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Abby M. (abbyem) |
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and... more
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin...
Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times -- the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really... more
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My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, Bk 1) by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, Bk 1) by Martha Hall Kelly
The power of three unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom, and second chances... New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.
Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
The Life We Bury (Detective Max Rupert, Bk 1) by Allen Eskens
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. Quiet, careful and - in Eleanor's eyes - impossibly cool, Park's worked out... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
The Story Hour: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
From the critically beloved, bestselling author of The World We Found and The Space Between Us, whom the New York Times Book Review calls a ?perceptive and . . . piercing writer,? comes a profound, heartbreakingly honest novel about friendship, family, secrets, forgiveness, and second chances.An... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam
Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the... more
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Abby M. (abbyem) |
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, Bk 2) by Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy -- would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather -- as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. After all that Teddy endures in battle, his... more