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Homesick
by Roshi Fernando
Hardcover: Jul 2012
Paperback: 2 Jul 2013
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| A stunning debut novel about an extended Sri Lankan family - a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary immigrant life, by turns darkly funny, sad, poignant, and uproariously beautiful. |
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The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel
by Jenny Wingfield
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 10 Jul 2012
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| With characters who spring to life as vividly as if they were members of one's own family, and with the clear-eyed wisdom that illuminates the most tragic - and triumphant - aspects of human nature, The Homecoming of Samuel Lake is a memorable and lasting work of fiction. |
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Crazy Brave: A Memoir
by Joy Harjo
Hardcover: Jul 2012
Paperback: 29 Jul 2013
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| In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo, one of our leading Native American voices, details her journey to becoming a poet. |
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The Night Circus: A Novel
by Erin Morgenstern
Hardcover: Sep 2011
Paperback: 3 Jul 2012
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| The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night... |
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Big Girl Small: A Novel
by Rachel DeWoskin
Hardcover: May 2011
Paperback: 3 Jul 2012
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| A scathingly funny and moving book about dreams and reality, at once light on its feet and unwaveringly serious. |
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The Virgin Cure: A Novel
by Ami McKay
Hardcover: Jun 2012
Paperback: 2 Jul 2013
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| From the author of the number one Canadian bestseller The Birth House comes the story of a young girl abandoned to the streets of post-Civil War New York City. |
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel
by Carol Rifka Brunt
Hardcover: Jun 2012
Paperback: 2 Jul 2013
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| In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don't know you've lost someone until you've found them. |
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Miss New India: A Novel
by Bharati Mukherjee
Hardcover: May 2011
Paperback: 19 Jun 2012
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| Born into a traditional lower-middle-class family, Anjali sets off to Bangalore where she falls in with an audacious and ambitious crowd of young people. However, the seductive pull of modernity does not come without a dark side . . . |
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