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* * * Poorly Written,
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A Place Called Winter

by Patrick Gale

Published: 2015-03-24

Paperback: 352 pages

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Picked for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything. A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence...

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* * * * * Informative,
Dramatic,
Life Changing

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One Among Us

by Paige Dearth

Published: 2014-12-12

Paperback: 660 pages

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Eleven-year-old Maggie Clarke is living a nightmare most children couldn’t imagine in their wildest dreams. She’s been abducted from her suburban Philadelphia family and thrust into the indescribably horrific and largely unknown underworld of human sex trafficking. Maggie doesn’t yet...

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* * * * * Dramatic,
Fantastic,
Beautiful

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In Wilderness: A Novel

by Diane Thomas

Published: 2015-03-03

Hardcover: 320 pages

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For readers of Amanda Coplin and Chris Bohjalian, In Wilderness is a suspenseful and literary love story—a daring and original novel about our fierce need for companionship and our enduring will to survive.  In the winter of 1966, Katherine Reid moves to an isolated cabin deep in Georgi...

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Forgiveness 4 You: A Novel

by Ann Bauer

Published: 2015-03-17

Hardcover: 304 pages

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At once a brilliant satire set in the world of advertising and a serious reckoning with religion, the remarkable new novel by the author of The Forever MarriageForgiveness 4 You is a startlingly contemporary novel about faith and religion in an America addicted to quick fixes and instant g...

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* * * * Informative,
Interesting,
Dramatic

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Sins of Our Fathers

by Shawn Lawrence Otto

Published: 2014-11-25

Hardcover: 352 pages

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From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog, a fierce, elegant, page-turning novel about race, money, and the American Dream***Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize***Sins of Our Fathers follows small-town banker J.W., who has been caught embezzling fu...

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* * * * Dramatic,
Dark,
Scary

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Crazy Love You: A Novel

by Lisa Unger

Published: 2015-02-10

Hardcover: 352 pages

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No one writes "good scary fun" (The Washington Post) better than New York Times bestselling master of psychological suspense Lisa Unger. With more than 2 million books sold in more than thirty countries, it's clear why USA TODAY declared that her thrillers "should be ...

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Girl Runner: A Novel

by Carrie Snyder

Published: 2015-02-03

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Resonant of Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things and Tracy Chevalier’s Remarkable Creatures, Girl Runner is an unforgettable, beautifully written novel that celebrates a woman born to reach beyond the limitations of her time.As a young runner, Aganetha Smart defied everyone�...

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Best to Laugh: A Novel

by Lorna Landvik

Published: 2014-09-15

Hardcover: 296 pages

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No one steps up to life’s banquet, holds out her tray, and orders, “Grief, please!” But as a child, Candy Pekkala was served a heaping helping of it. Every buffet line has a dessert section, however, and when a cousin calls with a Hollywood apartment to sublet, it seems as though Can...

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Undiscovered Country: A Novel

by Lin Enger

Published: 2008-07-03

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Unaware that his life is about to change in ways he can't imagine, seventeen-year-old Jesse Matson ventures into the northern Minnesota woods with his father on a cold November afternoon. Perched on individual hunting stands a quarter-mile apart, they wait with their rifles for white-taile...

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The Old Deep and Dark: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries)

by Ellen Hart

Published: 2014-10-07

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Renowned theater director Cordelia Thorn is working to restore a historic theater in downtown Minneapolis that she and her actress sister, Octavia, recently bought. Cordelia has a vision for the playhouse's future, but the more she learns about the building, the more fascinated she becomes...