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A Novel
by Kim Barnes
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by Miriam Toews
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by Audrey Schulman
Published Jan 2012
Read ReviewsEvoking both Barbara Kingsolver and Andrea Barrett, this enthralling fiction, wise and generous, explores some of the crucial social and cultural challenges that, over the years, have come to shape our world.
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
by Monique Roffey
Published Apr 2011
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by Samuel Shimon
Published Jun 2010
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by Zoë Ferraris
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsA novel of taut psychological suspense, offering an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of the men and women who live there.
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