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FLYING JENNY

THEASA TUOHY

"[A] superb new historical novel . . . about the heady late 1920s, when the public went crazy every day over barnstorming pilots and their heroic stunts."— Publishers Daily Reviews People are doing all sorts of screwy things in 1929. It is a time of hope, boundless optimism, and prosperity. "Blue Skies" is the song on everyone's lips. The tabloids are full of flagpole sitters...

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SOME GO HUNGRY

J. PATRICK REDMOND

A gay man returns to his conservative hometown in a tale of memory and murder inspired by true events: "An emotionally resonant, page-turning story."— Booklist Some Go Hungry is a fictional account drawn from the author's own experiences working in his family's provincial Indiana restaurant, and wrestling with his sexual orientation, in a town that was rocked by the scandalous ...

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STARVE THE VULTURE

JASON CARNEY

A "compelling" memoir of self-destruction, recovery, and redemption from a four-time National Poetry Slam finalist ( Booklist). This mesmerizing memoir recounts Jason Carney's twisting journey as he overcomes his own racism, homophobia, drug addiction, and harrowing brushes with death to find redemption and unlikely fame on the national performance poetry circuit. Woven into Ca...

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HERE LIES A FATHER

MCKENZIE CASSIDY

Fifteen-year-old Ian Daly's moral universe is turned upside down when, at his father's funeral, he discovers that his father had two secret families. "Cassidy's debut is affecting . . . Like the best coming-of-age novels, Here Lies a Father grounds its big concerns in the exquisite particulars of one person's life." — Literary Hub When Ian Daly and his sister Catherine arrive ...

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INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER

LAUREN J. SHARKEY

“Illuminates with cutting truth the layers of longing and grief which underlie a transracial adoption . . . sharply written, intense, and page-turning.” —Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Waisted Rowan Kelly knows she’s lucky. After all, if she hadn’t been adopted, she could have spent her days in a rice paddy, or a windowless warehouse assembling iPhones—they make iPho...

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THE SCHRÖDINGER GIRL

LAUREL BRETT

Set in the 1960s, this novel exploring the mysteries of the multiverse—and of human identity—is "a rare page turner that avoids the obvious traps." — The New York Times Book Review Garrett Adams, an uptight behavioral psychology professor who refuses to embrace the 1960s, is in a slump. The dispirited rats in his latest experiment aren't yielding results, and his beloved Yankee...

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CORNELIUS SKY

TIMOTHY BRANDOFF

"A serious comic novel about human failings and forgiveness. This remarkable study of a doorman will stay with you, and live on." —Allison Janney, Oscar Award–winning actress Cornelius Sky is a doorman in a posh Fifth Avenue apartment building that houses New York City's elite, including a former First Lady whose husband was assassinated while in office. It is 1974 and New York...

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LIKE THIS AFTERNOON FOREVER

JAIME MANRIQUE

Two Catholic priests fall in love amid deadly conflicts in the Amazon between the Colombian government, insurgent groups, and drug cartels. "Manrique's drama of a dangerous love affair in a world of blood, terror, displacement, and desperation grapples with profound and persistent conflicts." — Booklist For the last fifty years, the Colombian drug cartels, various insurgent gro...

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DEATH OF A RAINMAKER

LAURIE LOEWENSTEIN

A classic murder mystery set in the 1930s Dust Bowl that portrays the era with great beauty, tenderness, and sorrowful authenticity. —Finalist for the 2019 Oklahoma Book Awards, Fiction "This striking historical mystery . . . is brooding and gritty and graced with authenticity." — NPR, One of the Best Books of 2018 selected by Maureen Corrigan "The murder investigation allows L...

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THE KALEIDOSCOPE SISTERS

RONNIE K. STEPHENS

"A touching novel that is Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper mixed with Michael Ende's The Neverending Story or Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland."— School Library Journal The Kaleidoscope Sisters is a debut novel hinging on the indomitable spirit of young women. It centers on fifteen-year-old Quinn and her younger sister, Riley, who is dying from a degenerative heart defec...

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THE DEVIL'S SONG

LAUREN STAHL

"Family secrets, childhood memories, and old crimes influence the present in this suspenseful debut...A solid bet for fans of dark crime dramas."— Library Journal Up-and-coming Mission County, Pennsylvania, prosecutor Kate Magda has been given the assignment of a lifetime: lead counsel on a string of murders rocking the community. As the privileged daughter of a powerful local ...

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ANGEL OF THE UNDERGROUND

DAVID ANDREAS

A teenage girl in foster care confronts spiritual doubt and soul-chilling terror in "a sinister and atmospheric story that will appeal to horror fans" ( Booklist). When three children in a Catholic group home are brutally murdered, the survivors are hurried into separate foster homes across Long Island. Robin Hills, a fifteen-year-old who has spent the past several years under ...

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THE YEAR OF NEEDY GIRLS

PATRICIA SMITH

A Lambda Award finalist that "recalls both Hellman's The Children's Hour and Lehane's Mystic River in a story about murder and false accusations" ( The Bay Area Reporter). Bradley, Massachusetts, is in many ways a typical small New England town, but a river divides it in half—on one side, the East End: crowded triple-deckers, the Most Precious Blood parish, and a Brazilian ...

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ALL WAITING IS LONG

BARBARA J. TAYLOR

"Suspenseful . . . startling plot twists and incisive commentary on the social unrest of a coal-mining town during the Great Depression . . . a breathtaking ending." — Publishers Weekly In 1930, twenty-five-year-old Violet travels with her sixteen-year-old sister, Lily, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her ille...

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LITTLE BEASTS

MATTHEW MCGEVNA

Tragedy upends a Long Island town in a crime novel that "captures the familiar rhythms of summertime, following young people on the edge of violence" ( Kirkus Reviews) . Turnbull is a working-class town full of weary people who struggle to make ends meet. Evictions, alcoholism, and random violence are commonplace. In the heat of July 1983, when eight-year-olds James, Dallas, ...

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THE LOVE BOOK

NINA SOLOMON

"Fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary Kay Andrews will enjoy this grown-up Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a story of risk, reward, loss, and love" ( Booklist). A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week and a New York Post Required Reading Pick It all starts when four unsuspecting women, on a singles' bike trip through Normandy, discover a mysterious red book about love. But did the...

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WE ARE ALL CREW

BILL LANDAUER

"A Huck Finn for our environmentally damaged age, lost on a river, and moving downstream with humane monsters and monstrous humans." —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize–winning author Two fourteen-year-old runaways hell-bent on reaching California end up aboard the Tamzene, a mysterious riverboat that runs on alternative fuel. Piloted by the enigmatic Dr. Seabrook, the Tamzene ...

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SING IN THE MORNING, CRY AT NIGHT

BARBARA J. TAYLOR

A page-turning debut novel set in Scranton, Pennsylvania, during the height of coal mining, vaudeville, and evangelism. —Nominated for a 2014 Lime Award for Excellence in Fiction "An earnest, well-done historical novel that skillfully blends fact and fiction." — Publishers Weekly "Solomon enticingly described the novel Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night by Barbara J. Taylor (Aka...

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UNMENTIONABLES

LAURIE LOEWENSTEIN

"A historical, feminist romance . . . a realistic evocation of small-town America circa 1917, including its racial tensions." — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "96 Books for Your Summer Reading List" Marian Elliot Adams, an outspoken advocate for sensible undergarments for women, sweeps onto the Chautauqua stage under a brown canvas tent on a sweltering August night in 1917, and sh...

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