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by Hillary Jordan
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by Jennifer Haigh
Published Feb 2023
Read ReviewsThe highly praised, "extraordinary" (New York Times Book Review) novel about the disparate lives that intersect at a women's clinic in Boston, by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh
by Margaret Atwood
Published Sep 2020
Read ReviewsIn this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades.
by Celeste Ng
Published May 2019
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2017 BookBrowse Fiction Award
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
by Brit Bennett
Published Oct 2017
Read ReviewsA dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community - and the things that ultimately haunt us most.
by Shanthi Sekaran
Published Sep 2017
Read ReviewsA gripping tale of adventure and searing reality, Lucky Boy gives voice to two mothers bound together by their love for one lucky boy.
by Margaret Atwood
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsMargaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin.
by Patricia Storace
Published Nov 2014
Read ReviewsA stunningly original novel of heartrending lyricism about four women, a fierce mythopoeia that invites us to enter into a new and powerful imagination of the sublime: What if "a woman's point of view" were God's?
by Fiona Maazel
Published Apr 2014
Read ReviewsWoke Up Lonely is an original and deeply funny novel that explores our very human impulse to seek and repel intimacy with the people who matter to us most.
by Russell Banks
Published Jul 2012
Read ReviewsLost Memory of Skin is a provocative novel of spiritual and moral redemption from Russell Banks.
by Miriam Toews
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsThat rare coming-of-age story able to blend the dark with the uplifting, Irma Voth follows a young Mennonite woman, vulnerable yet wise beyond her years, who carries a terrible family secret with her on a remarkable journey to survival and redemption.
by Suzanne Collins
Published Aug 2010
Read ReviewsPowerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collinss groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
by Kathleen Kent
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsMartha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. The Heretic's Daughter tells her story; a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Published May 2008
Read ReviewsA meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should Miranda's family prepare for the future?
by Joel Garreau
Published May 2006
Read ReviewsTaking us behind the scenes with today's foremost researchers and pioneers, Garreau reveals that the super powers of our comic-book heroes already exist, or are in development in hospitals, labs, and research facilities around the country -- from the revved up reflexes and speed of Spider-Man and Superman, to the enhanced mental acuity and ...
by Meg Rosoff
Published Jul 2005
Read Reviews'Rarely does a writer come up with a first novel so assured, so powerful and engaging that you can be pretty sure that you will want to read everything this author is capable of writing'.
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