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* * * Slow,
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The Secret History of Us

by Jessi Kirby

Published: 2017-08-01

Hardcover: 288 pages

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“Jessi Kirby’s books just keep getting better and better, and The Secret History of Us is her best yet. It beautifully touches on all the most important things in life—love, family, friendship, memory, and bacon. I loved it.”—Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author of Th...

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Far North: A Novel

by Marcel Theroux

Published: 2010-06-22

Paperback: 320 pages

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National Book Award Finalist for FictionMy father had an expression for a thing that turned out bad. He'd say it had gone west. But going west always sounded pretty good to me. After all, westwards is the path of the sun. And through as much history as I know of, people have moved west to ...

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The Catcher in the Rye: A Reader's Guide to the J.D. Salinger Novel

by Robert Crayola

Published: 2014-05-03

Paperback: 50 pages

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Few novels have affected readers (especially young people) like J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. With this new guide, you will have an even greater understanding of the book. Included in this guide: a biography of author J.D. Salinger, a look at the book's context, its literary elem...

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The Dead Will Tell: A Kate Burkholder Novel

by Linda Castillo

Published: 2015-03-31

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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A Boston Globe Best Book of 2014Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time?and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night s...

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Only the Lucky: A Kate Burkholder Short Story (Kindle Single)

by Linda Castillo

Published: 2017-05-23

Kindle Edition: 56 pages

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Bucolic Painters Mill is plunged into darkness in this new short mystery, from the New York Times bestselling author of Among the Wicked, featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder.It’s Friday the 13th in Painters Mill and rumors of an Amish “rager”—a huge outdoor party rife with un...

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Gone Missing: A Kate Burkholder Novel

by Linda Castillo

Published: 2013-03-12

Paperback: 297 pages

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Linda Castillo's bestselling series has been called "gripping" [People] and "impossible to put down" [Bookpage] and the "teeth chattering suspense" [USA Today] continues with GONE MISSING?a deeply chilling novel about a rite of passage gone horribly wrong.Rumspringa is the time when Amish ...

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* * * * Interesting,
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Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman

by Anne Helen Petersen

Published: 2017-06-20

Hardcover: 288 pages

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**One of NPR’s Best Books of 2017** “Petersen's gloriously bumptious, brash ode to nonconforming women suits the needs of this dark moment. Her careful examination of how we eviscerate the women who confound or threaten is crucial reading if we are ever to be better.”—Rebecca Tra...

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* * * Poorly Written,
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Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York

by Francis Spufford

Published: 2017-06-27

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Fiction Book of 2017 * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A Seattle Times Favorite Book of 2017 * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Library Journal Top Historical Fiction Book of the Year...

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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir

by Alexandra Aldrich

Published: 2014-04-08

Paperback: 272 pages

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The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich.She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family’s Hudson Valley Mansion; an...

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The Photo Traveler (The Photo Traveler Series)

by Arthur J Gonzalez

Published: 2013-02-28

Paperback: 418 pages

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Seventeen-year-old Gavin Hillstone is resigned to being miserable for the rest of his life. Left alone in the world after his parents died in a fire when he was four, he was placed in foster care, which for him meant ending up in an abusive home with an alcoholic adoptive father. Gavin’s only escape...