Tilly Twomley is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning from ADHD has left her burned-out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister's...
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Author:Eddings, MazeySummary: -
Author:Debbie MacomberSummary:Claire, Elizabeth, Karen, and Julia meet every Thursday for breakfast to share the events that are happening in their lives, from a painful divorce to an unexpected pregnancy, and to offer each other undying support, love, and...
- Author:Baudot, LaureSummary:
Laure Baudot's This One Because of the Dead is a collection of stories about the power of what goes unsaid – of the truths people keep hidden from each other, which guide their relationships and their decisions in unexpected ways. A...
- Author:Blodgett, AstridSummary:
These twelve new short stories from Astrid Blodgett explore the consequences of grief and denial and single moments that change perceptions, lives, and attachments forever. Crisp prose and unexpected plot twists move relatable...
- Author:O'Loughlin, EdSummary:
From the Prologue: Wonderland. The Lions Gate suspension bridge joins central Vancouver to the North Shore and the mountains beyond. It's a little over one mile long. Two hundred feet beneath it are the First Narrows, where the...
- Author:Cross-Smith, LeesaSummary:
Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he reluctantly shares his first name: Emmett. Over the course of the...
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Author:Selecky, SarahSummary:Finalist for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize and longlisted for the 2010 Frank O'Connor Award Sarah Selecky’s first book takes dead aim at a young generation of men and women who often set out with the best of intentions, only to have...
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Author:Denton, RebeccaSummary:Amelie Ayres has impeccable taste in music. Bowie. Bush. Bob. So when she finds herself backstage at The Keep's only UK gig, she expects to hate it; after all, they are the world's most tragic band. In fact, she feels a...
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Author:Deriso, Christine HurleySummary:Forrest Shepherd is convinced she's right. About what's best for her brother and his horrible girlfriend, Olivia. About her mother's need for control. Most of all, she thinks she's right about Scott, the first cute guy to hit on her....
- Author:Orange, TommySummary:
"Groundbreaking. Extraordinary. Tommy Orange has written a tense, prismatic book with inexorable momentum."--Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFierce, angry, funny, heartbreaking--Tommy Orange's first novel is a wondrous and shattering...
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Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:After trying to take Hamburgeragogoland, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many boys, weird parents, and mad cats....
- Author:Enright, AnneSummary:
An incandescent novel from one of our greatest living novelists (The Times) about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of women. Nell McDaragh never knew her grandfather, the celebrated Irish poet Phil...
- Author:Ahdieh, RenéeSummary:
A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One NightsEvery dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night...
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Author:Seip, Shannon Payette, Hedger, AdrienneSummary:Exotic fashions. Avant-garde hairstyles. An "all about me" attitude. No, it's not an A-list celebrity. It's your toddler. From temper-tantrum meltdowns to inexplicable wardrobe choices, The World According to...
- Author:Delacourt, GrégoireSummary:
There are those who never grow old because they are taken too soon.There are those who grow old without worries, enjoying everything life has to offer. There are those who desperately try to slow down the ticking clock. And then there's...
- Author:McGrath, RobinSummary:
"My father has married me to a mad old man." These words, written on a slip of paper inside a fading brocade collar, are a clue to the unlikely marriage of a Jewish remittance man and a 14-year-old orphan in a remote Newfoundland...
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Author:Teir, Philip, Nunnally, TiinaSummary:On the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of...
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Author:Dubus, AndreSummary:This volume brings together Andre Dubus' third and fourth collections of short stories and novellas--Finding a Girl in America and The Times Are Never So Bad--with a thought-provoking new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author...
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Author:Looten, WouterSummary:The Widowers' Manual is a practical guidebook for men who have lost their wives and are looking for a way out of the chaotic situation they find themselves in. The Widowers' Manual offers an effective methodology, and addresses the...
- Author:Kelsall, LéonieSummary:
An entrancing new rural romance from the bestselling author of The Farm at Peppertree Crossing. Three aching hearts, a ramshackle country pub and a tangled web of secrets. PR executive Gabrielle Moreau knows she has an easy life, but...
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