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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the... more
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Mercy's Rain by Cindy K. Sproles
When your life is built around a father's wrath, how can you trust in the love of Father God?
Mercy Roller knows her name is a lie: there has never been any mercy in her young life. Raised by a twisted and abusive father who called himself the Pastor, she was abandoned by the church... more
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The Guncle by Steven Rowley
A once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer... Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs... more
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Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict
The woman who may have inspired an American dynasty... Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets.... more
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The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, Bk 2) by Nita Prose
Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when... more
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The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death,... more
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The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
In the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version?
England, 1364: When married off at aged twelve to an elderly farmer, brazen redheaded Eleanor quickly realizes... more
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The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
There's only been one time that Rose couldn't stop me from doing the wrong thing and that was a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life... Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights... more
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The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners -- an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that... more
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Cutting for Stone (Audio CD) (Unabridged) by Abraham Verghese & Sunil Malhotra (N...
A stunning debut novel from the author of My Own Country. An enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin scions of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a... more
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When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal
Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news…
Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few... more
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Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide... Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly. Long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows... more
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the slice. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon,... more
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Above the Waterfall: A Novel by Ron Rash
The New York Times bestselling author of Serena - the basis of the fall 2014 movie starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper - illuminates lives shaped by violence, passion, and a powerful connection to the land in this haunting tale set in contemporary Appalachia.
Les,... more
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The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Domestic suspense amidst the tangled vines of family secrets... The Husband: A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself. The Daughters: Tully and Rachel Aston look... more
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Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother, and holding tight to the one thing that matters most: her two-year-old daughter, Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke’s life is shattered when she’s carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can... more
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The Island of Sea Women (Audio CD) (Unabridged) by Lisa See & Jennifer Lim (Narra...
Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up... more
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Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain
Bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a breakout book about a small southern town fifty years ago, and the darkest -- and most hopeful -- places in the human heart
After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and... more
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The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who’s just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina—the tobacco capital of the South—where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom,... more
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A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira
How far would you go? How much would you risk? Hailey MacIntyre seems conjured from the depths of Samuel Fiddes’s loneliness. Caring for his young sister in the tenements of Glasgow, Scotland, Samuel has known only hunger, while Hailey has never known want. Yet, when Samuel saves... more
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The Family Next Door: A Novel by Sally Hepworth
America's next favorite Australian author!"With jaw-dropping discoveries and realistic consequences, this novel is not to be missed. Perfect for lovers of Big Little Lies." ?Library Journal, starred reviewSmall, perfect towns often hold the deepest secrets.From the outside, Essie?s life looks... more
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Diva by Daisy Goodwin
Author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.
In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With... more
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
Alice Hart lives in isolation by the sea, where her mother's enchanting flowers and their hidden messages shelter her from the dark moods of her father. When tragedy changes her life irrevocably, 9-year-old Alice goes to live with the grandmother she never knew existed, on a native flower... more
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The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp (Agnes Sharp, Bk 1) by Leonie Swann
A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another -- with the help of an enterprising tortoise -- in this twisty, darkly funny mystery. It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in... more
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The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
Champagne, 1940: Ines has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Resistance. Ines fears they’ll be exposed, but for Celine,... more
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Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter -- as well as a gift of saffron -- to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper food pages. Imogen lives on Camano Island... more
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The Women by Kristin Hannah
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right... more
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Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.
Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds... more
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All the Dangerous Things (Audio CD) (Unabridged) by Stacy Willingham & Karissa Va...
A desperate mother with a troubled past. One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the... more
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Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family... more
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