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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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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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The Language of Flowers: A Novel
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Hardcover: Aug 2011
Paperback: 3 Apr 2012
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| A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past. |
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel
by Melanie Benjamin
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 1 Apr 2012
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| A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams - and whose story will surely win over yours. |
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The Beauty of Humanity Movement: A Novel
by Camilla Gibb
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 28 Feb 2012
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| This deeply observed novel of contemporary Vietnam interweaves stories of a venerable soup seller, a young Vietnamese American curator, and an enterprising tour guide in ways that will mark all of their lives forever. |
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Some Sing, Some Cry: A Novel
by Ntozake Shange, Ifa Bayeza
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 11 Oct 2011
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| Shange and Bayeza give us a monumental story of a family and of America, of songs and why we have to sing them, of home and of heartbreak, of the past and of the future, bright and blazing ahead. |
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You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know: A True Story of Family, Face-Blindness and Forgiveness
by Heather Sellers
Hardcover: Oct 2010
Paperback: 4 Oct 2011
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| An unusual and uncommonly moving family memoir, with a twist that give new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness. |
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How to Read the Air
by Dinaw Mengestu
Hardcover: Oct 2010
Paperback: 4 Oct 2011
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| A heartbreaking literary masterwork about love, family, and the power of imagination, which confirms Mengestu's reputation as one of the brightest talents of his generation. |
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Freedom: A Novel
by Jonathan Franzen
Hardcover: Aug 2010
Paperback: 27 Sep 2011
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| Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. An indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time. |
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