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Broken Jewel: A Novel
by David L. Robbins
Hardcover: Nov 2009
Paperback: 31 Aug 2010
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| New York Times bestselling author David L. Robbins presents a riveting novel of war, love, and survival, set against the backdrop of an improbable rescue, the Los Baños prison raid -- one of the most daring episodes of World War II. |
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Censoring an Iranian Love Story
by Shahriar Mandanipour
Hardcover: May 2009
Paperback: 1 Jun 2010
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| From one of Iran’s most acclaimed and controversial contemporary writers, his first novel to appear in English—a dazzlingly inventive work of fiction that opens a revelatory window onto what it’s like to live, to love, and to be an artist in today’s Iran. |
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A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
by Brigid Pasulka
Hardcover: Aug 2009
Paperback: 18 May 2010
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| Whimsical, wise, beautiful, magical, and sometimes even heartbreaking, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True weaves together two remarkable stories, reimagining half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one unforgettable love affair. |
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