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The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother
by Allison Pearson
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The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman
by Julietta Henderson
Published Mar 2022
Read ReviewsJulietta Henderson's delightfully charming, tender and uplifting debut takes us on a road trip with a mother and son who will live in the reader's heart for a long time to come, and teaches us that--no matter the odds--we must always reach for the stars.
by Joshua Ferris
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsThe characters in Then We Came To The End cope with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, secret romance, elaborate pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks.
by Gish Jen
Published Oct 2005
Read ReviewsPowerfully evoking the contemporary American family in all its fragility and strength, Gish Jen has given us her most exuberant and accomplished novel about the new "half-half" American family.
by Meghan Daum
Published Jun 2004
Read Reviews'Daum brings a crisp, wisecracking voice to her novel about Lucinda, a life-style correspondent for a morning television show, who, in search of a more interesting life, leaves New York for Prairie City, a fictional Midwestern town.'
by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsDeftly skewers the manner in which America's over-privileged raise les petites over-privileged--as if grooming them for a Best in Show competition. Written by two former nannies, this alternately comic and poignant satire punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.
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