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Courting Mr. Lincoln
Courting Mr. Lincoln
by Louis Bayard
Reviewed: Jan 21, 2019
 
Published: Apr 23, 2019
 
From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a sparky, marriageable Mary Todd and Lincoln's best ...
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(4.4/5)
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D-Day Girls
D-Day Girls : The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
by Sarah Rose
Reviewed: Feb 18, 2019
 
Published: Apr 23, 2019
 
The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory.
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(4.3/5)
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When We Left Cuba
When We Left Cuba
by Chanel Cleeton
Reviewed: Dec 10, 2018
 
Published: Apr 9, 2019
 
In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life - and heart - to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of Next Year in Havana, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.
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(4.0/5)
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Greek to Me
Greek to Me : Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris
Reviewed: Jan 28, 2019
 
Published: Apr 2, 2019
 
The Comma Queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea.
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(4.4/5)
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The Affairs of the Falcóns
The Affairs of the Falcóns
by Melissa Rivero
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2018
 
Published: Apr 2, 2019
 
A stunning debut novel about a young undocumented Peruvian woman fighting to keep her family afloat in New York City.
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(3.7/5)
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My Lovely Wife
My Lovely Wife
by Samantha Downing
Reviewed: Sep 17, 2018
 
Published: Mar 26, 2019
 
Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting...
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(3.9/5)
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The Last Year of the War
The Last Year of the War
by Susan Meissner
Reviewed: Oct 15, 2018
 
Published: Mar 19, 2019
 
From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life changes forever when her immigrant family is sent to an internment camp during World War II.
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(4.6/5)
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A People's History of Heaven
A People's History of Heaven
by Mathangi Subramanian
Reviewed: Jan 28, 2019
 
Published: Mar 19, 2019
 
A politically driven graffiti artist. A transgender Christian convert. A blind girl who loves to dance. A queer daughter of a hijabi union leader. These young women live in a Bangalore slum known as Heaven, and together they wage war on the ...
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(4.2/5)
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