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  • Beautyland
    Beautyland : A Novel
    by Marie-Helene Bertino
    Hardcover: Jan 2024
    Paperback: Jan 2025
     
    A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet.
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  • Because of Winn-Dixie
    Because of Winn-Dixie
    by Kate DiCamillo
    Hardcover: Mar 2000
    Paperback: Sep 2001
     
    Take one disarmingly engaging protagonist and put her in the company of a tenderly rendered canine, and you've got yourself a recipe for the best kind of down-home literary treat. Kate DiCamillo's voice in Because of Winn-Dixie should carry ...
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  • Becoming
    Becoming
    by Michelle Obama
    Hardcover: Nov 2018
    Paperback: Mar 2021
     
    Winner of the 2019 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award

    An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.
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  • Becoming Madam Secretary
    Becoming Madam Secretary
    by Stephanie Dray
    Hardcover: Mar 2024
    Paperback: Mar 2025
     
    New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins.
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  • Becoming Strangers
    Becoming Strangers
    by Louise Dean
    Hardcover: Jan 2006
    Paperback: Jan 2007
     
    Two couples meet in a luxurious Caribbean resort - one pair older, the other younger. As their paths cross during the week, each couple struggles with what has been keeping them apart.
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  • Bee Season
    Bee Season
    by Myla Goldberg
    Hardcover: May 2000
    Paperback: May 2001
     
    Not merely a coming-of-age story, Goldberg's first novel delicately examines the unraveling fabric of one family. The outcome of this tale is as startling and unconventional as her prose, which wields its metaphors sharply and rings with maturity...
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  • The Beekeeper of Aleppo
    The Beekeeper of Aleppo : A Novel
    by Christy Lefteri
    Hardcover: Aug 2019
    Paperback: Jun 2020
     
    This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.
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  • Before I Die
    Before I Die
    by Jenny Downham
    Hardcover: Sep 2007
    Paperback: May 2009
     
    The story of Tessa, a young teenage girl who has only months to live ... a brilliantly crafted novel, heartbreaking yet life-affirming.
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