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• Woman on Fire

  a Novel

  Barr, Lisa

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  " A thrilling tale of secrets, love, and sacrifice that illuminates the destructive cruelty of war and greed and the triumphant power of beauty and love, Woman on Fire tells the story of a remarkable woman and an exquisite work of art that burns…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

  Schwab, Victoria

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  INTERNATIONAL | SPELLBINDING | HAUNTING After a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from 18th-century France floats through centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.

• The Maid

  a Novel

  Prose, Nita

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  Molly loves her job working as a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel. When she discovers a body of a notorious and wealthy businessman in one of the rooms she cleans, she becomes the prime suspect.

• Station Eleven

  Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979-

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  Shortlisted for Canada Reads of 2023 at the time of this write up, Station Eleven takes us to a post-apocalyptic era where a fictional swine flu as taken over the Great Lakes region. Led by a Hollywood star, a nomadic group of actors roam the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chestnut Man

  a Novel

  Sveistrup, Søren, 1968-

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  "In a debut novel by the creator of the television show The Killing, a serial killer in Copenhagen targets young mothers as part of a complex scheme that seems to have ties to the apparent murder of government minister Rosa Hartung's 12-year-old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alice Network

  Quinn, Kate

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  Charlie arrives in London after the war, hoping to find her cousin who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France. She meets Eve, a veteran spy, who agrees to help her. At the heart of the book is the true story of the covert Alice Network, a group of men…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remarkably Bright Creatures

  a Novel

  Van Pelt, Shelby

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  A heartwarming tale about an unconventional friendship between a lonely widow, a luckless man and a mischievous giant Pacific octopus. A story of finding second chances where you least expect to find them.

• The Huntress

  a Novel

  Quinn, Kate

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  "A fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America." - Author (katequinnauthor.com)

• The Nickel Boys

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2019, The Nickel Boys follows life in a reform school from the perspective of a young Black teenager. Based on a real-life Florida facility that had closed due to a university investigation that uncovered…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dutch House

  a Novel

  Patchett, Ann

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  Siblings Maeve and Danny may not have survived their traumatic childhood if not for their love and support for each other. As they navigate through the hardships of adulthood, they continue to rely on one another and the reader is drawn to their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where the Forest Meets the Stars

  Vanderah, Glendy

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  "An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller, and a Goodreads Choice Award finalist. In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again." - Publisher

• Girl, Woman, Other

  Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959-

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  Joint winner of the Booker Prize 2019. "Girl, Woman, Other" is a multi-generational story that follows 12 Black British women who are linked by family, love and loss.