The Lover
By: Rebecca Sacks
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The author of the acclaimed City of a Thousand Gates returns with an intense, page-turning love sto…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Nothing had ever felt this good. Nothing in my whole life had ever felt as good as being welcomed not just into a family but into a people. How could I go? I couldn’t go. Please, I whispered in my heart, please let me stay. This is praying."-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
"Magic is words whose power does not require understanding or even belief - religion’s unregulated cousin. There are those who say that all words are magic, every sentence a spell. I live in Israel, I said in my heart at night, I am Israeli, trying to harness the secret power of the words."-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
"I lean against the kitchen sink, listening as the piano tells the one story that is every story: we are small, we are scared, we are brave. We love, we hurt, we fall apart, we change, we let go, we go on. We become unrecognizable. We stay more or less the same - small and scared. It goes forever. Stay as long as you can."-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
"What I wanted was for there to be a rocket siren now. Right now. A siren would crack the world open. That’s what I wanted. No more questions about history, justice, or power imbalances. Let it all evaporate. When the sirens were singing, I did not have to ask myself how I was changed, or if I could ever change back. There was one imperative: find shelter. To be afraid was to be blameless. It felt simple and clean. It felt good."-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
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1. The Beautiful Possible
By: Amy Gottlieb
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
This epic, enthralling debut novel--in the vein of Nicole Krauss' The History of Love--follows a po… read more
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2. Night Watch
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
3.79
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more
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3. Man's Best Friend
By: Alana B. Lytle
3.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A failed actress must decide how much she will give up—and what lies she will overlook—in order to … read more
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"Life had been shallow in his absence, but she'd been able to breathe."-Alana B. Lytle, Man's Best Friend
"The following weekend delivered that unhappy combination of cloud cover and oppressive humidity."-Alana B. Lytle, Man's Best Friend
"It seemed to El like there were two kinds of loss. There was loss you might see coming, and maybe it did break your heart. But then there was loss so unexpected, so incomprehensible that the pain was…"-Alana B. Lytle, Man's Best Friend
4. Loved and Missed
By: Susie Boyt
4.30
Format: None pages, None
Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, … read more
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"I wanted it to be true so much it was true. Sometimes in life you have to let your heart and bones off the hook of yourself."-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"I thought of him as a long-lost relation. A sailor coming into port- agitated, sweat on his brow- who needed somewhere calm to lay his head. He was good company. And it was hard for me to feel I was …"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"You ever wish that you’d . . . ’ I waited for more, but her question politely disintegrated. But then, although no more words were forthcoming, she tilted her head slightly and suddenly what she’d as…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"Jean’s capacity to bounce back in life always impressed me. The way she held herself in high regard. It was a form of personal, almost bodily optimism, you could say. Integrity that went deep and was…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
5. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
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"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
6. The Age of Grievance
By: Frank Bruni
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more
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7. The Days I Loved You Most
By: Amy Neff
4.13
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-wrenching, life-affirming … read more
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8. Počkej na moře
By: Veronika Opatřilová
4.41
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Mladý univerzitní student z Göteborgu přijíždí na ostrov Wight u břehů Anglie, aby tam strávil seme… read more
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9. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
10. Bílá Voda
By: Kateřina Tučková
4.32
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
Dlouho očekávaný přelomový román o ženách, víře a zlu Bílá Voda. Takto poeticky se jmenuje pust… read more
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11. Time's Mouth
By: Edan Lepucki
3.84
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets … read more
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12. Above the Fire
By: Michael O'Donnell
3.98
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
O'Donnell's debut, Above the Fire, is a novel which finds hope and resilience in the timelessness o… read more
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13. A Fire So Wild
By: Sarah Ruiz Grossman
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
With the emotional echoes of Little Fires Everywhere and the lush atmosphere of Disappearing Ear… read more
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14. Glorious Exploits
By: Ferdia Lennon
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more
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- audiobook
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
15. We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky
By: Emma Hooper
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rapt in rebellion against an era that relies on … read more
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16. City of a Thousand Gates
By: Bee Sacks
3.52
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A novel of great humanity, compassion, and astonishing immediacy, this inventive and unique debut c… read more
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- israel
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17. The Lover
By: Rebecca Sacks
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The author of the acclaimed City of a Thousand Gates returns with an intense, page-turning love sto… read more
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- literary fiction
- israel
- fiction
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
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"Nothing had ever felt this good. Nothing in my whole life had ever felt as good as being welcomed not just into a family but into a people. How could I go? I couldn’t go. Please, I whispered in my he…"-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
"Magic is words whose power does not require understanding or even belief - religion’s unregulated cousin. There are those who say that all words are magic, every sentence a spell. I live in Israel, I…"-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
"I lean against the kitchen sink, listening as the piano tells the one story that is every story: we are small, we are scared, we are brave. We love, we hurt, we fall apart, we change, we let go, we g…"-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
"What I wanted was for there to be a rocket siren now. Right now. A siren would crack the world open. That’s what I wanted. No more questions about history, justice, or power imbalances. Let it all ev…"-Rebecca Sacks, The Lover
18. Odvaha
By: Markéta Lukášková
4.29
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Je odvaha říct ano, nebo je odvaha říct ne? Mladá Židovka Ada si svůj život po válce představovala … read more
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19. The Sons of El Rey
By: Alex Espinoza
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the American Book Award–winning author comes a multi-generational epic spanning 1960s Mexico … read more
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20. Pacanka
By: Klára Elšíková
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Jak se konečně zbavit syndromu hodné holčičky? Je jí právě třicet a ve vztahu ani ve stávajícím živ… read more
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21. The Lover: A Novel
By: Bee Sacks
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
“Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer.”— Washington Post ? The author of the acclaimed City of… read more
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