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by Maile Meloy
Published Feb 2007
Read ReviewsFrom the award-winning author of Half in Love and Liars and Saints, a riveting story of love, sex, secrets, guilt, and forgiveness.
The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God
by Timothy Schaffert
Published Nov 2005
Read ReviewsA blithe and redemptive seriocomic love story filled with country music, the ghosts of Halloween, and an ironic brand of down-home religion.
by Laura Moriarty
Published Jul 2004
Read ReviewsIn this extraordinary first novel, a young girl tries to make sense of an unruly world spinning around her. Growing up with a single mother who is chronically out of work and dating a married man, Evelyn Bucknow learns early how to fend for herself.
by Lisa Tucker
Published May 2003
Read Reviews'Leeann is the perfect narrator for this engaging and bittersweet story of compassion, forgiveness, and the search for redemption. This is a wonderful first novel.'
by Richard Russo
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsWith all the vision, grace and humanity of truly epic storytelling Russo extends even further his claims on the small-town, blue-collar heart of the country.
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