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Last House
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After fighting in the Pacific, Nick Taylor feels grateful for his post-war prosperity, a fragile blessing. He believes in the promise of American-led ...Read Review
Tree. Table. Book.
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This small masterpiece makes a moving, subtle statement. In her latest middle-grade novel, Lois Lowry, a two-time Newbery Award winner (for Number the ...Read Review
The Melancholy of Untold History
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It’s hard to put a label on this playful, moving narrative by a professor of history, but fans of time-hopping historical novels ...Read Review
The Volcano Daughters
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In 1914 El Salvador, Graciela is born into a coffee plantation community. It’s a hardscrabble but cozy childhood surrounded by her four friends ...Read Review
Butcher
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One of America’s most prolific authors returns with a harrowing tale of a demented “doctor” who preys upon women neglected by the ...Read Review
The Boy with the Star Tattoo
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1968: Sharon Bloomenthal’s life is one of grieving, from her parents’ early death to her fiancé’s recent disappearance at sea. When the ...Read Review
Eyes Open
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Eyes Open tells the story of 1966-67 Portugal, an era and place that most history books skip. In this land, the Leader’s ...Read Review
The Goddess of Warsaw
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In 2005, Lena Browning is a Hollywood legend. Approached to tell her story for a biopic, she decides to let the truth of her ...Read Review
Desiderium
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Albania, bordered by the Adriatic and Ionian Seas to the west, Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the ...Read Review
Across Seward Park
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In 1912 New York, young Irving Friedman endures an oppressive household run by an abusive father. But nobody has it harder than Arthur, Irv’...Read Review
