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The new life : a novel2023
Summary: In the summer of 1894, John Addington and Henry Ellis begin writing a book arguing that what they call "inversion," or homosexuality, is a natural, harmless variation of human sexuality. Though they... more »- place hold (0)
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Ghost music : a novel2023
Summary: For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students. She gave up on her own career as a concert pianist many years ago,... more »- place hold (0)
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This place of wonder : a novel2022
Summary: When famed chef Augustus Beauvais dies, he leaves behind a celebrated reputation -- and four women grappling with loss, anger, pain, and the question of how the world will turn without him. Meadow,... more »- place hold (0)
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Half-blown rose : a novel2022
Summary: Having grown up the privileged daughter of artists, Vincent has a life that is lovely in many ways. At forty-four, she enjoys strolling the streets of Paris and teaching at the modern art museum; she... more »- place hold (0)
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The German wife2022
Summary: Berlin, Germany, 1930 -- When the Nazis rise to power, Sofie von Meyer Rhodes and her academic husband benefit from the military ambitions of Germany?s newly elected chancellor when J|rgen is offered... more »- place hold (1)
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The Hotel Nantucket : a novel2022
Summary: After a tragic fire in 1922 that killed 19-year-old chambermaid, Grace Hadley, The Hotel Nantucket descended from a gilded age gem to a mediocre budget-friendly lodge to inevitably an abandoned... more »- place hold (0)
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Trust2022
Summary: In glamorous 1920s New York City, two characters of sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats. Steeped in... more »- place hold (0)
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Lost and found in Paris : a novel2022
Summary: Joan Blakely had an unconventional childhood as the daughter of a globe-trotting supermodel and a world-famous artist. Her artist father died on 9/11, and Joan -- an art historian by training -- has... more »- place hold (0)
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Good husbands2022
Summary: Jessica, Stephanie and Priyanka are complete strangers, but they have one thing in common: they've each received a letter accusing their husbands of committing a sexual assault more than two decades... more »- place hold (0)
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Cleopatra and Frankenstein : a novel2022
Summary: Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank.... more »- place hold (0)
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The golden couple2022
Summary: Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it all -- until Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship riven by work and a lack of... more »- place hold (0)
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The Liz Taylor ring : a novel2022
Summary: 1978. Lizzie Morgan and Ritchie Schneider embark on a whirlwind romance on Long Island. A nine-month hiatus ends with a stunning eleven-carat ring -- one that looks just like the diamond Richard... more »- place hold (0)
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Vladimir : a novel2022
Summary: "When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me." And so we are introduced to our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose charismatic husband... more »- place hold (0)
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Honor : a novel2022
Summary: Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case... more »- place hold (0)
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Back in the burbs2021
Summary: Ever have one of those days where life just plain sucks? Welcome to my last three months -- ever since I caught my can't-be-soon-enough ex-husband cheating with his paralegal. I'm thirty-five years... more »- place hold (0)
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The invisible husband of Frick Island2021
Summary: Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island -- a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay -- is nearly perfect. Well, aside from... more »- place hold (0)
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Sunshine season : includes Temptation & The best mistake2021
Summary: In "Temptation" -- Carefree socialite Eden Carlbough was used to breezing through her life of luxury. But after her father suddenly passed away, leaving none of his fortune behind, Eden forced... more »- place hold (0)
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Summer on the bluffs : a novel2021
Summary: The exclusive beach community of Oak Bluffs is a mecca for the crème de la crème of black society. Thirty years ago Amelia Vaux Tanner and her husband built Chateau Laveau, a house high on the... more »- place hold (0)
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Should we stay or should we go : a novel2021
Summary: Over ten years, Kay Wilkinson watched as Alzheimer's steadily eroded her father into a paranoid lunatic. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in... more »- place hold (0)
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The Clover Girls2021
Summary: Elizabeth, Veronica, Rachel and Emily met at Camp Birchwood as girls in 1985, where over four summers they were the Clover Girls -- inseparable for those magical few weeks of freedom -- until the... more »- place hold (0)
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Golden girl : a novel2021
Summary: On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She... more »- place hold (0)
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The vanishing point : a novel2021
Summary: Julian Ladd and Rye Adler cross paths as photography students in the exclusive Brodsky Workshop. When Rye needs a roommate, Julian moves in. Both men are fascinated with their classmate, Magda, a... more »- place hold (0)
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Secrets of happiness : a novel2021
Summary: Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family -- a Thai wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethan's mother spends a year... more »- place hold (0)
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Red Island House : a novel2021
Summary: Shay is surprised when her husband Senna declares his intention to build her a spectacular dream house on an idyllic beach in the tropical island nation of Madagascar. But the Red Island House casts... more »- place hold (0)
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What's mine and yours : a novel2021
Summary: When a county initiative in the Piedmont of North Carolina forces the students at a mostly black public school on the east side to move across town to a nearly all-white high school on the west, the... more »- place hold (0)
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Infinite country : a novel2021
Summary: Moving their family to what they believe will be a safer but temporary home in Houston, two young parents are forced to choose between an undocumented status in America and returning to the violence of war-torn Bogota.- place hold (0)
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Flowers of darkness2021
Summary: CASA is a brand new artist residency in an ultra-modern apartment, with a view of all of Paris. A dream for any novelist in search of tranquility. But is this residency a dream or a nightmare? Since... more »- place hold (0)
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The vineyard at painted moon2021
Summary: Mackenzie Dienes has a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with her in-laws' winery. Everything in her life is tied to her husband: his mother is the closest... more »- place hold (0)
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Bride of the sea : a novel2021
Summary: During a snowy Cleveland February, newlyweds Muneer and Saeedah are starting their lives in America and expecting their first child. But Muneer harbors a secret: the word divorce has begun whispering... more »- place hold (0)
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Cobble Hill : a novel2020
Summary: Welcome to the eclectic Brooklyn neighborhood of Cobble Hill. Ex-groupie Mandy, underwhelmed by motherhood and her current physical state, fakes a debilitating disease to get the attention of her... more »- place hold (0)
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Agatha Arch is afraid of everything : a novel2020
Summary: Agatha Arch's life shatters when she discovers her husband in their backyard shed in flagrante delicto, giving the local dog walker some heavy petting. Suddenly, Agatha finds herself face-to-face... more »- place hold (0)
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Here is the beehive2020
Summary: After discovering that her married lover has been killed in an accident, estate lawyer Ana Kelly, alone and undone, seeks friendship with the person who she once thought of as her adversary and... more »- place hold (0)
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Troubles in paradise : a novel2020
Summary: After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St. John where her husband Russ had been living a double life. But a visit from the FBI shakes her... more »- place hold (0)
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Monogamy : a novel2020
Summary: Derailed by the sudden passing of her husband of thirty years, an artist on the brink of a gallery opening struggles to pick up the pieces of her life before discovering harrowing evidence of her husband's affair.- place hold (0)
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The friendship list2020
Summary: Best friends Unity and Ellen are in serious ruts. High school teacher Ellen, whose son's dream of going out of state for college is arousing financial anxiety, hasn't dated since she became pregnant... more »- place hold (0)
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The wedding thief : a novel2020
Summary: The Harrington sisters have never gotten along. Sara is a Type-A, career-focused event planner, and her younger sister Mariel is the opposite: bohemian, semi-employed, and recently engaged. When... more »- place hold (0)
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Twenty-one wishes2020
Summary: "Twenty Wishes": At thirty-eight, Anne Marie Roche is childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, she struggles to... more »- place hold (0)
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28 summers : a novel2020
Summary: When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not... more »- place hold (0)
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The heirloom garden2020
Summary: Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the towering fence surrounding her home, Iris has... more »- place hold (0)
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Truths I never told you2020
Summary: With her father recently moved to a care facility, Beth Walsh volunteers to clear out the family home and is surprised to discover the door to her childhood playroom padlocked. She's even more... more »- place hold (0)
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