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The Senator's Wife
by Sue Miller
A story of two women, one married to a senator and the other her neighbor, whose lives become intertwined in unexpected ways.
Once again Sue Miller takes us deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages exposed in all their shame and imperfection, and in their obdurate, unyielding ... (Goodreads)
A Complicated Kindness
by Miriam Toews
A teenage girl navigates life in a strict Mennonite community while dealing with family dysfunction and questioning her faith.
The novel is set in a small religious Mennonite town called East Village, generally considered to be a fictionalized version of Toews' hometown of Steinbach , Manitoba . The narrator is Nomi Nickel, ... (Wikipedia)
White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
A young girl's struggles to survive in a series of foster homes, finding strength in her resilience.
Astrid Magnussen is a 12-year-old girl living in Los Angeles , California with her mother, Ingrid Magnussen, a self-centered and eccentric poet. Astrid's father, Klaus Anders, left before Astrid was ... (Wikipedia)
Midwives
by Chris Bohjalian
A midwife's journey of self-discovery, uncovering secrets of her own past.
The time is 1981, and Sibyl Danforth has been a dedicated midwife in the rural community of Reddington, Vermont, for fifteen years. But one treacherous winter night, in a house isolated by icy roads ... (Goodreads)
Holy Smokes
by Katie MacAlister
A woman discovers she's a demon hunter and falls for a demon she's supposed to kill. Chaos ensues.
Drake Vireo, the green dragon of Aisling's dreams, is finally ready to make an honest woman of her-if she can ever get him to the altar. Being stood up cools Aisling's jets, but not her passion, ... (Goodreads)
Dying for Chocolate
by Diane Mott Davidson
Caterer Goldy Schulz investigates a murder at a chocolate-themed party. Recipes included.
The Caterer Meet Goldy Bear: a bright, opinionated, wildly inventive caterer whose personal life has become a recipe for disaster. She's got an abusive ex-husband who's into making tasteless threats, ... (Goodreads)
The Girl Before
by Rena Olsen
A young woman's life is shattered when she discovers her parents have been involved in a child trafficking ring.
In this powerful psychological suspense debut, when a woman’s life is shattered, she is faced with a devastating question: What if everything she thought was normal and good and true . . . wasn’t? ... (Goodreads)
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
by Fannie Flagg
A coming-of-age story of Daisy Fay, a young girl growing up in Mississippi during the 1950s, and her encounters with a charismatic con man.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is told in diary writings starting in 1952 when the protagonist , Daisy Fay Harper, is 11 years old. She lives with her mother and her father in Jackson, Mississippi . ... (Wikipedia)
She's Come Undone
by Wally Lamb
A young woman's trial-filled journey to self-acceptance and self-preservation.
Dolores Price is heartbroken when her handsome, but irresponsible father, Tony, leaves their suburban home for another woman. She and her mother, Bernice, move into her uptight Catholic grandmother's ... (Wikipedia)
The Magic Thief
by Sarah Prineas
A young thief named Conn unexpectedly becomes an apprentice to a wizard and must use his skills to save the city from dark magic.
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the ... (Goodreads)
I Know This Much Is True
by Wally Lamb
A man's journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with family trauma and understanding his identity.
The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut in the early 1990s. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin , Thomas Birdsey, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia . With medication, Thomas is able to ... (Wikipedia)
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
A dark and mysterious tale about the mysterious suicides of five teenage sisters in a suburban town.
As an ambulance arrives for the body of Cecilia Lisbon, a group of anonymous adolescent neighborhood boys recalls the events leading up to her death. The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in the ... (Wikipedia)
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
A story of redemption and transformation amidst a hostage crisis.
Set in an unspecified South American country, , the story begins at a birthday party thrown at the country's vice presidential home in honor of Katsumi Hosokawa, the visiting chairman of a large ... (Wikipedia)
Lost For Words
by Stephanie Butland
Loveday Cardew, a bookshop worker with a tragic past, finds solace in books until a mysterious poet enters her life.
You can trust a book to keep your secret . . . Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look closely, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But ... (Goodreads)
The Girl in the Red Coat
by Kate Hamer
A mother's search for her missing daughter, who was abducted at a festival. Told from both perspectives, it explores the bond between parent and child.
Librarian note: An alternative cover for this edition can be found here She is the missing girl. But she doesn't know she's lost. Carmel Wakeford becomes separated from her mother at a local ... (Goodreads)
Motor Mouth
by Janet Evanovich
Alexandra Barnaby and NASCAR driver Sam Hooker team up to solve a mystery involving a missing race car engine.
Miami is still freakin' humid. The nights are even hotter. And there's a body on ice. And that's just the beginning of this adrenaline-rush of a hot-wired ride from phenomenal number one New York ... (Barnes & Noble)
Strip Tease
by Carl Hiaasen
A stripper fights to regain custody of her daughter while navigating corrupt politicians and dangerous men. Darkly humorous and satirical.
During a late-night bachelor party at the Eager Beaver, a striptease club in Fort Lauderdale , Florida, drunken groom-to-be Paul Guber climbs on stage and grabs Erin Grant, one of the dancers. Before ... (Wikipedia)
Sea Glass
by Anita Shreve
A group of people's lives intersect in a New Hampshire beach town during the Great Depression.
In the textile-manufacturing region of New Hampshire in 1929, newlyweds Honora and Sexton Beecher wrestle with all the wonders and challenges that young couples have always faced. They've just ... (Goodreads)
Charlotte Gray
by Sebastian Faulks
A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during WWII to search for her missing lover.
In 1942, a young Scot, Charlotte Gray, travels to London to take a job as a medical receptionist for a Harley Street doctor. On the train she talks to two men sharing her compartment, and one of them ... (Wikipedia)
Uncommon Type
by Tom Hanks
A collection of 17 short stories, each featuring a typewriter. The stories explore the human condition with humor and heart.
A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City ... (Goodreads)
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson Braun
A murder mystery solved by a crime-solving cat and his owner.
Jim Qwilleran is attempting to get his life back on track, starting with a new job; his old acquaintance, Arch Riker, is taking a chance. Qwilleran became known as a journalist for covering crime, ... (Wikipedia)
Lucky You
by Carl Hiaasen
A comedic adventure of a lottery winner who finds himself in a dangerous quest for justice.
Newspaper reporter Tom Krome is sent to the small Florida town of Grange to interview JoLayne Lucks, an African-American veterinary assistant who holds one of two winning tickets to the state lottery ... (Wikipedia)
What She Left Behind
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Abandoned by her mother in a mental institution, Clara uncovers the truth about her family's past.
In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of THE PLUM TREE merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty—and the lengths we will go to protect those ... (Goodreads)
One True Thing
by Anna Quindlen
A woman learns about love and loss, grappling with the realities of life and death.
Ellen Gulden has a high-pressure job writing for, New York, magazine . Ellen is visiting her family home for her father's surprise birthday party. It becomes obvious that she deeply admires her ... (Wikipedia)
The Ghostway
by Tony Hillerman
Navajo Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee investigates a murder and a missing person case, while also dealing with his personal life.
Hosteen Joseph Joe, finishing his laundry in Shiprock, New Mexico , answers questions put by a man in a new car, about Leroy Gorman. Joe does not know that man, but studies the Polaroid photo of him ... (Wikipedia)
Blessings
by Anna Quindlen
A baby is found on the doorstep of a wealthy family, changing their lives and those of the town. A story of love, loss, and redemption.
Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work there are changed forever. ... (Goodreads)
Every Last One
by Anna Quindlen
A family's search for resilience as they face tragedy and unexpected struggles.
The latest novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Anna Quindlen In this breathtaking and beautiful novel, the #1 New York Times" bestselling author Anna Quindlen creates an unforgettable portrait of a ... (Goodreads)
Big Trouble
by Dave Barry
A madcap comedy of errors involving a diverse cast of characters in a chaotic adventure.
Eliot Arnold is a divorced, recently-fired newspaper reporter trying to start his own advertising and public relations agency. His teenaged son, Matt's nighttime attempt to " kill " his high-school ... (Wikipedia)
The Story of Beautiful Girl
by Rachel Simon
A love story between two people with intellectual disabilities, on a journey to find home and belonging.
It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and ... (Goodreads)
The Third Victim
by Lisa Gardner
A gripping crime thriller following an FBI agent as she investigates a series of murders.
The past isn't over.... An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the ... (Goodreads)
