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Once Was Lost
by Sara Zarr
Hardcover: Oct 2009
Paperback: 4 Jan 2011
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| Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles. But her mother is in rehab, and her father seems more interested in his congregation than his family. And when a young girl in her small town is kidnapped, her already-worn thread of faith begins to unravel. (Young Adults) |
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The Unnamed: A Novel
by Joshua Ferris
Hardcover: Jan 2010
Paperback: 22 Sep 2010
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| What drives a man to stay in a marriage, in a job? What forces him away? Is love or conscience enough to overcome the darker, stronger urges of the natural world? The Unnamed is a deeply felt, luminous novel about modern life, ancient yearnings, and the power of human understanding. |
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This Is Where I Leave You
by Jonathan Tropper
Hardcover: Aug 2009
Paperback: 6 Jul 2010
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| A riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not. |
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Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
by Michael Chabon
Hardcover: Oct 2009
Paperback: 11 May 2010
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| The Pulitzer Prize-winning author— "an immensely gifted writer and a magical prose stylist" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)—offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and powerful as his acclaimed, award-winning fiction. |
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Bird Lake Moon
by Kevin Henkes
Hardcover: Apr 2008
Paperback: 23 Mar 2010
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| When two boys come to spend the summer at Bird Lake, each is reeling from his own personal tragedy. Both boys arrive scarred and fragile, but as they become friends, the sharp edges of their lives smooth out and, slowly, they are able to start to heal. |
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December
by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Hardcover: Jun 2008
Paperback: 14 Jul 2009
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| A spellbinding novel about a troubled young girl and a family in crisis, and a gripping, astonishing portrait of recovery and self-determination. |
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The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 6 Jan 2009
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| An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths
that sustain us, and the love that saves us. |
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver
Hardcover: May 2007
Paperback: 29 Apr 2008
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| Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. |
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