The Adults
by Caroline Hulse
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Things have already fallen apart on the first page of The Adults. The novel opens with an emergency call - someone has been shot in an archery accident. It's just a small ...
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Adrienne Pisch
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Beyond the Book: Imaginary Friends
One of the most memorable characters in The Adults is not one of the titular adults, but a four-foot-tall purple bunny named Posey. Posey is seven-year-old Scarlett's imaginary friend, and - like a real person - he has fears, desires and opinions. ... Beyond the Book
News of Our Loved Ones
by Abigail DeWitt
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The Delasalle family of Abigail DeWitt's News of Our Loved Ones are no strangers to the dark specter of war. Their small French city has been occupied by Nazis for more than ...
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Jordan Finch
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Beyond the Book: World War II's "War Brides"
News of Our Loved Ones is a poignant tale of family and loss during World War II. The story follows members of the Delasalle family and their close friends, focusing in particular on Geneviève, the eldest daughter. Geneviève's story... Beyond the Book
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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While the title of the novel gives away the plot, My Sister, the Serial Killer is essentially a character study of its narrator, Korede, a Nigerian woman attempting to ...
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Lisa Butts
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Beyond the Book: Sibling Rivalry in Literature
In My Sister, the Serial Killer, the narrator Korede protects her younger sister Ayoola at great cost, despite her feelings of bitterness that Ayoola has always been favored by their mother and admired everywhere for her beauty. Sibling rivalry has ... Beyond the Book
Once Upon a River
by Diane Setterfield
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The novel is set in Radcot in the late 19th century, where a popular gathering place called the Swann Inn has a history of storytelling. On cold, dark nights the locals gather...
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Dean Muscat
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Beyond the Book: The Ferrymen of Souls
Quietly the ferryman is a recurring character in Once Upon a River, a spectral presence that exists somewhere in between truth and fantasy. Radcot's denizens, many of whom believe they have spotted Quietly on the Thames, have constructed dozens of ... Beyond the Book
House of Stone
by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
A masterful debut, pulsing with dark humor, that explores the often destructive act of history-making.
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Golden Child
by Claire Adam
A deeply affecting debut novel set in Trinidad, following the lives of a family as they navigate impossible choices.
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Force of Nature
by Jane Harper
As atmospheric, tense, and explosive as her New York Times bestselling debut, The Dry!
Uncommon Type
by Tom Hanks
Surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and a must-have for Tom Hanks fans!
A perfect companion to Evicted and Nickel and Dimed, Heartland reveals one woman's ...
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Rebecca Renner
By the international bestselling author of The Piano Tuner, a sweeping and unforgettable ...
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Debut Novels for Book Clubs in 2019
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
Having been there myself, I recommend this marvelous book to any spouse of a political or government worker, and to anyone who wants to know what it’s like. The wind ...
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Unmarriageable
by Soniah Kamal
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a girl can go from pauper to princess or princess to pauper in the mere seconds it takes for her to accept a proposal.” – the...
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The Long Way Home
by Louise Penny
I am a huge L.P. fan and belong to a book club that has read all of her books in order and together attended an author appearance. That said, no one In our group liked ...
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
From the moment I heard the buzz that surrounds this book I had to read it to find out if it was really as good as almost everyone was saying that it was! I know you ...
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Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
WOW! Just WOW! This is a great book. Murder, abandoned child, growing up alone, nature, young love, sex, ecology, love, poetry, betrayal, education, redemption, ...
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The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck
This was an excellent book and portrayed the characters in this time era well. I didn’t want to stop reading once I started. The story line made one think about that ...
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