Dara Horn, 2002
An elderly Jewish refugee crosses paths with his deceased granddaughter's best friend. The novel moves backward through his life and forward in hers, with unexpected links between the two. The family tree at the back of the book is very helpful to distinguish characters.
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A. S. Byatt, 1995
These three beautifully written stories, each inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, celebrate the intimate connection between seeing and feeling. The ordinary events of everyday life are stripped away to reveal the extraordinary pain, desire, joy and creativity of human existence.
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Hyatt Bass, 2009
Alternating between present day and the past, a daughter recounts her life as well as the lives of her divorced parents. This is a skillfully structured debut novel of buried secrets and deep regrets that crush a family while bonding its members together. Click here to check our catalog.
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Julie Myerson, 2009
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Siri Hustvedt, 2003
A retired art history professor looks back at his life and tells the story of a 25 year long friendship. This memorable novel about friendship, love, family and property is set against a backdrop of the New York art scene.
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Katarina Mazetti, 2009
Shrimp, a librarian and young widow, meets Benny, an overworked milk farmer. In spite of their differences, they can't escape the powerful attraction between them. This humorous and very readable book, was translated from the Swedish.
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Garth Stein, 2008
Enzo, a dog, feels sure that his next life will be spent in a man's body. In preparation, he closely studies human behavior. It is from Enzo's observant point of view that Stein writes this moving novel. The book will appeal to fans of both dogs and car racing. It is also available as an audio book which is beautifully read by Christopher Evan Welch.
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Stanger-Ross, Ilana 2009
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Mark Mills, 2004Set in the Long Island town of Amagansett in the 1940's, this first novel is a tense murder mystery set amongst two social classes, the working class fishermen and the summer socialites.Click here to check our catalog.MC
J. Courtney Sullivan, 2009
This is a coming-of-age tale of four young women who meet in their first year at Smith College in the late 1990's. Sullivan captures the intensity of college friendships and first loves while exploring the complicated and contradictory landscape facing young women today.Click here to check our catalog.MC
Monica Ali, 2006
Loosely connected by the same location, a small village in the Alentejo region of Portugal, the nine stories "weave a tapestry of human frailty". Masterfully told by the award winning author of Brick Lane.
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Paulo Coelho, 2007
This fable from Coelho, a sage, mystic and a masterful narrator, is told from multiple points of view. It's a story of Athena, a spiritually complex woman, whose "gifts"separate her from other human beings.
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Patrick Somerville, 2009
This is a riveting, fast-moving story about the meaning of family and its power to heal. The book contains believable, likeable characters and interesting plot turns. This is a page turner!
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Lisa See, 2009
This beautifully written historical novel traces the lives of two sisters from Shanghai as they fight their way to Los Angeles in the late 1930's encountering problems as immigrants and subjected to discrimination.
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Emily Chenoweth, 2009This is a heartbreaking debut novel about friendship, loyalty and growing up. It traces a dying woman's final family summer vacation in New Hampshire's White Mountains after her daughter's first year of college. Also available in large type.Click here to check our catalog.JS
Carolyn Wall, 2008
With similarities to To Kill A Mockingbird as well as a fresh narrative voice, this debut novel is haunting and absorbing. Part literary character study and part thriller, it is the story of a lonely, proud and impoverished general store owner in rural Kentucky. Available also in large type.
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Stephanie Kallos, 2004
This powerful tale, set in present day Seattle, explores familial problems, secrets and redemption. It is peopled by lovably imperfect and eccentric characters. Two women with broken hearts, spirits and bodies connect and explore the risks and rewards of human connection. It is ultimately a work of repair and redemption. Click here to check our catalog.
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Alan Furst, 2008
A French aristocrat working as a military attache at the French Embassy in Warsaw in 1937, tries to gather information for Poland and France regarding German moves. This compelling thriller, filled with historical details, is a behind-the-scenes look at French spies trying to convince French politicians to open their eyes. Furst is a master of historical spy fiction.
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Jonathan Rabb, 2009
A high profile suicide at one of the most prominent German film studios seems highly suspicious. In the course of the investigation conducted by the chief police inspector, Nikolai Hoffner, the reader gets glimpses of the shadowy world of drugs, prostitution and murder. The story developes against the background of rising Nazism.
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Tim Reid and Tom Dreesan, 2008
This is a dual biography of the first and only interracial American comedy team. Reid and Dreesan overcame the stigmas of poverty and prejudice and dared to address the controversial, discriminatory realities of the 1960s.
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