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A Novel
by Bernie McGill
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by Jane Harris
Published Jan 2012
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by Dominic Smith
Published Sep 2011
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by Jane Smiley
Published Jun 2011
Read ReviewsA riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prizewinner that traverses the intimate landscape of one womans life, from the 1880s to World War II.
by Tracy Chevalier
Published Oct 2010
Read ReviewsA voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and an extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novel.
by A.S. Byatt
Published Aug 2010
Read ReviewsA spellbinding novel that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
by Adam Foulds
Published Jun 2010
Read ReviewsIn 1837 the great poet John Clare finds himself in High Beach - a mental institution on the outskirts of London. Soon another famed writer, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and grows entwined in the cloistered world of High Beach and its residents. (Paperback Original)
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