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by Sarah Elaine Smith
Published Jul 2020
Read ReviewsConsumed by the longing for a different life, a teenager flees her family and carefully slips into another -- replacing a girl whose own sudden disappearance still haunts the town.
by Jacqueline Woodson
Published May 2017
Read ReviewsThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Awardwinning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years.
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
by Melanie Benjamin
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsA 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.
by Lionel Shriver
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsUsing a playful parallel-universe structure,The Post-Birthday World follows one woman's future as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men.
by Jodi Picoult
Published Feb 2005
Read ReviewsThe emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.
by Audrey Niffenegger
Published May 2004
Read ReviewsA funny, often poignant tale of boy meets girl with a twist: what if one of them couldn't stop slipping in and out of time? Highly original and imaginative, this debut novel raises questions about life, love, and the effects of time on relationships.
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Published Sep 2003
Read ReviewsTo understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret, and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.
by Jennifer Weiner
Published Jul 2003
Read ReviewsFollows three expertly realized and finely nuanced characters on an alternately hilarious and heartrending journey in search of contentment, connection--and each other.
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Published Jan 2000
Read ReviewsExceptionally moving, dramatic, and exquisitely rendered - a passionate novel about the extraordinary bond between two women, and the jealousies, loves, and family histories that threaten to tear them apart.
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