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  • Uniform Justice
    Uniform Justice : Guido Brunetti Mystery Series
    by Donna Leon
    Hardcover: Aug 2003
    Paperback: Apr 2004
     
    A riveting, pitch-perfect murder mystery—the work of a truly masterful storyteller. Conjuring contemporary Venice in exquisite and alluring detail, this is widely hailed as the finest installment yet of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series.
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  • Union Atlantic
    Union Atlantic
    by Adam Haslett
    Hardcover: Feb 2010
    Paperback: Feb 2011
     
    The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here: a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the twenty-first century.
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  • The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
    The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
    by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
    Hardcover: Apr 2001
    Paperback: Jan 2002
     
    A collection of moving stories about family, culture, and the seduction of memory. The tales of journeys and returns, of error, of loss and recovery, all resound with Divakaruni's unique understanding of the human spirit.
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  • Unless
    Unless
    by Carol Shields
    Hardcover: May 2002
    Paperback: May 2003
     
    A harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing.
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  • The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry : A Novel
    by Rachel Joyce
    Hardcover: Jul 2012
    Paperback: Mar 2013
     
    A novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise - and utterly irresistible - storyteller.
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  • The Unnamed
    The Unnamed : A Novel
    by Joshua Ferris
    Hardcover: Jan 2010
    Paperback: Sep 2010
     
    What drives a man to stay in a marriage, in a job? What forces him away? Is love or conscience enough to overcome the darker, stronger urges of the natural world? The Unnamed is a deeply felt, luminous novel about modern life, ancient yearnings, and ...
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  • The Unquiet Dead
    The Unquiet Dead : A Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak Novel
    by Ausma Zehanat Khan
    Hardcover: Jan 2015
    Paperback: Dec 2015
     
    A complex and provocative story of loss, redemption, and the cost of justice that will linger with readers long after turning the final page.
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  • An Unrestored Woman
    An Unrestored Woman
    by Shobha Rao
    Hardcover: Mar 2016
    Paperback: Mar 2017
     
    The twelve paired stories in Shobha Rao's An Unrestored Woman trace their origins to the formation of India and Pakistan in 1947, but they transcend that historical moment.
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