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My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

by Shabnam Curtis

Published: 2019-03-20

Paperback: 324 pages

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On a cold night in 1978, seven-year-old Shabnam Shahmohammad clung to her mother in a Tehran apartment while the sounds of gunshots rang out in the street: The Iranian Revolution was at hand. She and her family survived that night, but as the Islamic fundamentalists took the power over, sh...

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Fax Me a Bagel: A Novel Introducing Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife (Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife Mysteries)

by Sharon Kahn

Published: 1998-08-10

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Ruby, the widow of a rabbi in Eternal, Texas, decides to investigate when the sister of Essie Sue Margolis, Ruby's least favorite member of the congregation, dies under mysterious circumstances

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Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)

by Marya Hornbacher

Published: 2014-05-27

Paperback: 336 pages

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A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important, and perhaps controversial, new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher’s highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia.Vivid, honest,...

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Brown Girl in the Ring

by Nalo Hopkinson

Published: 1998-07-01

Paperback: 250 pages

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In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post)The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it...

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Girls with Sharp Sticks

by Suzanne Young

Published: 2019-03-19

Hardcover: 400 pages

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From New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young comes the start of a thrilling, subversive new series about a girls-only boarding school with a terrifying secret and the friends who will stop at nothing to protect each other.Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns.The ...

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Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story

by Jacob Tobia

Published: 2019-03-05

Hardcover: 336 pages

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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Transformative . . . If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds." --New York Times Book ReviewA heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it's like to grow up not sure if you're (a)...

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The Summer Country: A Novel

by Lauren Willig

Published: 2019-06-04

Hardcover: 480 pages

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A brilliant, multigenerational saga in the tradition of THE THORN BIRDS and NORTH AND SOUTH, New York Times bestselling historical novelist Lauren Willig delivers her biggest, boldest, and most ambitious novel yet—a sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies, jealousy, and rebellion set ...

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The Cat Who Went to Paris (Norton the Cat)

by Peter Gethers

Published: 1992-10-06

Paperback: 208 pages

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"Norton is clearly a charmer, and Gethers tells his story with contagious affection....Will warm the heart of any confirmed cat-lover."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDBefore Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. ...

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Trouble the Water: A Novel

by Jacqueline Friedland

Published: 2018-05-08

Paperback: 352 pages

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Seventeen-year-old Abigail Milton’s family has fallen destitute and sent her from England to America to ease their burden. She carries this loss—and a dark secret—with her. Widowed Douglas Elling agrees to host Abby as a favor to her father. Douglas’s attempts to guide Abby rek...

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Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir

by Common

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Common—the Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe–winning musician, actor, and activist—follows up his New York Times bestselling memoir One Day It’ll All Make Sense with this inspiring exploration of how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take bette...