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A Novel
by Liz Jensen
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by Susan Henderson
Published Oct 2010
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by Muriel Barbery
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsA moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us.
by Matt Haig
Published Dec 2007
Read ReviewsA ghost story with a twista suspenseful and poignantly funny update of the Hamlet story.
by Keith Donohue
Published May 2007
Read ReviewsInspired by the W.B. Yeats poem that tempts a child from home to the waters and the wild, The Stolen Child is a modern fairy tale narrated by the child Henry Day and his double.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
Published May 2004
Read Reviews'Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy.'
by Alice Sebold
Published Apr 2004
Read ReviewsA luminous and astonishing novel that builds out of grief the most hopeful of stories. In the hands of a brilliant new writer, this story of the worst thing a family can face is transformed into a suspenseful and even funny novel about love, memory, joy, heaven, and healing.
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
by Brady Udall
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsA miracle of storytelling, bursting with heartache and hilarity and inhabited by characters as outsized as the landscape of the American West.
by Janet Fitch
Published May 2000
Read ReviewsThe unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances.
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