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Take My Hand
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Reviewed: Aug 16, 2021
 
Published: Apr 12, 2022
 
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible wrong done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench.
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(4.8/5)
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Activities of Daily Living
Activities of Daily Living : A Novel
by Lisa Hsiao Chen
Reviewed: Dec 20, 2021
 
Published: Apr 12, 2022
 
A lucid and moving debut novel on the interconnection between work and life, loneliness and kinship, and the projects that occupy our time.
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(3.8/5)
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Two Storm Wood
Two Storm Wood : A Novel
by Philip Gray
Reviewed: Nov 15, 2021
 
Published: Mar 29, 2022
 
In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investigates the disappearance of her fiancé.
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(4.5/5)
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Peach Blossom Spring
Peach Blossom Spring : A Novel
by Melissa Fu
Reviewed: Feb 1, 2022
 
Published: Mar 15, 2022
 
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom Spring follows three generations of a Chinese family on their search for a place to call home (Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author ...
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(4.7/5)
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Fencing with the King
Fencing with the King : A Novel
by Diana Abu-Jaber
Reviewed: Nov 15, 2021
 
Published: Mar 15, 2022
 
A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent.
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(4.3/5)
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On a Night of a Thousand Stars
On a Night of a Thousand Stars
by Andrea Yaryura Clark
Reviewed: Jan 25, 2022
 
Published: Mar 1, 2022
 
In this moving, emotional narrative of love and resilience, a young couple confronts the start of Argentina's Dirty War in the 1970s, and a daughter searches for truth twenty years later.
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(4.2/5)
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How to Find Your Way Home
How to Find Your Way Home
by Katy Regan
Reviewed: Sep 21, 2021
 
Published: Feb 15, 2022
 
What if the person you thought you'd lost forever walked back into your life?

A warm, uplifting novel about the unshakable bond between siblings, and what happens when a sister discovers her long-missing brother in the most unexpected place, from ...
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(4.1/5)
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The Last Grand Duchess
The Last Grand Duchess : A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution
by Bryn Turnbull
Reviewed: Nov 15, 2021
 
Published: Feb 8, 2022
 
This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna Romanov, the first daughter of the last tsar.
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(4.6/5)
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