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The Book of Summer
The Book of Summer
by Michelle Gable
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2017
 
Published: May 9, 2017
 
The bestselling author of The Paris Apartment and I'll See You in Paris, Michelle Gable now transports readers to Nantucket.
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(3.9/5)
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The Garden of Small Beginnings
The Garden of Small Beginnings
by Abbi Waxman
Reviewed: Mar 20, 2017
 
Published: May 2, 2017
 
Not since Good Grief has a book about a young widow been so poignant, funny, original, and utterly believable. A compelling debut novel about loss.
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(4.7/5)
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The Stars Are Fire
The Stars Are Fire
by Anita Shreve
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2017
 
Published: Apr 18, 2017
 
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife (an Oprah's Book Club selection): an exquisitely suspenseful new novel about an extraordinary young woman tested by a catastrophic event and its devastating ...
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(4.3/5)
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Manderley Forever
Manderley Forever
by Tatiana de Rosnay
Reviewed: Nov 21, 2016
 
Published: Apr 18, 2017
 
The nonfiction debut from beloved international sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay: her bestselling biography of novelist Daphne du Maurier.
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(4.0/5)
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If We Were Villains
If We Were Villains
by M. L. Rio
Reviewed: Feb 27, 2017
 
Published: Apr 11, 2017
 
Intelligent, thrilling, and richly detailed, If We Were Villains is a captivating story of the enduring power and passion of words.
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(4.4/5)
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No One Is Coming to Save Us
No One Is Coming to Save Us
by Stephanie Powell Watts
Reviewed: Mar 13, 2017
 
Published: Apr 4, 2017
 
In evocative prose, Stephanie Powell Watts has crafted a full and stunning portrait that combines a universally resonant story with an intimate glimpse into the hearts of one family.
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(3.9/5)
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Tell Me How This Ends Well
Tell Me How This Ends Well
by David Samuel Levinson
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2017
 
Published: Apr 4, 2017
 
An ambitious, gripping, darkly funny family drama about the reckoning of three adult siblings with their profoundly flawed parents, set during Passover in a near-future America rife with anti-Semitism and terror, from an award-winning short-story ...
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(3.9/5)
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My Last Lament
My Last Lament
by James William Brown
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2017
 
Published: Apr 4, 2017
 
A poignant and evocative novel of one Greek woman's story of her own - and her nation's - epic struggle in the aftermath of World War II.
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(4.1/5)
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