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The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne
Reviewed: Jun 5, 2017
 
Published: Aug 22, 2017
 
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland.
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Cruel Beautiful World
Cruel Beautiful World
by Caroline Leavitt
Reviewed: Jul 24, 2016
 
Published: Aug 8, 2017
 
Set in the early 1970s against the specter of the Manson girls, when the peace and love movement begins to turn ugly, this is the story of a runaway teenager's disappearance and her sister's quest to discover the truth.
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Happiness
Happiness : The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
Reviewed: May 22, 2017
 
Published: Aug 1, 2017
 
A shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices.
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The Almost Sisters
The Almost Sisters
by Joshilyn Jackson
Reviewed: Apr 24, 2017
 
Published: Jul 11, 2017
 
With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality - the ...
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The Necklace
The Necklace
by Claire McMillan
Reviewed: May 15, 2017
 
Published: Jul 4, 2017
 
For readers of The Nest, Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, and The Rules of Civility, a sparkling summer read about the wealthy but dysfunctional Quincy family, and two Quincy women past and present - one a bewitching Jazz Age beauty, the other a ...
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News of the World
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
Reviewed: Jul 24, 2016
 
Published: Jun 20, 2017
 
It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his ...
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
The People We Hate at the Wedding
by Grant Ginder
Reviewed: Apr 3, 2017
 
Published: Jun 6, 2017
 
"Family dysfunction at its best. This novel is addicting and entertaining and I couldn't put it down!" - Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses and The Hopefuls
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The Gypsy Moth Summer
The Gypsy Moth Summer
by Julia Fierro
Reviewed: Apr 3, 2017
 
Published: Jun 6, 2017
 
"Fierro doesn't just observe, she knows. Like all great novelists, she gives us the world." - Amy Bloom, bestselling author of Away and Lucky Us
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