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• Theo of Golden

  a Novel

  Levi, Allen, 1956-

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  A mysterious, elderly Portuguese stranger arrives in a small southern town and begins purchasing local pencil portraits that he then gifts to their rightful subjects. This creates a ripple effect of kindness, connection and healing throughout the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yesteryear

  a Novel

  Burke, Caro Claire,

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  A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1855.

• Blunt Instrument

  Bloom, Amy

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  Failed English professor turned private investigator Dell Chandler is hired by the president of Cromwell University to solve the murder of a deeply unpopular professor.

• It Could Have Been Her

  Jewell, Lisa

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  A middle-aged woman named Jane attempts to return a stray dog, inadvertently launching an investigation into a missing teenager.

• Land

  O'Farrell, Maggie

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  Set in 1865 Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Famine, the novel follows a cartographer and his 10-year-old son hired to map a windswept peninsula for the British military.

• Whistler

  Patchett, Ann

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  A middle-aged literature teacher named Daphne runs into her former stepfather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their unexpected reunion bridges a 44- year separation.

• The Things We Never Say

  Strout, Elizabeth

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  Tells the story of a beloved high school history teacher whose seemingly perfect life masks deep internal isolation and quiet tragedy. After learning of a shocking family secret, Artie wrestles with how to move forward while trying to make sense of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Open Era

  Schmit, Edward

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  Austin Hardy is the first openly gay male tennis player to complete is a Gran Slam. As he navigates media scrutiny and serve anxiety at the US Open, he must also manage his complicated, electric romance with his rival.

• Red Sheet

  Ellroy, James

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  Disgraced ex-cop Freddy Otash navigates the paranoid, communist-obsessed landscape of 1962 Los Angeles.

• The Shampoo Effect

  Jackson, Jenny (Editor),

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  An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town.

• The Sixth Nik

  Kraus, Daniel

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  A sci-fi horror novel about a nine-year-old brain-enhanced cultist named Sisilla who boards a living, tumor-like spaceship to investigate a plague-ridden rogue planet.

• The Someday Garden

  Poston, Ashley

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  The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside.

• The Night We Met

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  Larissa builds a beautiful, platonic friendship with Chris while dating his best friend. As a result, the two must navigate the painful fallout of forbidden love and split-second timing.

• Pool House

  Choi, Mary H K

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  A financially struggling mother and daughter are forced to live in the backyard glass pool house while renting out their main home.

• Vigil

  a Novel

  Saunders, George, 1958-

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  A spectral death doula named Jill is tasked with comforting a wealthy, unrepentant oil tycoon K.J Boone on his deathbed. As the CEO refuses to acknowledge the environmental toll of his actions, other spirits and otherworldly visitors arrive to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go Gentle

  Semple, Maria

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  The story of one woman's cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in.

• The First Time I Saw Him

  a Novel

  Dave, Laura,

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  Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey are forced to flee into hiding when Hannah's missing husband, Owen, suddenly appears at her art exhibition.