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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood

by Helene Cooper

Published: 2009-07-21

Paperback: 354 pages

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Journalist Helene Cooper examines the violent past of her home country Liberia and the effects of its 1980 military coup in this deeply personal memoir and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descendant of two Liberian dynasties—traced...

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Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back (P.S.)

by Claire Fontaine, Mia Fontaine

Published: 2008-08-12

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In powerful parallel stories, mother and daughter give mesmerizing first-person accounts of the nightmare that shattered their family and the amazing journey they took to find their way back to each other. Claire Fontaine's relentless cross-country search for her missing child and ultimate...

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The Outlander: A Novel (P.S.)

by Gil Adamson

Published: 2009-06-30

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In 1903 Mary Boulton flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, she has just become a widow–and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two rut...

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Room

by Emma Donoghue

Published: 2011-05-18

Paperback: 352 pages

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Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and the boy experiences the outside world for the first time. Inspiration for the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Academy Award winner Brie LarsonTo five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world...

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Brick Lane: A Novel

by Monica Ali

Published: 2004-06-02

Paperback: 432 pages

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“A book you won’t be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. A novel that’s multi-continental, richly detailed and elega...

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The Lincoln Hypothesis: A Modern-day Abolitionist Investigates the Possible Connection between Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and Abraham Lincoln

by Timothy Ballard

Published: 2016-05-09

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Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth US president during a very dark time in America's history. Author Timothy Ballard explores the crucial role that President Lincoln played to bring this nation closer to heaven. Readers will see Lincoln as a man inspired of God who invoked a covenant rel...

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Harnessing Peacocks

by Mary Wesley

Published: 2007-07-03

Paperback: 272 pages

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A compartmentalized life becomes entangled.Hebe listens in the darkness of the hall to a family conference. Her stern grandfather and the others are discussing Hebe’s unexpected pregnancy. The decision, unanimous, is that it be terminated. Hebe, dissenting, flees into the night.Twelve su...

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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

by Therese Oneill

Published: 2016-10-25

Hardcover: 320 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHave you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't qu...

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Things We Have in Common

by Tasha Kavanagh

Published: 2017-01-31

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Read the novel The New York Times named “[a] perfectly orchestrated girl‐who‐cried‐wolf thriller.” “Could be the next Gone Girl success story.”—Independent (UK) Reader beware: You'll think you know what's happening, and you'll think you see what's coming next? Bu...

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My Not So Perfect Life: A Novel

by Sophie Kinsella

Published: 2017-02-07

Hardcover: 448 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world. New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has written her most timely novel yet. Everywhere Katie Br...