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Every Anxious Wave
Every Anxious Wave
by Mo Daviau
Reviewed: Sep 14, 2015
 
Published: Feb 2, 2016
 
A high-spirited and engaging novel, Every Anxious Wave plays ball with the big questions of where we would go and who we would become if we could rewrite our pasts, as well as how to hold on to love across time.
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(3.3/5)
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
by Melanie Benjamin
Reviewed: Sep 14, 2015
 
Published: Jan 26, 2016
 
The New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife returns with a triumphant new novel about New York's "Swans" of the 1950s - and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless...
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(4.1/5)
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The Paris Winter
The Paris Winter
by Imogen Robertson
Reviewed: Jun 16, 2014
 
Published: Jan 26, 2016
 
Set against the backdrop of the Great Flood, The Paris Winter is a dark and powerful tale of deceit and revenge from a masterful storyteller.
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(4.3/5)
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The Things We Keep
The Things We Keep
by Sally Hepworth
Reviewed: Aug 25, 2015
 
Published: Jan 19, 2016
 
With honesty and true understanding, Sally Hepworth pens this poignant story of one of today's nightmares: early-onset Alzheimer's.
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(4.5/5)
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Hunters in the Dark
Hunters in the Dark
by Lawrence Osborne
Reviewed: Oct 19, 2015
 
Published: Jan 12, 2016
 
From the novelist the New York Times compares to Paul Bowles, Evelyn Waugh and Ian McEwan, an evocative new work of literary suspense.
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(3.9/5)
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Fallen Land
Fallen Land
by Taylor Brown
Reviewed: Oct 19, 2015
 
Published: Jan 12, 2016
 
Searching for a home in a ravaged landscape, two star-crossed lovers flee a ruthless band of bounty hunters, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to Sherman's March through Georgia in the final years of the Civil War.
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(4.6/5)
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The Sound of Gravel
The Sound of Gravel : A Memoir
by Ruth Wariner
Reviewed: Oct 19, 2015
 
Published: Jan 5, 2016
 
A riveting, deeply-affecting true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist doomsday cult.
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(4.6/5)
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The Secrets of Midwives
The Secrets of Midwives
by Sally Hepworth
Reviewed: Nov 17, 2014
 
Published: Dec 29, 2015
 
The Secrets of Midwives tells the story of three generations of women devoted to delivering new life into the world - and the secrets they keep that threaten to change their own lives forever.
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(4.3/5)
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