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Mouthing the Words by Camilla Gibb

Camilla Gibb | Mouthing the Words |

By turns harrowing and hilarious, this adroitly narrated winner of the Toronto Book Award re-creates the world in the imagination of Thelma. It’s

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Prisoner-Cell Block H: The Karen Travers Story, No. 3 by Maggie O’Shell

Maggie O’Shell | Prisoner-Cell Block H: The Karen Travers Story, No. 3 | ‘Recommended for mature readers. Based on the explosive international TV series. Sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her two-timing husba

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Cirkus by Patti Frazee

Patti Frazee | Cirkus |

In Patti Frazee’s astonishing debut novel, enchantment and illusion casually commingle with reality as the Borefsky Brothers Circus makes its way a

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She’s My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff

Iolanthe Woulff | She’s My Dad | ‘Don’t hate, Nicholas. Hate destroys everything. Don’t let it destroy you…’ For decades, ultra-liberal Windfield College has been a thorn in the sid

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Night Diving by Michelene Esposito

Michelene Esposito | Night Diving |
Night Diving is both a young woman’s coming-out story and a 30-something coming-of-age journey that proves you can go home again. It is the

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Water Dancer by Jenifer Levin

Jenifer Levin | Water Dancer | Using the competitive world of long-distance swimming as a springboard, this intriguing novel probes the nature of strength, intimacy, and commitment

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Bingo Queens Of Paradise by June Park

June Park | Bingo Queens Of Paradise | In Oklahoma, where Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is a staple and Bob Barker is king, twenty-eight-year-old Darla Moon struggles to break free and pursue her

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The Ballad And The Source by Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann | The Ballad And The Source | Ten-year-old Rebecca is living in the country with her family when Sibyl Jardine, an enigmatic and powerful old woman, returns to her property in the

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Egret by Helen Collins

Helen Collins | Egret | Jodi Marquette is poor, idealistic, and brilliantly talented. Cloaking her insecurity with pride, she comes to New York City, hoping to establish hers

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Kinflicks by Lisa Alther

Lisa Alther | Kinflicks | The story of Ginny Babcock, a woman of the 1960s, flower child, cheerleader, dutiful daughter and wayward wife, which explores the limited roles offer