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An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group-the most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha. Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be "the one" (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think he's just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends. Boo has everything...
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"Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list...
5) Race
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The concluding volume in the Ballad of Beliefs trilogy seeks answers to several questions, including;Can Seamus find love?Will hannah ever make up her mind?And can a six-foot-four skinhead from Sandy Row uncover one of ancient history's greatest ever secrets?
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A JAMAICAN LADY is a work of fiction based in truth. It is a story about two people who are from different races, different backgrounds, different countries and different eras. Still, Tiana and Phillip develop a special relationship during a time of enormous grief. The story takes place in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest permanently settled community in the United States and the place where Spanish slaves brought to Florida by Pedro Menéndez de...
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" . . . both timely and timeless in today's fraught social climate." —Necessary Fiction
"This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic." —John Dufresne
The award-winning author of True Stories at the Smoky View is back with another novel about an unusual friendship. In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hanna (black) shared a crib in Gail's parents' house, where Hanna's mother, Sophie, was...
"This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic." —John Dufresne
The award-winning author of True Stories at the Smoky View is back with another novel about an unusual friendship. In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hanna (black) shared a crib in Gail's parents' house, where Hanna's mother, Sophie, was...
10) The Lost Sister
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The anticipated sophomore novel from the celebrated author of The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha, which Quill & Quire called "an exciting, memorable debut." Partially inspired by the real-life experiences of a former resident of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, The Lost Sister bravely explores the topics of child abuse, neglect, and abduction against a complex interplay of gender, race, and class dynamics.
Alisha and Diana are young sisters...
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"Engrossing, heart-warming, and heart wrenching, The Island Sisters is the story of women who, in finding their tribe, also find themselves." -Pamela Stockwell, author of A Boundless Place "so emotionally compelling, it will haunt you long after the twists and turns of its spellbinding plots." -M.J. Fievre, author of the Badass Black Girl book series Four women from Haiti, St. Thomas, and Guam meet at a college counseling session for first-year students...
12) Hope Valley
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Hope Valley is the story of two women, one Jewish-Israeli and one Palestinian-Israeli, who come together to form the unlikeliest of friendships. Tikvah and Ruby meet one summer day right before the outbreak of the 2nd intifada, in the Galilean valley that separates the segregated villages in which they live. The valley Ruby's father had called Hope came to symbolize the political enmity that has defined the history of two nations in this troubled...
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"La Sorellanza", they called themselves. "The Sisterhood" Luisa: the group princess. She learns about her father too late. Reggie: the group sweetie. Her husband was killed because he asked questions. Cathy: Her father gambled and owed money to the Mob and tried to sell his daughter to pay off his debt. Pat: Her father was in the Mob and was killed. She lives in fear that her husband will meet a similar fate. Cele: She played a dangerous game in loving...
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Set in Belfast and Derry at a time known as 'The Troubles', a group of junior nurses try to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times. A nostalgic read for nurses who worked and trained during this difficult period. They find their experiences inevitably, relentlessly, involved in the civil unrest.
The main character, Teresa McCann and her friends Eileen, Caroline and Sue are changed by the life they lead, coming face to face with terrorists, soldiers...
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~It's all about that everlasting love~An Inspirational Romance Holiday CollectionMaddie M. Merriweather is naturally a happy-go-lucky person-even on those just okay days.But during the Christmas season, she's euphoric and miraculously transfigured into Mrs. Maddie M. Claus. 'Tis the season to be jolly and she seizes the season. Her heart beats with a 'little drummer-boy like' rhythm. And Mrs. Maddie Claus prances to her own holiday rhythm in her crimson...
16) Anjin's Rocket
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Anjin was already a successful rocket engineer in Australia when he receives a letter from the country he came from which is Sindira which states that he is being given a big opportunity to be one of the country's pioneer in their space technology program. He with his parents and sister decide to check out Sindira. He eventually must decide between two countries, his adopted country Australia or the country which he was born in. Along the way he learns...
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"The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war-torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now the late 90's and despite their parent's harrowing past, Ai and her tightknit group of school friends: charismatic Brigitte, sweet, endearing Bowie, shy, inscrutable Tin, and politically minded Sying, lead seemingly ordinary lives, far removed from the unimaginable...
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'I really enjoyed it, such a brilliant first novel' Christie Barlow, author of the Love Heart Lane series 'Oh this book was just beautiful. A book filled with love, sparks and Christmas magic' NetGalley reviewer ––– She's here for the perfect Christmas escape... When Sharmila discovers her late friend, Thomas, has gifted her the holiday of her dreams, she can't pack her bags fast enough. Arriving in Pineford, it's everything she'd ever hoped...
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Two misfits explore the possibilities of post-Communist Russia in this "formally audacious novel [that] bubbles with energy and mischief" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Acclaimed Cuban author José Manuel Prieto draws on his expertise in Russian culture to craft a kaleidoscopic portrait of its post-Communist moment. Through alphabetical entries from Abacas to Zizi, Prieto unfolds the story of two misfits on a wild adventure, caught between...
20) The Decider
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Jason Chase, a man filled with personal demons, only wanted to finish his manuscript. But all his carefully laid plans disappear when a stranger showed up at his front door claiming to be his long-lost father. The stranger claims that Jason must come to Colorado with him to end a great evil that only Jason can stop. Unless Jason stops this evil, the world will change and millions of people around the world will lose everything.
Jason leaves for Colorado...
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