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The Gifted School
by Bruce Holsinger
The cutthroat competition among parents to get their children into a new gifted school leads to secrets, betrayals, and moral dilemmas.
Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a group of friends and families that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the ... (Goodreads)
Half a World Away
by Mike Gayle
A man discovers he has a teenage daughter he never knew existed, and must navigate the challenges of building a relationship with her.
Strangers living worlds apart.,Strangers with nothing in common.,But it wasn’t always that way…,Kerry Hayes is single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaning ... (Goodreads)
Lost Children Archive
by Valeria Luiselli
A family road trip to the US-Mexico border becomes a journey of self-discovery and reflection on the refugee crisis and lost indigenous cultures.
From the two-time NBCC Finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel about a family whose road trip across America collides with an immigration crisis at the southwestern ... (Goodreads)
The Last Romantics
by Tara Conklin
Four siblings navigate life after their father's death and their mother's subsequent breakdown, exploring love, loss, and family bonds.
The, New York Times, bestselling author of, The House Girl, explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of, Commonwealth, and, The Interestings.,“The ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Sunshine Sisters
by Jane Green
Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their narcissistic mother, confronting their past and present struggles along the way.
The, New York Times, bestselling author of, Falling, presents a warm, wise, and wonderfully vivid novel about a mother who asks her three estranged daughters to come home to help her end her life. ... (Goodreads)
Faith
by Jennifer Haigh
A family's faith is tested when a priest is accused of sexual abuse. The novel explores the complexities of belief, loyalty, and forgiveness.
"[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity." — NewYork Times "We have the intriguing possibility that the next great American author is already in ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Matchmaker
by Elin Hilderbrand
Dabney, a matchmaker, tries to find love for her daughter while keeping a secret from her past. A heartwarming story of family and love.
In this moving story about losing and finding love again, a woman sets out to find the perfect matches for those closest to her., 48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Middlesteins
by Jami Attenberg
A family struggles with the matriarch's obesity and its impact on their relationships. A poignant and humorous exploration of love, addiction, and forgiveness.
For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
by Jonathan Evison
A man becomes a caregiver for a disabled teenager and embarks on a road trip, discovering the true meaning of life and friendship.
The book (and adapted film) follow a 39 year old man who has experienced personal tragedy and is currently climbing out of depression and grief. His estranged wife has been waiting for months for him ... (Wikipedia)
The New Me
by Halle Butler
A darkly comedic novel about a woman stuck in a dead-end job and struggling to find meaning in her life.
A biting satire of the false promise of reinvention, by a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and Granta Best Young American Novelist I'm still trying to make the dream possible: still might ... (Goodreads)
Brown-Eyed Girl
by Lisa Kleypas
Wealthy businessman meets his match in a spirited woman who challenges his beliefs and steals his heart.
The much anticipated final book in the Travis series,, Brown-Eyed Girl, from beloved author Lisa Kleypas, Wedding planner Avery Crosslin may be a rising star in Houston society, but she doesn't ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Best Kind of People
by Zoe Whittall
A respected teacher is accused of sexual misconduct, and his family must confront the accusations and their own secrets.
What if someone you trusted was accused of the unthinkable? George Woodbury, an affable teacher and beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual impropriety at a prestigious prep school. His ... (Goodreads)
Akin
by Emma Donoghue
A retired professor and his 11-year-old great-nephew embark on a trip to France, uncovering family secrets and forging a new bond.
A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets in the next masterpiece from ... (Goodreads)
The Other Half of Augusta Hope
by Joanna Glen
Augusta Hope seeks to find her place in the world, while her twin sister Julia struggles with her own demons.
Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the ... (Goodreads)
The Book of Essie
by Meghan MacLean Weir
Essie, a 17-year-old reality TV star, must navigate a scandalous pregnancy and her family's religious empire.
A debut novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the emotionally stirring, wildly captivating story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit ... (Goodreads)
In Twenty Years
by Allison Winn Scotch
College friends reunite after 20 years and confront secrets, regrets, and missed opportunities.
Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Imagine Me Gone
by Adam Haslett
A family learns to cope with mental illness and depression as they navigate their lives.
From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a ferociously intimate story of a family facing the ultimate question: how far will we go to save the people we love the most? When Margaret's ... (Goodreads)
The Man of My Dreams
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Hannah Gavener navigates through her relationships with men, family, and herself in this coming-of-age novel.
Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah’s own life, her parents’ marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between ... (Goodreads)
We Are Called to Rise
by Laura McBride
A tragic event brings together four strangers in Las Vegas, revealing their interconnected lives and the power of compassion.
Three lives are bound together by a split-second mistake, and a child’s fate hangs in the balance. What happens next will test—and restore—your faith in humanity. Far from the neon lights of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Beginner's Goodbye
by Anne Tyler
A man's journey of healing and acceptance after the death of his beloved wife.
Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent ... (Goodreads)
Sweet Salt Air
by Barbara Delinsky
Two childhood friends reunite on an island off the coast of Maine to write a cookbook, but secrets from their past threaten to tear them apart.
On Quinnipeague, hearts open under the summer stars and secrets float in the, Sweet Salt Air,... Charlotte and Nicole were once the best of friends, spending summers together in Nicole's coastal ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Reckless Oath We Made
by Bryn Greenwood
A knight-obsessed woman and a man with a brain injury form an unlikely bond and embark on a dangerous mission.
Zee is nobody's fairy tale princess. Almost six-foot, with a redhead's temper and a shattered hip, she has a long list of worries: never-ending bills, her beautiful, gullible sister, her ... (Goodreads)
Red Mountain
by Boo Walker
A man returns to his hometown in the mountains of Georgia to confront his past and find redemption.
***A Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection How well do we really know each other? Red Mountain in eastern Washington is home to a community of eccentrics. Otis Till, the area's visionary winemaker, has ... (Goodreads)
Run
by Ann Patchett
A story of two estranged sisters coming together and finding strength in each other.
This novel tells the story of Bernard Doyle, an Irish Catholic Boston politician. He and wife Bernadette have one biological son and later adopt African-American brothers Tip and Teddy. (The ... (Wikipedia)
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
by Joshua Ferris
A successful dentist questions his identity and purpose after discovering a fake website impersonating him.
A big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel about the mysteries of modern life by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris, one of the most exciting voices of his generation Paul O'Rourke is a man ... (Goodreads)
The Singles Game
by Lauren Weisberger
A young tennis player navigates the cutthroat world of professional tennis, facing tough choices and personal sacrifices along the way.
The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Revenge Wears Prada—a dishy tell-all about a beautiful tennis prodigy who, after changing coaches, suddenly makes ... (Goodreads)
The Simple Wild
by K.A. Tucker
A young woman travels to Alaska to reconnect with her estranged father and falls in love with the rugged wilderness and a local pilot.
Calla Fletcher wasn't even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the ... (Goodreads)
The Association of Small Bombs
by Karan Mahajan
A bomb blast in Delhi changes the lives of two families forever. A poignant exploration of grief, guilt, and the aftermath of terrorism.
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2016 When brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi schoolboys, go to pick up their family’s television set at a repair shop with their friend Mansoor Ahmed ... (Goodreads)
Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo
A sweeping story of a small town and its inhabitants, facing the challenges of life and love.
Bridge of Sighs courses with small-town rhythms and the claims of family. Here is a town, as well as a world, defined by magnificent and nearly devastating contradictions. Louis Charles (“Lucy”) ... (Goodreads)
Belong to Me
by Marisa de los Santos
A story of the power of friendship and the search for a place to call home.
“Marisa de los Santos’s Belong to Me is my favorite discovery of the past years: a terrific page-turner that’s also poignant, funny, surprising and deeply heartfelt.” —Harlan Coben “Complex, ... (Barnes & Noble)
