Brodeck
: A Novel
by Phillipe Claudel
Hardcover: Jun 2009
Paperback: Jul 2010
Set in an unnamed time and place, Brodeck blends the familiar and unfamiliar, myth and history into a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Readers of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace, Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Kafka will be captivated by ...
Broken For You
by Stephanie Kallos
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: Sep 2005
Funny, heartbreaking, and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters, Broken for You is a testament to the saving graces of surrogate families, and shows how far the tiniest repair jobs can go in righting the worlds wrongs.
Broken Jewel
: A Novel
by David L. Robbins
Hardcover: Nov 2009
Paperback: Aug 2010
New York Times bestselling author David L. Robbins presents a riveting novel of war, love, and survival, set against the backdrop of an improbable rescue, the Los Baños prison raid -- one of the most daring episodes of World War II.
Brood
by Jackie Polzin
Hardcover: Mar 2021
Paperback: Jul 2022
An exquisite new literary voice - wryly funny, nakedly honest, beautifully observational, in the vein of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout - depicts one woman's attempt to keep her four chickens alive while reflecting on a recent loss.
Brooklyn
: A Novel
by Colm Toibin
Hardcover: May 2009
Paperback: Mar 2010
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.
Joseph Michtom always considered himself lucky, but life changed irrevocably when his parents created the first teddy bear. Through the warmth, the sadness, the frustration, and the laughter of one big, colorful family, brooklyn Bridge is a stunning ...
Brothel
: Mustang Ranch and Its Women
by Alexa Albert
Hardcover: May 2001
Paperback: Jun 2002
When Alexa Albert conducted a public-health study at The Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada (where prostitution is legal) she was drawn into the lives of the women and her project evolved into something more intimate and ambitious.
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