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Generational & Family Sagas
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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts & reviews from exceptional books with a family saga as a central theme
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Vita
by Melania G. Mazzucco
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 19 Sep 2006
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| The award-winning Italian author Melania G. Mazzucco weaves her own family
history into a great American novel of the immigrant experience. A sweeping
tale of discovery, love, and loss, Vita is a passionate blend of
biography and autobiography, of fantasy and fiction. |
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The English Teacher
by Lily King
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 28 Jun 2006
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| A passionate tale of a mother and son's vital bond and a provocative look at our notions of intimacy, honesty, loyalty, family, and the real meaning of home. |
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Two Lives
by Vikram Seth
Hardcover: Nov 2005
Paperback: 13 Jun 2006
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| A heartrending new book - the story of a marriage and the story of two lives - from the author of the international bestselling novel A Suitable Boy. |
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My Friend Leonard
by James Frey
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 30 May 2006
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Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking
father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring.
Before considering reading this book, please see the BookBrowse note on the book jacket/review page. |
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A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 2 May 2006
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| Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life. |
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Family and Other Accidents
by Shari Goldhagen
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 4 Apr 2006
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| A finely nuanced, universally resonant portrait of the ties, however strange or awkward, that bind two brothers and their families together through the decades. |
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Hardcover: May 2005
Paperback: 3 Apr 2006
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| A spectacular novel as grand as a western sunset, the story of a girl coming to terms with her destiny, with the miraculous, and with the power of faith. It is the tale of a father discovering what true love is and a daughter recognizing that sometimes true love requires true sacrifice. |
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A Perfect Stranger: And other stories
by Roxana Robinson
Hardcover: Apr 2005
Paperback: 14 Mar 2006
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| Powerfully and affectingly examines the complex, intricate network of experiences that binds us to one another. These stories are tender, raw, lovely, and fine - and they reaffirm Roxana Robinson's place at the forefront of modern literature. |
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