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A Novel
by Téa Obreht
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Published Sep 2018
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by Sara Novic
Published Mar 2016
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by Violet Kupersmith
Published Feb 2015
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by Lydia Millet
Published Nov 2013
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by Amanda Hodgkinson
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsA tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise and The Postmistress.
by Karen Russell
Published Jul 2011
Read ReviewsFrom the celebrated twenty-nine-year-old author of the everywhere-heralded short-story collection St. Lucys Home for Girls Raised by Wolves comes a blazingly original debut novel that takes us back to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine.
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