The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
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Vincent—a young woman named for American poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay—is working as a bartender in a hotel on a remote island in British Columbia, ...
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Rachel Hullett
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Beyond the Book: Ponzi Schemes
In Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel, the protagonist finds herself ensnared in the Ponzi scheme of a Wall Street investor. The 'Ponzi scheme' takes its name from Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant and businessman who lived in Boston in the ... Beyond the Book
Saint X
by Alexis Schaitkin
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In the opening pages of her debut novel, Alexis Schaitkin introduces the reader to an idyllic beach scene, where mostly American tourists are lounging around on the fictional ...
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Rachel Hullett
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Beyond the Book: Caribbean Immigration to the United States
In Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin, one of the main characters is a Caribbean immigrant working as a taxi driver in New York City. While the island depicted in the novel is fictional, people hailing from the Caribbean make up a large portion of the ... Beyond the Book
The Bear
by Andrew Krivak
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The Bear feels like a novel I've been awaiting for years. I received the book and its message with wonderment and gratitude, feeling as though it came into my life for a ...
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Rory L. Aronsky
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Beyond the Book: New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock
Looking at a photograph of Mount Monadnock, it might not appear all that imposing. But if you've seen it in person, you were probably impressed by its size. To capture a place on the page, one has to know it intimately, and it's obvious from Andrew ... Beyond the Book
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
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Lisa See's latest novel, The Island of Sea Women, follows the lives of Mi-ja and Young-sook, two haenyeos – women divers from the South Korean island of Jeju – who...
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Kim Kovacs
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Beyond the Book: The Underwater World of Haenyeos
Lisa See's novel, The Island of Sea Women, highlights the lives of haenyeos – women from the South Korean island of Jeju who support their families by free-diving for plants and animals that thrive in the ocean. They're known to be able to ... Beyond the Book
Afterlife
by Julia Alvarez
"A gorgeously intimate portrait of...hope in the face of personal grief."
-- O, The Oprah Magazine
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Miss Austen
by Gill Hornby
A witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane.
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The Henna Artist
by Alka Joshi
The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.
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Mostly Dead Things
by Kristen Arnett
"Hilarious, deeply morbid, and full of heart."
- BuzzFeed
A New York Times bestseller. A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s ...
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Lisa Butts
In the stunning first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and ...
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From the two-time NBCC Finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel ...
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The Paris Hours
by Alex George
Alex George spins a fast moving narrative in The Paris Hours as he weaves together the lives of four very different characters. Camille has a secret she is desperate to ...
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The Yellow Bird Sings
by Jennifer Rosner
“Beauty will save the world,” – The hope and optimism shared from mother to daughter.
Roza and Shira are running for their lives; fighting the memories of the killing ...
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A Good Neighborhood
by Therese Anne Fowler
This storyline is a real departure from Fowler's usual historical novels, but I think she has come up with a winner that could be adapted for one of Reese Witherspoon's ...
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Once Upon a River
by Diane Setterfield
In 2006, I fell in love with The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfied. This new third book Once Upon River once again has drawn me into a world of such intrigue and ...
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The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
This was my first time reading this author, and I was not disappointed. The dual time line between Viv in 1982 and Carly in 2017 was well defined with the chapter ...
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
This is an incredibly touching story of 19 year old blue skinned Cussy Mary Carter.
The year is 1936 and she is a rider for the Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky.
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