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* * * * Confusing,
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel

by Imogen Hermes Gowar

Published: 2018-09-11

Kindle Edition: 496 pages

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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction“Wonderful… completely transporting.”  —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a mos...

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Mother to Mother (Bluestreak)

by Sindiwe Magona

Published: 2000-09-15

Paperback: 224 pages

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Sindiwe Magona's novel Mother to Mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice. Magona decided to write this novel when she discovered that Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who had been killed while working to organize...

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Forced to Grow: An Autobiography

by Sindiwe Magona

Published: 1992-10-01

Paperback: 240 pages

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A Child Went Forth

by Boston Teran

Published: 2018-06-12

Hardcover: 332 pages

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A CHILD WENT FORTH follows thirteen year old Charlie Griffin's evolvement from boyhood to manhood in the summer of 1855 as he carries money from Brooklyn to Missouri to give it to the abolitionist leaders there. All the while he is being hunted by a ferocious crew of adversaries. It is an ...

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The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart

by Emily Nunn

Published: 2017-09-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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NPR's Best Books of 2017 Best Books on Food of 2017, The Guardian Best Food-Focused Memoirs, Eater Top 10 Narrative Food & Drink Books, Booklist 20 Best Cookbooks, The TelegraphIn the tradition of Elizabeth Gilbert and Ruth Reichl, former New Yorker editor Emily Nunn chronicles her journe...

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I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

by Glen Duncan

Published: 2003-04-02

Paperback: 272 pages

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The end is nigh and the Prince of Darkness has just been offered one hell of a deal: reentry into Heaven for eternity?if he can live out a well-behaved life in a human body on earth. It’s the ultimate case of trying without buying and, despite the limitations of the human body in questio...

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* * * * Unconvincing,
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Snap

by Belinda Bauer

Published: 2018-07-03

Hardcover: 352 pages

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE From award-winning crime writer Belinda Bauer, “the true heir to the great Ruth Rendell” [Mail on Sunday (UK)], Snap is a gripping novel about a teenage boy’s hunt for his mother’s killer. Jack’s in charge, said his mother as she disappeared u...

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Slow,
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The Andy Warhol Diaries

by Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett

Published: 2014-12-02

Hardcover: 864 pages

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In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the bestselling classic is introduced to a new generation-with an added preface by Warhol's diarist and long-time friend, Pat Hackett, contemplating Warhol's lasting cultural impact. This international literary sensation turns the spotlight on one of...

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When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be

by Amy Wilson

Published: 2011-04-19

Paperback: 272 pages

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“Amy Wilson’s hilarious, tender memoir…had me laughing out loud with recognition. She captures the small moments of motherhood in a way that is both funny and thought-provoking.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> From the creator and star of the one-woman off-Broad...

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The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing

by Merve Emre

Published: 2018-09-11

Hardcover: 336 pages

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"Inventive and beguiling... The Personality Brokers is history that reads like biography that reads like a novel--a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type." --New York Times"Riveting [and] far-reaching... [Emre] brings the skills of a detective, cultural critic, hi...