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    Migrations
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    Migrations, Australian author Charlotte McConaghy's literary fiction debut, earned a notably high ...
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    The Killing Hills
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All the Little Hopes
by Leah Weiss
A Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees, in the murky shadows of World War II.

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