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  • Olive, Again
    Olive, Again : A Novel
    by Elizabeth Strout
    Hardcover: Oct 2019
    Paperback: Nov 2020
     
    Winner of the 2019 BookBrowse Fiction Award

    Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is "a compelling life force" (San Francisco Chronicle).
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  • On Beauty
    On Beauty
    by Zadie Smith
    Hardcover: Sep 2005
    Paperback: Aug 2006
     
    A brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions. It is also, as you might expect, very funny indeed.
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  • On Chesil Beach
    On Chesil Beach : A Novel
    by Ian McEwan
    Hardcover: Jun 2007
    Paperback: Jun 2008
     
    A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
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  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
    by Ocean Vuong
    Hardcover: Jun 2019
    Paperback: Jun 2021
     
    Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
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  • On Hitler's Mountain
    On Hitler's Mountain : Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood
    by Irmgard Hunt
    Hardcover: Mar 2005
    Paperback: Feb 2006
     
    A powerful and riveting account of a seemingly halcyon life lived mere paces from a center of evil and madness; a remarkable memoir of an "ordinary" childhood spent in an extraordinary time and place.
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  • On Such a Full Sea
    On Such a Full Sea
    by Chang-rae Lee
    Hardcover: Jan 2014
    Paperback: Dec 2014
     
    Against a vividly imagined future America, Lee tells a stunning, surprising, and riveting story that will change the way readers think about the world they live in.
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  • On Writing: A Memoir of The Craft
    On Writing: A Memoir of The Craft
    by Stephen King
    Hardcover: Oct 2000
    Paperback: May 2001
     
    On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. King next turns to the basic tools of his trade and culminates with a profoundly moving account of how King's overwhelming need to write spurred...
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  • Once There Were Wolves
    Once There Were Wolves
    by Charlotte McConaghy
    Hardcover: Aug 2021
    Paperback: May 2022
     
    From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands.
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