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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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In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
by Fabio Geda
Hardcover: Aug 2011
Paperback: 12 Jun 2012
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| When a ten-year-old boy's village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat's remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal. |
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Once Upon a River
by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 4 Jun 2012
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| For 16 year-old Margo Crane, a river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to the decision of what price she is willing to pay for her choices. |
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The Sadness of the Samurai: A Novel
by Victor del Arbol
Hardcover: 22 May 2012
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| A betrayal and a murder in pro-Nazi Spain spark a struggle for power that grips a family for generations in this sweeping historical thriller. |
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Vandal Love: A Novel
by Deni Y. Béchard
Paperback: 15 May 2012
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| In assured and mystically powerful prose, Deni Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming landscape. |
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A Greyhound of a Girl
by Roddy Doyle
Hardcover: 1 May 2012
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| Four generations of women travel on a midnight car journey. One of them is dead, one of them is dying, one of them is driving, and one of them is just starting out. Perfect for thoughtful middle-graders and young teen girls. |
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The Butterfly Cabinet: A Novel
by Bernie McGill
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 1 May 2012
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| Vivid, mysterious, and unforgettable, The Butterfly Cabinet is Bernie McGill's engrossing portrayal of the dark history that intertwines two lives - a haunting novel full of frightening silences and sorrowful absences that build toward an unexpected, chilling truth. |
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Last Will
by Bryn Greenwood
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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| Last Will is a richly detailed story about finding love in a world that can scarcely offer the real thing. |
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22 Britannia Road: A Novel
by Amanda Hodgkinson
Hardcover: Apr 2011
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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| A tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise and The Postmistress. |
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