6 Best fiction books like Half a Cup of Sand and Sky by Nadine Bjursten

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Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

By: Nadine Bjursten

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It's 1977, and the anti-shah protests at Tehran University are intensifying. Amineh will soon have …

"She was being released from the sorrows of the soil that had bred her."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

"She was being released from the sorrows of the soil that had bred her."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

"Unless we love ourselves, our hearts are as good as a black hole all the love in the world can’t fill."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

"Unless we love ourselves, our hearts are as good as a black hole all the love in the world can’t fill."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

If you liked the fiction plot in Half a Cup of Sand and Sky by Nadine Bjursten , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more

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2. Granite Harbor

By: Peter Nichols

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A small town in coastal Maine is shaken to its core by a serial killer in this crime novel from Pet… read more

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  • fiction
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3. Like Happiness

By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Black Hole Pastrami and Other Stories

By: Jeffrey M. Feingold

4.59

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Sixteen linked short stories that explore love, loss, family, and cultural legacies in this imagina… read more

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5. Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

By: Nadine Bjursten

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It's 1977, and the anti-shah protests at Tehran University are intensifying. Amineh will soon have … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
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"She was being released from the sorrows of the soil that had bred her."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

"Unless we love ourselves, our hearts are as good as a black hole all the love in the world can’t fill."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

"Smell unlocks your past. It brings you back to another time you didn’t know you had in you to remember."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

"When one starts a new chapter, the page shouldn’t be messy with commentary but white and crisp, ready for one’s best self."

-Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

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6. Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

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7. Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage

By: Martha Marks

4.68

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

BOOK DESCRIPTIONBernard Marks and Martha Alford met by chance. No real reason for it, just a series… read more

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8. The Boy With Strange Eyes

By: Dr. Thomas Davison

4.72

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. Davison’s YA Fantasy, action-adventure novel, The Boy With Strange Eyes, was voted by the reade… read more

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9. How To Write a Winning Dissertation

By: Dr. Thomas Davison

4.45

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Hello, fellow readers of Academia. My name is Dr. Thomas Davison. Please join me as your host, and … read more

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10. Stoner to Seeker: 1970s Asian Hippie Trail

By: Gordon Schwerzmann

4.67

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I arrived in India a stoned freak. India was the pot of gold at the end of the hippie rainbow trail… read more

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11. AndroBiotica 2: Journey In Time (The AdroBiotica Adventures)

By: David Gittlin

4.59

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Presenting an engaging science fiction adventure for teens and adults. Take advantage of this speci… read more

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12. A Portion of Malice (Ages of Malice, #1)

By: Lloyd Jeffries

4.41

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An Ancient Evil Rises… Writer's Digest Honorable Mention for Mainstream/Literary Fiction (2023) … read more

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13. There Is No Death in Finding Nemo

By: Jeffrey M. Feingold

4.38

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

A short story collection that depicts protagonists whose seemingly mundane lives change in surprisi… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Jophiel's Secret (A Lifeline Fantasy Series #2)

By: Johanna Frank

4.46

Format: None pages, ebook

He fell to earth, and now he's missing. All he wants is to go home. When the powerful angelic es… read more

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  • fiction
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15. ALASKA DEADLY: A Novel

By: J. L. Askew

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Novice private investigator Race Warren has seldom been out of Tennessee when he embarks to Alaska … read more

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16. Forty Years to Life

By: Brenda Bradford Ward

4.38

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

This work is a vivid description of a life-in-hiding very few people ever will experience. Society … read more

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17. MINNESOTA POEMS from the OUTPOSTS

By: Hari Hyde

4.00

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

Minnesota Poems from the OutpostsA poet explores the astonishing small towns, indomitable freethink… read more

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18. The Maker of Worlds

By: David Litwack

4.59

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

If you had the chance to remake the world, what kind of world would you choose? When tragedy strik… read more

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19. Worldwalker (The Worldwalker Saga #2)

By: Andrew Christian

4.48

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

"Time is slipping."On the way to class, college student Alexander Mason is confronted by an elderly… read more

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20. Journey of Seven Circles

By: Russell Pike

4.61

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

One spell to change everything. A wizard of immense power, Kryn Darien stands ready to cast the gre… read more

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21. Stolen Brilliance: A Lady Black Mystery (The Lady Black Mysteries Book 1)

By: Michael G. Colburn

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Edith Black harbors a secret past as a master criminal in this tale of love, crime, and advent… read more

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4.53

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4.37

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4.56

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