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• The Power

  Alderman, Naomi,

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  When a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death.

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit,

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  Twin sisters, inseparable as children, ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.

• Claire of the Sea Light

  Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

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  When a vibrant 7-year-old disappears from her Haitian community at the same time her father agonizingly decides to give her up so that she can have a better life, an ensuing search reveals the painful stories of neighbors whose lives the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here Comes the Sun

  a Novel

  Dennis-Benn, Nicole,

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  Working as a prostitute near the pristine beaches and turquoise seas of Jamaica to pay for a younger sister's education, Margot hopes that a new hotel that is reshaping her home will grant her financial independence and allow her to pursue…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Lost Names

  Harmel, Kristin,

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  Escaping from Paris in 1942 after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew, a graduate student finds refuge in a small mountain town, where she forges identity documents to help hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis.

• The Book of Unknown Americans

  Henríquez, Cristina, 1977-

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  Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy.

• The World That We Knew

  Hoffman, Alice,

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  Sent away to 1941 Paris when Berlin becomes too dangerous for Jewish families, a young girl bonds with her protective mystical golem; while her friend, a rabbi's daughter, rises to become a defender of their people.

• The Family Upstairs

  Jewell, Lisa,

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  Inheriting an abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London's fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, 25-year-old Libby Jones is soon on a collision course with her birth family's past that is linked to long-ago murders.

• Ask Again, Yes

  a Novel

  Keane, Mary Beth,

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  A profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, and the power of forgiveness.

• This Tender Land

  a Novel

  Krueger, William Kent,

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  Fleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a summer marked by struggling farmers, faith healers and lost souls.

• Interpreter of Maladies

  Stories

  Lahiri, Jhumpa

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  In nine stories imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, Lahiri charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. This short fiction collection blends elements of Indian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Were Vikings

  a Novel

  MacDonald, Andrew (Andrew David),

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  When 21-year-old Viking enthusiast Zelda finds out that her older brother, Gert, has resorted to some questionable—and dangerous—methods to make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her own quest.

• The Alice Network

  a Novel

  Quinn, Kate,

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  In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  a Novel

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins,

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  When an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where'd You Go, Bernadette

  a Novel

  Semple, Maria

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  When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

  Shaffer, Mary Ann,

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  In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation.

• The Perfect Nanny

  a Novel

  Slimani, Leïla, 1981-

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  Follows the relationship between a working French-Moroccan couple and their too-good-to-be-true nanny, whose devotion to their children spirals into a psychologically charged cycle of jealousies, resentments and violence.

• The Dearly Beloved

  a Novel

  Wall, Cara,

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  In a novel that spans decades, two young couples' lives become intertwined when the husbands are appointed co-ministers of a venerable New York City church in the 1960s.

• Mrs. Everything

  a Novel

  Weiner, Jennifer,

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  Two sisters struggle to find their place, be true to themselves and adapt to rapid changes happening throughout the latter half of 20th-century America.

• Fable

  Young, Adrienne, 1985-

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  Seventeen-year-old Fable joins the young, motley crew of the Marigold to escape the island where her father abandoned her, but she quickly realizes life off the island is more dangerous than she imaged.