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    Jen Ferguson
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    In her remarkable second novel following her Governor General's Award-winning debut, The Summer of Bitter and ...
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    Charles Baxter
    Hardcover: 10/15/2024
     
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    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
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    Yoko Tawada
    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
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    Betsy Lerner
    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
    No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister.

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    Yuri Herrera
    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
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    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
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