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Shades of Light: A Novel

by Sharon Garlough Brown

Published: 2019-08-20

Paperback: 360 pages

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"I was desperate. . . . I couldn't turn off the dark thoughts, no matter how hard I tried or how much I prayed. And then I spent a whole weekend in bed, and the crying wouldn't stop, and I got really scared. I've had bouts with depression before?it's kind of a cloud I've learned to live wi...

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The Vexations

by Caitlin Horrocks

Published: 2019-07-30

Hardcover: 464 pages

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A "marvelous" (Wall Street Journal), "enthralling" (New York Times Book Review) debut novel about love, family, genius, and the madness of art, circling the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie and La Belle Époque ParisErik Satie begins life with every possible advantage. But after the d...

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The People in the Photo

by Hélène Gestern

Published: 2014-06-10

Paperback: 240 pages

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"Every note of the characters' correspondence rings true."—Le Nouvel Observateur"A page-turning novel with a skilfully woven plot."—Page des Libraires"Rich in deftly turned prose and subtle character study."—Sud-Ouest"A wonderful book about the archaeology of memory."—Le Magazine L...

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You've Been Volunteered: A Class Mom Novel

by Laurie Gelman

Published: 2019-07-23

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Laurie Gelman’s "irreverent and hilarious" (The New York Post) hit Class Mom, brash, lovable Jen Dixon is back with a new class and her work cut out for herIf you’ve ever been a room parent or school volunteer, Jen Dixon is your hero. She says wh...

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Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You

by Deepak Chopra M.D.

Published: 2010-10-05

Paperback: 304 pages

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Deepak Chopra presents ten lessons to help build awareness and change the distorted energy patterns that are the root cause of aging, infirmity, and disease.Fifteen years after his #1 New York Times bestseller, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra revisits "the forgotten miracle"–t...

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The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home

by Heath Hardage Lee

Published: 2019-04-02

Hardcover: 336 pages

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"With astonishing verve, The League of Wives persisted to speak truth to power to bring their POW/MIA husbands home from Vietnam. And with astonishing verve, Heath Hardage Lee has chronicled their little-known story ? a profile of courage that spotlights 1960s-era military wives who forge ...

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Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child

by Laura Cumming

Published: 2019-08-27

Hardcover: 320 pages

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Velazquez Laura Cumming shares the riveting story of her mother’s mysterious kidnapping as a toddler in a small English coastal village—and how that event reverberated through her own family and her ...

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The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making

by Jared Yates Sexton

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 288 pages

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"By carefully and soberly examining his own story, Sexton deconstructs American life and gives many examples of how pervasive toxic masculinity is in our culture." ?Henry Rollins, Los Angeles Times "This book is critically important to our historical moment . . . [C]rackles with intensity...

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Frankissstein

by Jeanette Winterson

Published: 2019-10-01

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Since her astonishing debut at twenty-five with Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson has achieved worldwide critical and commercial success as “one of the most daring and inventive writers of our time” (Elle). Her new novel, Frankissstein, is an audacious love story that ...

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Sins of the Fathers: A J.P. Beaumont Novel

by J. A Jance

Published: 2019-09-24

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont is drawn into an intriguing, and shockingly personal, case in this superb tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.Former Seattle homicide cop, J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirementdoing morning c...