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A Novel
by Richard B. Wright
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by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Published May 2009
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by Pete Hamill
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsRecreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story of honor, family, and one man's simple courage that no reader will soon forget.
by Michael Lowenthal
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsCharity Girl examines one of the darkest periods in our history, when patriotic fervor and fear led to devastating consequences. During World War I, the U.S. government went on a moral and medical campaign, quarantining and incarcerating young women who were thought to have venereal diseases. They were called charity girls
by Cynthia Ozick
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsA grand romantic novel of desire, fame, fanaticism, and unimaginable reversals of fortune set in the outskirts of the Bronx in the 1930s, as New York fills with Europe's ousted dreamers, turned overnight into refugees.
The True and Outstanding Adventures of The Hunt Sisters
by Elisabeth Robinson
Published Jan 2005
Read ReviewsThis debut novel is heartbreaking and hilarious, somber and delightful, and imbued with all the love one sister can feel for another, and all the frustration too.
by Barbara Kingsolver
Published Sep 1999
Read ReviewsSet in the Belgian Congo during the 1960s, The Poisonwood Bible takes its place alongside the classic works of post-colonial literature, establishing Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers.
by Judy Blume
Published May 1999
Read ReviewsAn extraordinary novel of reminiscence and awakening--an unforgettable story of two women, two families, and the friendships that shape a lifetime.
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