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What do readers say about We Were the Mulvaneys?
the story was compellingvery realistic portrayaldetailed and preciserich character studyAn Oprah Book Club® selection
A New York Times Notable Book
The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet. But something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976-an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home-that... Read more about We Were the Mulvaneys
You may have thought our family was larger, often I’d meet people who believed we Mulvaneys were a virtual clan, but in fact there were only six of us: my dad who was Michael John Mulvaney, Sr., my mo...
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What do readers say about The Girl in the Red Coat?
emma donoghue’s roomalternating story perspectivesa missing childa well-done crime novelShortlisted for the 2015 Costa First Novel Award
Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different - sensitive, distracted, with an heartstopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especiall... Read more about The Girl in the Red Coat
Tonight I’ll dream of her again, I can feel it. I can feel her in the twilight, sitting up on the skeined branches of the beech tree and calling out. But at night in my sleep she’ll be walking backwar...
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What do readers say about White Oleander?
fantastic moving novelseductive and intoxicatingintense, beautiful, and precisestrong and beautifulThe unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption.
Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant... Read more about White Oleander
THE SANTA ANAS blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived, their delicate poisonous blooms, their dagger green leaves....
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What do readers say about Room?
incredibly traumatizing bookrape and captivitygripping, moving and thought-provokingunusual yet believableThe award-winning bestseller that became one of the most talked about and memorable novels of the decade, Room is "utterly gripping…a heart-stopping novel" (San Francisco Chronicle).
Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precociou... Read more about Room
I count one hundred cereal and waterfall the milk that's nearly the same white as the bowls, no splashing, we thank Baby Jesus. I choose Meltedy Spoon with the white all blobby on his handle when he l...
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What do readers say about The Time Traveler's Wife?
clear and straightforwardseparation, loneliness, waitingdetailed and realisticlove, loneliness, and loss*A People Top Ten Book of the Year* The beloved, mega bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger, "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" (Chicago Tribune).
A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry D... Read more about The Time Traveler's Wife
Clare: The first time it happens Henry is away. It's the eighth week of the pregnancy. The baby is the size of a plum, has a face and hands and a beating heart. It is early evening, early summer, and ...
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What do readers say about Lilac Girls?
ravensbruck, the concentration campworld war ii novelexcellent historical fictionfour women throughout wwiiNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One million copies sold! Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom, and second chances.
"Extremel... Read more about Lilac Girls
If I’d known I was about to meet the man who’d shatter me like bone china on terra-cotta, I would have slept in. Instead, I roused our florist, Mr. Sitwell, from his bed to make a boutonnière. My firs...
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What do readers say about The Nightingale?
heartbreaking and genuinetedious and immaturevery well plottedcliche bordering on melodramaticA #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.
With courage, grace, and powerful insight... Read more about The Nightingale
If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. Today’s young people want to know everything about everyone. The...
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What do readers say about Lucky?
raw, honest writinghonest and thought-provokinga horrible eventclear and incisiveThe timeless, fearless, #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from the author of The Lovely Bones-a powerful account of her sexual assault at the age of eighteen and the harrowing trial that followed, now with a new afterword by the author.
In a memoi... Read more about Lucky
This is what I remember. My lips were cut. I bit down on them when he grabbed me from behind and covered my mouth. He said these words: "I'll kill you if you scream." I remained motionless. "Do you un...
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What do readers say about My Sister's Keeper?
genetic engineering of childrensimple and straightforwarddeep and touchingemotional and dramaticNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that tri... Read more about My Sister's Keeper
This is happening to us because I yelled at Jesse last week, yesterday, moments ago. This is happening because I didn't buy Kate the M&Ms she wanted at the grocery store. This is happening because onc...
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What do readers say about Lincoln in the Bardo?
love, life and deathgrief and the afterlifecreative and enchantinggrief and letting go#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
The "devastatingly moving" (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforg... Read more about Lincoln in the Bardo
On our wedding day I was forty-six, she was eighteen. Now, I know what you are thinking: older man (not thin, somewhat bald, lame in one leg, teeth of wood) exercises the marital prerogative, thereby ...
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