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2004 Favorite Books by Debut Authors
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Mao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
Hardcover: Mar 2004
Paperback: 1 Mar 2005
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| The true story of how a small, terrified, lonely boy, plucked from his life in rural China, became one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world. One part Falling Leaves, one part Billy Eliot, this is an unforgettable memoir of hope and courage. |
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The Confessions of Max Tivoli
by Andrew Sean Greer
Hardcover: Feb 2004
Paperback: 1 Feb 2005
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| An extraordinarily haunting love story told in the voice of a man who appears to age backwards. |
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Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
Hardcover: Sep 2003
Paperback: 1 Oct 2004
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| Growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, Rachel is part of a big loving family until she is forcibly removed from her family and sent to the isolated leper colony on the island of Moloka'i. True to historical accounts, Rachel's life, though shadowed by disease, isolation and tragedy, is also one of joy, courage, and dignity. |
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
by J. Maarten Troost
Paperback: 1 Jun 2004
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| The laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year odyssey on the distant South Pacific island nation of Kiribati—possibly The Worst Place on Earth. |
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