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The Antidote
The Antidote: A Novel
by Karen Russell
Dusty Times (2/23/2025)
The Dust Bowl was also brutal in Nebraska. Karen Russell captures the damage living in this hostile nature can do to one physically and emotionally. Her writing can be as brutal as the storm surrounding her characters. But she also illustrates their perseverance and …more
The Seven O'Clock Club
The Seven O'Clock Club
by Amelia Ireland
Mind Games (11/18/2024)
Four strangers with diverse stories are invited to join an experimental therapy group. As they attend,or opt out of, these meetings, we learn
pieces of their story. At some point, I felt that I was a participant in the meetings of The Seven O'clock Club as author Amelia …more
Day
Day: A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
A Day in the Life (11/4/2023)
In his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Hours, Michael Cunningham followed the path set by Virginia Wolfe in taking characters through the minute details of their lifes. His latest book, Day, is a variation on that theme. We still see the details of a morning, an afternoon, …more
The Wren, the Wren
The Wren, the Wren: A Novel
by Anne Enright
Follow the birds (8/1/2023)
Anne Enright's characters in The Wren, the Wren are formed through their genealogy, no matter their attempts to escape. We begin and end with Nell, the daughter with whom I frequently found myself in conversation: counseling, questioning, objecting to her actions. We shift …more
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
by Spencer Quinn
A Revenge Served (4/12/2023)
In Mrs. Planksy's Revenge, Spencer Quinn serves up a delightful widow, living the Florida condo life of the wealthy elderly. Unfortunately, her wealth ends up in a small Romanian village where she travels to recovery it. It becomes Mrs. Polansky versus the scammers, not all …more
Pieces of Blue
Pieces of Blue
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Look to the Sky (2/21/2023)
Hawaii with all her natural beauty forms the backdrop for this story of a young widow and her three children trying to begin again in Pieces of Blueby Holly Goldberg Sloane. From mountain hikes to roosting chickens, you will be engaged as each character is taught by and …more
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    Real Americans
    by Rachel Khong
    From the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, a novel exploring family, identity, and the shaping of destiny.
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    The Seven O'Clock Club
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    Four strangers join an experimental treatment to heal broken hearts in Amelia Ireland's heartfelt debut novel.

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    A cranky ex-actress and her Gen Z sobriety sponsor team up to solve a murder that could send her back to prison in this dazzling mystery.

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    From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel about a family's secret ties to a vanished American Kingdom.

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    The Fairbanks Four
    by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue

    One murder, four guilty convictions, and a community determined to find justice.

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