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The Long Ago
The Long Ago : A Novel
by Michael McGarrity
Reviewed: Feb 12, 2023
 
Published: Jul 4, 2023
 
A soldier returns home from Vietnam in the early 1960s to search for his missing sister in this gripping story of broken lives and a search for happiness.
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(3.9/5)
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Banyan Moon
Banyan Moon : A Novel
by Thao Thai
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2023
 
Published: Jun 27, 2023
 
A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family's inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories.
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(4.4/5)
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The Little Italian Hotel
The Little Italian Hotel : A Novel
by Phaedra Patrick
Reviewed: Mar 13, 2023
 
Published: Jun 6, 2023
 
When a relationship expert's own marriage falls apart, she invites four strangers to Italy for a vacation of healing and second chances in this uplifting new novel from the author of The Messy Lives of Book People.
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(4.1/5)
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Innards
Innards : Stories
by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2023
 
Published: Jun 6, 2023
 
This incendiary debut of linked stories narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond.
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(3.4/5)
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Pieces of Blue
Pieces of Blue
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Reviewed: Jan 16, 2023
 
Published: May 9, 2023
 
From New York Times bestselling author Holly Goldberg Sloan, a hilarious and heartfelt novel for fans of Maria Semple and Emma Straub about a family trying to restore a ramshackle beachside motel―and their own lives.
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(3.9/5)
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Hotel Cuba
Hotel Cuba : A Novel
by Aaron Hamburger
Reviewed: Mar 13, 2023
 
Published: May 2, 2023
 
From the award-winning author of The View from Stalin's Head, a stunning novel about two sheltered Russian Jewish sisters, desperate to get to America to make a new life, who find themselves trapped in the sultry, hedonistic world of 1920s Havana.
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(4.0/5)
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Paper Names
Paper Names : A Novel
by Susie Luo
Reviewed: Feb 12, 2023
 
Published: May 2, 2023
 
An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity and the American experience—for fans of Jean Kwok, Mary Beth Keane and Naima Coster.
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(4.1/5)
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Clytemnestra
Clytemnestra : A Novel
by Costanza Casati
Reviewed: Oct 24, 2022
 
Published: May 2, 2023
 
Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen.
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(4.7/5)
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