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"A deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's shocking murder, determined to discover what happened--a dramatic exploration of the intricate bonds and obligations of friendship, family, and community. Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother...
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"The Millers are far from perfect. Estranged siblings Beck, Ashley and Jake find themselves under one roof for the first time in years, forced to confront old resentments and betrayals, when their mysterious, eccentric matriarch, Helen, passes away. But their lives are about to change when they find a secret inheritance hidden among her possessions--the Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow gemstone that went missing from the Austrian Empire a century...
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A South African academic returns to her homeland in this novel by the award-winning author of You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town—“an extraordinary writer” (Toni Morrison).
Winner of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, Zoë Wicomb is an essential voice of the South African diaspora, hailed by fellow writers—such as Toni Morrison and J. M. Coetzee, among others—and by reviewers...
Winner of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, Zoë Wicomb is an essential voice of the South African diaspora, hailed by fellow writers—such as Toni Morrison and J. M. Coetzee, among others—and by reviewers...
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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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"Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR, but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was just an infant when her family fled, but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her. In 2008, college student Anna feels stuck in Milwaukee, with no real connections and parents who stifle her artistic talents. She is eager to have a life beyond...
7) A New Dawn
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The Call to Prayer had recited in Arabic for over 800 years in these lands. In 1932, the authoritarian Turkish government wanting to secularize and modernize the country changed the call from Arabic to Turkish. The change was not well received inside the country.After 18 years of constant protest and outcry from the people, the Turkish government backtracked. In the late spring of 1950, the call was going to be recited for the first time in Arabic...
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Born in Guadeloupe, Ivan and Ivana are twins with a bond so strong they become afraid of their feelings for one another. When their mother sends them off to live with their father in Mali they begin to grow apart, until, as young adults in Paris, Ivana's youthful altruism compels her to join the police academy, while Ivan, stunted by early experiences of rejection and exploitation, walks the path of radicalization. The twins, unable to live either...
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"The night before Esther's ship was due to dock, her sister dreamed of her."
Auckland at the turn of the century. A city on the cusp of change. Isobel, a settler of ten years, waits for her sister to cross the ocean to join her. Separated by distance, disappointments and secrets, the women reunite in a land where the rules of home do not apply. Women push for the vote and the land offers opportunity and a future for those brave enough to take it....
10) Wild Fires
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The only things Cassandra knows about her family are the stories she's heard in snatches over the years: about the aunt and cousin she never got to meet, about the man from the folded-up photograph in one of her aunt's drawers, and of course about her cousin Chevy, and his troubled past — but no one utters a word about them anymore. When a call from one of her sisters brings Cassandra news of Chevy's death, she has to return home for the funeral....
11) The Rain God
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"The Rain God is a lost masterpiece that helped launch a legion of writers. Its return, in times like these, is a plot twist that perhaps only Arturo Islas himself could have conjured. May it win many new readers." - Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels and The Hummingbird's Daughter
"Rivers, rivulets, fountains and waters flow, but never return to their joyful beginnings; anxiously they hasten on to the vast realms...
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The brand-new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series!
September 1940
With harvest approaching, land girl Daphne is busier than ever as she ploughs the fields and tends to the animals with her friends Sal and Charlie. All three girls enjoy the relative peace of Goodwill House…but war is never far away.
When a German plane crash lands in the grounds of Goodwill House, everyone is shocked, especially when the two German...
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Maggie and her brother, Joey, learned to persevere in a time of great hardship. Their father suffered with night terrors, reliving the horror of serving as an Army officer in the Batttle of Cherbourg, in World War II. Since he wasn't able to work, he lost his construction company. Maggie and Joey went from riches to rags and found a way to escape this sudden change, by venturing into dangerous surroundings No matter the danger Maggie confronted, she...
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Based on the author's own life, this eye-opening story of an African migrant is so simply told and resonant it has the power of parable-for readers of The Lost Children's Archive and The Girl with the Louding Voice.
Ibrahima is still a young boy when his father dies, but as the eldest son, he must leave their home village in the Guinean countryside in search of work to support his family. Eventually, he apprentices to a trucker in a neighboring country,...
16) The Halfways
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'I loved this sweeping family drama. Moving and unforgettable'Sarah Morgan, Sunday Times bestselling author 'A moving, atmospheric and engrossing family saga. Its characters will stay with you long after you have finished the book' Deepa Anappara, author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line 'This novel is an absolute beauty, and already one of my favourites . . . In The Halfways, Nilopar has quite genuinely taken my breath away' Jenny Ashcroft, author...
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The classic novel of two mixed-race siblings who flee the South after the Civil War, hiding their identities'until a romance brings the truth to light. A landmark in African American literature, The House Behind the Cedars tells the tale of Rena Walden, who runs away from North Carolina to start a new life with her brother. Their mixed ancestry allows them to "pass" as white'and they settle into life in Clarence, South Carolina, keeping their past...
18) Pearl
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Dive under the surface to where it all started... For her entire life, Pearlina has never felt as if she belonged with her troop. Life above the surface always fascinated her, especially the humans living on land. The only opportunity for her to interact with them is during her once in a lifetime Dry walking ceremony where she must choose a human to sacrifice. Failure to complete the task will banish her from the troop for the rest of her life. Pearlina...
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The truth will always rise to the surface...
When Reen left The Burrow eight years ago, she had no intention of returning to her idyllic seaside hometown. Withdrawn and isolated from her family after the tragic death of her father, there was no reason to stay.
But when her sister, Rose, reaches out with news about their mother she has no choice but to go back.
Forced to confront her demons she runs into her childhood sweetheart, Brody, who still...
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The brand new historical novel from Erin Litteken, bestselling author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv, based on her family's heart-wrenching escape from war-torn Europe.
A story of the strength of the human spirit, the personal cost of conflict and how love can be found even in the darkest times.
Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor,...
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