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Help Wanted
Help Wanted : A Novel
by Adelle Waldman
Reviewed: Dec 11, 2023
 
Published: Mar 5, 2024
 
From the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. comes a funny, eye-opening tale of work in contemporary America.
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(4.1/5)
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Strong Passions
Strong Passions : A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
by Barbara Weisberg
Reviewed: Nov 13, 2023
 
Published: Feb 20, 2024
 
Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets.
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(4.2/5)
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Leaving
Leaving : A Novel
by Roxana Robinson
Reviewed: Nov 13, 2023
 
Published: Feb 13, 2024
 
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again?
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(4.4/5)
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The Adversary
The Adversary : A Novel
by Michael Crummey
Reviewed: Dec 11, 2023
 
Published: Feb 6, 2024
 
From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents ("Extraordinary"—Wall Street Journal) a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corruption of power and the power of corruption.
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(3.8/5)
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The Cleaner
The Cleaner : A Novel
by Brandi Wells
Reviewed: Mar 4, 2024
 
Published: Jan 30, 2024
 
The night cleaner comes and does what she does best—sorts out the messes of the daytime employees. None of them know her, but she knows everything about them. Disturbing and funny in equal measures.
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(3.1/5)
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The Waters
The Waters : A Novel
by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Reviewed: Oct 23, 2023
 
Published: Jan 9, 2024
 
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town. The #ReadWithJenna January 2024 Pick.
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(3.9/5)
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Wild and Distant Seas
Wild and Distant Seas : A Novel
by Tara Karr Roberts
Reviewed: Sep 19, 2023
 
Published: Jan 2, 2024
 
A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures.
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(4.5/5)
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Day
Day : A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
Reviewed: Oct 3, 2023
 
Published: Nov 14, 2023
 
A searing, exquisitely crafted exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life—and how we all must learn to live together and apart—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours
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(3.6/5)
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