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by Mary Lawson
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by Cara Wall
Published Jul 2020
Read ReviewsA luminous debut novel about two young couples whose lives become intertwined when the husbands are appointed co-ministers of a venerable New York City church in the 1960s, spanning decades - for readers of Ann Patchett and Nicole Krauss.
by Andrew Michael Hurley
Published Apr 2017
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by Rob Spillman
Published Feb 2017
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by Martin Amis
Published Jul 2015
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by Celeste Ng
Published May 2015
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by Peter Rock
Published Apr 2014
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by Louise Erdrich
Published Sep 2013
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by Jane Urquhart
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsJerome, a young artist on a remote island retreat, discovers the body of an old man, Andrew Woodman, frozen in the ice. One year after the body is discovered, Sylvia Bradley a withdrawn, sheltered woman whose secret affair with Andrew changed her world forever decides to learn more about her lovers mysterious disappearance. She...
by T Jefferson Parker
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsThe emotionally wrenching tale of three brothers and the brutal act that irrevocably changes their lives.
by Liza Ward
Published Aug 2005
Read ReviewsEvery so often a novel comes along that is capable of redeeming the losses it so devastatingly conveys. Disturbing, bittersweet, and lyrical, this is a story of people torn apart by tragedy and yet, finally, transformed by love.
by Alice Sebold
Published Apr 2004
Read ReviewsA luminous and astonishing novel that builds out of grief the most hopeful of stories. In the hands of a brilliant new writer, this story of the worst thing a family can face is transformed into a suspenseful and even funny novel about love, memory, joy, heaven, and healing.
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