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  • Stories from the Tenants Downstairs
    Stories from the Tenants Downstairs
    by Sidik Fofana
    Hardcover: Aug 2022
    Paperback: Aug 2023
     
    Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it.
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  • The Story Hour
    The Story Hour
    by Thrity Umrigar
    Hardcover: Aug 2014
    Paperback: Jul 2015
     
    A profound, heartbreakingly honest novel about friendship, family, secrets, forgiveness, and second chances.
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  • The Story of a Marriage
    The Story of a Marriage : A Novel
    by Andrew Sean Greer
    Hardcover: Apr 2008
    Paperback: Mar 2009
     
    From the bestselling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San Francisco.
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  • The Story of Arthur Truluv
    The Story of Arthur Truluv : A Novel
    by Elizabeth Berg
    Hardcover: Nov 2017
    Paperback: Jul 2018
     
    An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them—from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg.
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  • The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
    The Story of Edgar Sawtelle : A Novel
    by David Wroblewski
    Hardcover: Jun 2008
    Paperback: Oct 2009
     
    Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. But his life is plunged into chaos as his uncle returns, his father suddenly dies, and he is forced to flee into the ...
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  • The Story of Lucy Gault
    The Story of Lucy Gault
    by William Trevor
    Hardcover: Sep 2002
    Paperback: Sep 2003
     
    In this brilliant, profound and moving story of love, guilt and forgiveness, Trevor has written a novel that stands alongside the best literature in the English language.
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  • The Story of My Assassins
    The Story of My Assassins
    by Tarun J. Tejpal
    Hardcover: Oct 2012
    Paperback: Aug 2013
     
    Part thriller and part erotic romance, full of dark humor and knife-edged suspense, The Story of My Assassins is an awesome adventure into the heart of today's India.
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  • Strange But True
    Strange But True
    by John Searles
    Hardcover: Jul 2004
    Paperback: Jun 2005
     
    Beautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget.
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