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• Love Forms

  a Novel

  Adam, Claire,

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  For much of her life, Dawn has felt as if something had been missing. Now, at the age of fifty-eight, with a divorce behind her and her two grown-up sons busy with their own lives, she should be trying to settle into a new future for herself. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The South

  a Novel

  Aw, Tash,

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  A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer-about family, desire, and what we inherit.

• Universality

  a Novel

  Brown, Natasha (Novelist),

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  Late one night on a Yorkshire farm, in the midst of an illegal rave, a young man is nearly bludgeoned to death with a solid gold bar. An ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack, connecting the dots between an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flashlight

  a Novel

  Choi, Susan, 1969-

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  A thrilling, globe-spanning novel on memory, identity, and what it means to be in a family (and to lose one), from the award-winning author of Trust Exercise.

• Audition

  Kitamura, Katie, 1979-

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  An elegant actress meets a troubled young man at a Manhattan lunch, sparking a complex relationship that challenges their identities in their personal and professional lives, in the new novel from the author of A Separation of Intimacies.

• Endling

  a Novel

  Reva, Maria,

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  On Easter Sunday 1938, while her large, bohemian family gathers for lunch in the English countryside, 19-year-old Ivy’s life is irrevocably altered by an unexpected tragedy that sets her on a decades-long quest for answers.

• Flesh

  a Novel

  Szalay, David,

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  Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and is soon isolated, drawn instead into a series of events that leave him forever…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Misinterpretation

  a Novel

  Xhoga, Ledia,

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  In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband's cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients' struggles: Alfred's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Boat

  Buckley, Jonathan

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  On losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast – the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. She immerses herself again in the life of the town, observing the inhabitants going about their business, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

  a Novel

  Desai, Kiran, 1971-

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  When Sonia and Sunny meet again by chance on an overnight train, their rekindled connection propels them through a journey shaped by family expectations, artistic disillusionment, and personal upheaval as they seek meaning, love, and belonging…Read moreRead more of this annotation