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Waisted: A Novel

by Randy Susan Meyers

Published: 2019-05-21

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In this provocative, wildly entertaining, and compelling novel, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers.Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers...

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* * * * Interesting,
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The Lost Girls of Paris

by Pam Jenoff

Published: 2019-01-29

Paperback: 384 pages

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A New York Times Bestseller“Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursFrom the author of ...

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Seven Ages of Paris

by Alistair Horne

Published: 2004-04-13

Paperback: 496 pages

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In this luminous portrait of Paris, the celebrated historian gives us the history, culture, disasters, and triumphs of one of the world’s truly great cities. While Paris may be many things, it is never boring. From the rise of Philippe Auguste through the reigns of Henry IV and Louis XIV...

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* * * Dramatic,
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The Guest Book: A Novel

by Sarah Blake

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 496 pages

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Instant New York Times Bestseller“The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” ?The Washington PostThe thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah BlakeA lifetime of secrets. A history untold.No. It is a simple word, uttered on a summe...

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* * * Epic,
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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel

by Juliet Grames

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 464 pages

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From Calabria to Connecticut: a sweeping family saga about sisterhood, secrets, Italian immigration, the American dream, and one woman's tenacious fight against her own fateFor Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella’s childhood is full of strange, life-threatening i...

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The Amateur American

by Joel Saunders Elmore

Published: 2009-07-23

Kindle Edition: 322 pages

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Sometimes the hardest boundaries to see . . .are the ones you’ve already crossed.Twenty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Delanne is teaching English in France but having a tough time stretching his measly paycheck one month to the next. When he’s not worrying about his bar tab, he’s struggling ...

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* * * Inspiring,
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories

by N. K. Jemisin

Published: 2018-11-27

Hardcover: 416 pages

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Three-time Hugo Award winner N. K. Jemisin's first collection of short fiction challenges and enchants with breathtaking stories of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection ...

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The Beautiful Strangers

by Camille Di Maio

Published: 2019-03-05

Paperback: 319 pages

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A legendary hotel on the Pacific becomes a haven where dreams, love, and a beguiling mystery come alive.1958. Kate Morgan, tethered to her family’s failing San Francisco restaurant, is looking for an escape. She gets her chance by honoring a cryptic plea from her grandfather: find the be...

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* * * Informative,
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City of Flickering Light

by Juliette Fay

Published: 2019-04-16

Paperback: 400 pages

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Juliette Fay—“one of the best authors of women’s fiction” (Library Journal)—transports us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the raucous Roaring Twenties, as three friends struggle to earn their places among the stars of the silent screen—perfect for fans of La La Land and...

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The Baltimore Book of the Dead

by Marion Winik

Published: 2018-10-09

Hardcover: 160 pages

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“You’ll want to read The Baltimore Book of the Dead as slowly as possible because every observation is a marvel, every sentence a heartbreak or a revelation of joy. This book is both brief and miraculous, and it will be finished before you’re ready to let it go. Like life.” ?Ann Pa...