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• More Than Enough

  a Novel

  Quindlen, Anna

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  "A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life" -- Publisher

• Culpability

  a Novel

  Holsinger, Bruce W.

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  "Culpability explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling, challenging and unimaginably provocative. " -- Oprah's Book Club

• Run for the Hills

  a Novel

  Wilson, Kevin, 1978-

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  "Wilson is positively masterful at quirky family dramas and many of the ingredients that have made his stories so popular are present here: an eclectic cast, a dash of absurdity, and complicated but very real family dynamics." -- Kirkus

• This Is Not About Us

  Fiction

  Goodman, Allegra

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  "With This is Not About Us, master storyteller Allegra Goodman, returns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, This is Not About Us is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buckeye

  a Novel

  Ryan, Patrick, 1965-

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  "Sweeping yet intimate, rich with piercing observation and the warmth that comes from profound understanding of the human spirit, Buckeye captures the universal longing for love and for goodness." -- Publisher

• Great Big Beautiful Life

  Henry, Emily

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  Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. They're both competing to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years: Tragic heiress, former…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Demon Copperhead

  a Novel

  Kingsolver, Barbara

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  A co-recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. "A boy born to a single, teenage mother grows up tough in Appalachia, demonstrating a remarkable capacity for surviving foster care, child labor,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bewilderment

  a Novel

  Powers, Richard, 1957-

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  Theo Byrne, an astrobiologist who speculates about alien life, is a single parent to his nine-year-old son Robin, a brilliant child with behavior issues. Robin undergoes experimental neurofeedback treatment, wherein he learns to model his emotions…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Malibu Rising

  a Novel

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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  "Malibu catches fire. It is simply what Malibu does from time to time," reads the opening line of this novel about fame, family, and secrets. The narrative alternates between events occurring on August 27, 1983 in Malibu California, and the history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mary Jane

  a Novel

  Blau, Jessica Anya

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  In this coming-of-age story, 14-year-old Mary Jane takes a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a psychiatrist. Staying with the family for the summer is a rock star (and his celebrity wife) who is being treated for drug and alcohol addiction.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• May We Be Forgiven

  Homes, A. M.

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  Winner of the Bailey Women’s Prize for Fiction, this novel is a ‘pitch-black’ comedy. It begins with a number of horrific incidents happening in quick succession, then moves through a series of strange episodic adventures. In the end, “dark satire…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cool Water

  Warren, Dianne, 1950-

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  Over the course of a single day in the small town of Juliet, Saskatchewan, secrets are revealed, marriages tested and a life ended. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award 2010.