Literary icon Julia Alvarez, the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling...
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Author: Alvarez, JuliaSummary:Genre: Magic realist fiction
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Author: Bear, ElizabethSummary:
After her wings are shorn in battle, the angel Perceval is held captive in an aging spaceship, served by her lost sister and servant girl Rien, and the two must escape together if they are to stop...
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
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Author: Black, LisaSummary:
A dead woman has been found in the woods, and the cause is unclear. The leading theory is that she wandered off and froze, but investigator Theresa MacLean senses something far more sinister.
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Author: Alvarez, JuliaSummary:
It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican...
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Author: Mochkofsky, GracielaSummary:
The remarkable true story of how one Peruvian carpenter led hundreds of Christians to Judaism, sparking a pilgrimage from the Andes to Israel and inspiring a wave of emerging Latin American Jewish...
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Author: Schlitz, Laura AmySummary:
At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their...
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Author: Saks, Elyn R.Summary:
Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a...
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Author: Bear, ElizabethSummary:
The ship Jacob's Ladder has arrived at its destination - the planet they call Grail. But Grail is populated by humans already, who call their home Fortune. They are wary of sharing Fortune,...
Genre: Science fiction -
Author: Bear, ElizabethSummary:
The generation ship Jacob's Ladder has barely survived cataclysms from without and within. Now, riding the shock wave of a nova blast toward an uncertain destiny, the damaged ship remains a war...
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Author: De los Santos, MarisaSummary:
Thirty-one-year-old Cornelia Brown adores classic romantic films. Anything starring Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant will do nicely, especially The Philadelphia Story. Unapologetically idealistic about...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Rivers, FrancineSummary:
When Sierra discovers her young ancestor's handcrafted quilt and reads her journal, she finds that their lives are very similar. By following her ancestor's example, she learns to surrender to God...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Reid, Taylor JenkinsSummary:
From Taylor Jenkins Reid, "a genius when it comes to stories about life and love" (Redbook), comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress's relentless rise to the top--...
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Author: Gunn, Robin JonesSummary:
Carolyn takes a break from her widowed San Francisco existence to celebrate her mother's 70th birthday in the Canary Islands. As her mother's gentle affection and the islands' soothing allure...
Genre: Religious fiction, Domestic fiction -
Author: Bennett, Robert JacksonSummary:
An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods, buried histories, and a mysterious, protean city--from one of America's most acclaimed young fantasy writers. The city of Bulikov once...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Science fiction