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  • Amy and Isabelle
    Amy and Isabelle
    by Elizabeth Strout
    Hardcover: Jan 1999
    Paperback: Feb 2000
     
    Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality.
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  • Ancestor Stones
    Ancestor Stones : A Novel
    by Aminatta Forna
    Hardcover: Sep 2006
    Paperback: Sep 2007
     
    A powerful, sensuously written novel that, through the lives of women, beautifully captures Africa’s past and present, and the legacy that her daughters take with them wherever they live.
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  • And the Mountains Echoed
    And the Mountains Echoed
    by Khaled Hosseini
    Hardcover: May 2013
    Paperback: Jun 2014
     
    Khaled Hosseini has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations
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  • The Angel's Game
    The Angel's Game
    by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    Hardcover: Jun 2009
    Paperback: May 2010
     
    From the author of the international phenomenon, The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel’s Game, a new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love.
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  • Angela's Ashes
    Angela's Ashes : A Memoir
    by Frank McCourt
    Hardcover: Sep 1996
    Paperback: May 1999
     
    Imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion. This is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.
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  • Angels & Demons
    Angels & Demons
    by Dan Brown
    Hardcover: May 2000
    Paperback: Jun 2001
     
    An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target...
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  • Anger Is a Gift
    Anger Is a Gift
    by Mark Oshiro
    Hardcover: May 2018
    Paperback: May 2019
     
    A story of resilience and loss, love and family, testifying to the vulnerability and strength of a community living within a system of oppression.
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  • Anil's Ghost
    Anil's Ghost
    by Michael Ondaatje
    Hardcover: May 2000
    Paperback: Apr 2001
     
    Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, Anil's Ghost is a literary spellbinder.
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