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Published Dec 2013
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by Louise Erdrich
Published Sep 2013
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by Lily King
Published May 2011
Read ReviewsAward-winning author Lily King's Father of the Rain: spans three decades in a riveting psychological portrait of a wildly charismatic patriarch as seen through the eyes of his daughter.
by Alice Hoffman
Published May 2000
Read ReviewsHoffman evokes the world of the Samuelsons, a family torn apart by tragedy and divorce in a world of bad judgment and fierce attachments, disappointments, and devotion.
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.
by Anita Shreve
Published Mar 1999
Read ReviewsEven before the plane is located, the relentless focus on Kathryn's dead husband's life begins to bring a bizarre personal mystery into focus. Could there be any truth to the increasingly disturbing rumors that he had a secret?
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