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A Novel
by Maggie O'Farrell
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by Jane Johnson
Published Jan 2021
Read ReviewsA broken family, a house of secrets - an entrancing tale of love and courage set during the Second World War.
by Nick Hornby
Published Feb 2016
Read ReviewsInsightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.
by Ellen Feldman
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsBeautifully crafted and unforgettable, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.
by Amy Bloom
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsWhen her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When word comes that her daughter, Sophie, might still be alive, Lillian embarks on an odyssey that takes her from the world of the Yiddish theater on New Yorks Lower East Side, to Seattles Jazz District, and up to...
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.
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
by Ayelet Waldman
Published Jan 2007
Read ReviewsWith wry candor and tender humor, Ayelet Waldman has crafted a strikingly beautiful novel for our time, tackling the absurdities of modern life and reminding us why we love some people no matter what.
by Sue Miller
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsA stunning, kaleidoscopic evocation of a family in crisis, written with delicacy and masterful care - a rich and gorgeously layered tale of a family breaking apart and coming back together again.
by Mary Gaitskill
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsMasterfully layering time and space, thought and sensation, Mary Gaitskill dazzles the reader with psychological insight and a mystical sense of the soul's hurtling passage through the world.
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
by Amy Bloom
Published Jul 2001
Read ReviewsTranscendent stories: about the uncertain gestures of love, about the betrayals and gifts of the body, about the surprises and bounties of the heart, and about what comes to us unbidden and what we choose.
by Sue Miller
Published Feb 2000
Read ReviewsAn exquisitely suspenseful novel about how quickly and casually a marriage can be destroyed, how a good wife can find herself placing all she holds dear at risk.
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