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  • The White Lady: A Novel
    Jacqueline Winspear
    Paperback: 03/12/2024
     
    The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-...
  • Once We Were Home
    Jennifer Rosner
    Paperback: 03/12/2024
     
    From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel ...
  • Weyward: A Novel
    Emilia Hart
    Paperback: 02/27/2024
     
    Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an ...
  • Hungry Ghosts: A Novel
    Kevin Jared Hosein
    Paperback: 02/27/2024
     
    From an unforgettable new voice in Caribbean literature, a sweeping story of two families colliding in 1940s ...
  • Stealing: A Novel
    Margaret Verble
    Paperback: 02/20/2024
     
    A gripping, gut-punch of a novel about a Cherokee child removed from her family and sent to a Christian ...
  • Neighbors and Other Stories
    Diane Oliver
    Hardcover: 02/13/2024
     
    A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day ...
  • The Curse of Pietro Houdini: A Novel
    Derek B. Miller
    Hardcover: 01/16/2024
     
    From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World ...

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