Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
By: Adrienne Brodeur
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling con…
Want to Read $ 12.49"A buried truth, that’s all a lie really is."-Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
"Jack didn't happen to me: I happened to Jack."-Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
"You can read your way into a whole new narrative for yourself," margot promised"-Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
"You can read your way into a whole new narrative for yourself." Margot promised."-Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
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By: Lisa Jey Davis
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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2. This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
By: None
3.43
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
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3. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
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4. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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5. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
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6. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind
By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon
4.29
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
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7. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
8. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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9. Bright Young Women
By: Jessica Knoll
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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"There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was mak…"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
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10. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov
4.30
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
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11. The Guest
By: Emma Cline
3.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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"All the women in the show hated each other, hated each other so much, just so they could avoid hating their husbands. Only their little dogs, blinking from their laps, seemed real: they were the wome…"-Emma Cline, The Guest
12. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
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"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
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13. Pineapple Street
By: Jenny Jackson
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, t… read more
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14. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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15. The Rachel Incident
By: Caroline O'Donoghue
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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16. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
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17. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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18. Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
By: Adrienne Brodeur
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling con… read more
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"A buried truth, that’s all a lie really is."-Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
"Jack didn't happen to me: I happened to Jack."-Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
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19. The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
By: Lara Love Hardin
4.46
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Same As It Ever Was
By: Claire Lombardo
4.00
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more
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21. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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