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• Go Gentle

  Semple, Maria

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  A thrilling story of one woman's mid-life transformation, a romance with wit and a globe-trotting mother-daughter story, all wrapped in a mystery .

• John of John

  Stuart, Douglas

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  John-Calum Macleod has just returned from art school to his childhood home in Scotland’s rugged Hebrides islands. John’s dad is a devout sheep farmer, his grandma is an old Glasgow girl, and John feels obliged to conceal his sexual orientation. Then…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

  Yang, Alice Evelyn

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  A dark, magical family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate.

• Crux

  Tallent, Gabriel

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  Crux is an exhilarating portrait of two Californian teenagers searching for the right path as they graduate from high school, each haunted by their families’ complex, interwoven histories.

• How to Lose the Lottery /

  Mckenzie, Jay

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  After 50 struggling years together, Edie and Ron win the lottery – only to confront the devastating secret that destroyed their family. As past and present collide, Edie risks everything for redemption.

• Keshed

  Hennigan, Stu

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  Dark, complex, and visceral, Keshed is an unflinching character study exploring class, belonging, fatherhood, and conflicting ideals of modern masculinity.

• A Beautiful Loan

  Costello, Mary

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  A profound novel about the loss of innocence, the price of love, and the cost of seeking salvation in others.

• Strange Girls

  Hasin, Sarvat

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  A decade has passed since Ava spoke to Aliya. During the years of silence, Ava's life has remained at a standstill, while Aliya got the one thing they both wanted more than anything: a book deal. Forced back together at a mutual friend’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kin

  Jones, Tayari, 1970-

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  An unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy

• Medium Rare

  a Novel

  Joukovsky, A. Natasha

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  A modern tragicomedy transforms the myth of Icarus into a blazing romp through bureaucracy, B-list fame, and college basketball…