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The Woman Before Wallis
Bryn Turnbull
Published 7/21/20

For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown, this stunning novel tells the true story of the American divorcée who captured Prince Edward's heart before he abdicated his ...
He Started It
Samantha Downing
Published 7/21/20

From the twisted mind behind mega hit My Lovely Wife comes the story of a family - not unlike your own - just with a few more violent tendencies thrown in....
Hieroglyphics
Jill McCorkle
Published 7/28/20

Hieroglyphics reveals the difficulty of ever really knowing the intentions and dreams and secrets of the people who raised you. In her deeply layered and masterful novel, Jill...

A Lab of One's Own
Rita Colwell PhD
Published 8/4/20

A riveting memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to...
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Alicia Elliott
Published 8/4/20

A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from an award-winning Haudenosaunee writer.
A Saint from Texas
Edmund White
Published 8/4/20

From Edmund White, a bold and sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for Catholic sainthood.

Olive the Lionheart
Brad Ricca
Published 8/11/20

From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiancé, and the...
The Arsonist
Chloe Hooper
Published 8/11/20

The true story of the most devastating wildfire in Australian history and the search for the man who started it.
The Quiet Girl
S.F. Kosa
Published 8/11/20

To find his wife, Alex must face what Layla has forgotten. And the consequences are anything but quiet.

The Life and Art of Pegeen Guggenheim
Beyond the book article for Costalegre

Costalegre's main protagonist Lara Calaway is based on real-life artist Pegeen Vail Guggenheim (1925-1967), daughter of wealthy New York art collector and socialite Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979). In her afterword, author Courtney Maum leaves a dedication to the not widely known artist: 'Pegeen:...
Vichy France During World War II
Beyond the book article for The Flight Portfolio

It is a well-known fact that France was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. Not only is this chapter in history covered in textbooks and classrooms, it is also frequently the subject of movies and novels. The simplified picture of France at this time would include patriotic French citizens...
Ann Cleeves' Five Mystery Series
Beyond the book article for The Long Call

Ann Cleeves (b. 1954) is best known for her mystery novels set in rural Britain, which have sold over five million copies in the thirty-plus years she's been writing. Cleeves has penned four series before releasing The Long Call, the first entry in her new Two Rivers series:

George and Molly ...

The Buddhist on Death Row
David Sheff
Published 8/4/20

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of America's most inspiring Buddhist ...
In the Valley
Ron Rash
Published 8/4/20

From bestselling and award-winning writer Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today."--the New York Times) comes a collection of ten searing stories and the ...
After the Last Border
Jessica Goudeau
Published 8/4/20

The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America.

A Bookshop in Berlin
Francoise Frenkel
Published 8/4/20

"A beautiful and important book" (The Independent) in the tradition of rediscovered works like Suite Française and The Nazi Officer's Wife, the prize-winning memoir of a ...
The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern
Published 8/4/20

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world - a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ...
Find Me
Andre Aciman
Published 8/4/20

In this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades ...

The Guest Book
Sarah Blake
Published 5/5/20

Sarah Blake's triumphant novel tells the story of a family and a country that buries its past in quiet, until the present calls forth a reckoning.
How to Pronounce Knife
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Published 4/21/20

Spare, unsentimental, and distilled to riveting essentials, these "emotionally devastating" stories honor the surreal, funny, and often wrenching realities of trying to build ...
Master Class
Christina Dalcher
Published 4/21/20

From the critically-acclaimed author of the international bestseller VOX comes a suspenseful new novel that examines a disturbing near future where harsh realities follow from...

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