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The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2018
 
Published: Feb 12, 2019
 
A sweeping historical novel about a dance-hall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers.
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(4.5/5)
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Sounds Like Titanic
Sounds Like Titanic : A Memoir
by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Reviewed: Dec 10, 2018
 
Published: Feb 12, 2019
 
A young woman leaves Appalachia for life as a classical musician - or so she thinks.
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(4.3/5)
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House of Stone
House of Stone
by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2018
 
Published: Jan 29, 2019
 
Pulsing with wit, seduction, and dark humor, House of Stone is a masterful debut that explores the creative, and often destructive, act of history-making.
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(3.6/5)
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Golden Child
Golden Child
by Claire Adam
Reviewed: Sep 17, 2018
 
Published: Jan 29, 2019
 
A deeply affecting debut novel set in Trinidad, following the lives of a family as they navigate impossible choices about scarcity, loyalty, and love.
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(4.1/5)
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At the Wolf's Table
At the Wolf's Table
by Rosella Postorino
Reviewed: Sep 17, 2018
 
Published: Jan 29, 2019
 
The internationally bestselling novel based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Hitler's food tasters.
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(3.8/5)
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Women Rowing North
Women Rowing North : Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age
by Mary Pipher
Reviewed: Apr 22, 2019
 
Published: Jan 15, 2019
 
The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Reviving Ophelia--a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age.
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(3.8/5)
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A Ladder to the Sky
A Ladder to the Sky
by John Boyne
Reviewed: Aug 13, 2018
 
Published: Nov 13, 2018
 
A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success.
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(4.5/5)
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The Kinship of Secrets
The Kinship of Secrets
by Eugenia Kim
Reviewed: Sep 17, 2018
 
Published: Nov 6, 2018
 
From the author of The Calligrapher's Daughter comes the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart.
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