Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
By: Laurie Colwin
3.98
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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Want to Read $ 2.99"At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden."-Laurie Colwin, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
"At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden."-Laurie Colwin, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
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1. Did You Ever Have a Family
By: Bill Clegg
3.79
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about… read more
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"I knew I didn’t want to be alone anymore."-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family
"The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned."-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family
"[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it."-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family
"[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code."-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family
2. Someone at a Distance
By: Dorothy Whipple
4.21
Format: 413 pages, Paperback
'A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love' commented the Spectato… read more
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"With love, you don't even need butter on your bread; without it, an elaborate feast is necessary to make you come to the table."-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
"But Mrs. Brockington, old, alone, almost crippled by rheumatism, had faith and courage. She had more. She had a warm serenity, and when Ellen was with her, she almost had it too. For goodness is catc…"-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
"All those books, all those prayers and she had got nothing from them. When everything went well for her she had been able to pray, she couldn't now. There was such urgency in her present situation th…"-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
"A loved husband is the companion of companions, the supreme sharer, and a happy wife often sounds trivial when she is really sampling and enjoying their mutual and unique confidence. But in doing it,…"-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
3. The Pink Hotel
By: Anna Stothard
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
A seventeen-year-old London girl flies to Los Angeles for the funeral of her mother Lily, from whom… read more
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4. Henry VIII
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.50
Format: None pages,
Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more
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5. Father of the Rain
By: Lily King
3.71
Format: None pages,
Award-winning author Lily King's Father of the Rain: spans three decades in a riveting psychologica… read more
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6. The Europeans
By: Henry James , Tony Tanner , Patricia Crick
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eugenia, the daughter of American expatriates, is the morganatic wife of a German prince, who is be… read more
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- literature
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7. The Double Bind
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In Chris Bohjalian's astonishing novel, nothing is what it at first seems. Not the bucolic Vermont … read more
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- adult
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8. Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation
By: Anne Sebba
3.72
Format: 134 pages, Hardcover
What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949? These were years of fear, po… read more
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9. Tepper Isn't Going Out
By: Calvin Trillin
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
Murray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to read the newspape… read more
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10. Blueprints
By: Barbara Delinsky
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller Returning to her beloved New England, the New York Times bestselling auth… read more
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11. The Custom of the Country
By: Edith Wharton , Linda Wagner-Martin
3.61
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet… read more
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13. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
By: Dorothy Gilman
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
While waiting for a view of her night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urge… read more
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"the problems changed, but people were the same"-Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
"I've have grown a night-blooming cereus on my fire escape," she added almost shyly. He said quietly, "This is important. Why?" She hesitated. "Because lately I've had the feeling we rush toward somet…"-Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
14. The Tusk That Did the Damage
By: Tania James
3.68
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns and Aerogrammes , a tour de force set in … read more
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15. The Greengage Summer
By: Rumer Godden
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
The faded elegance of Les Oeillets, with its bullet-scarred staircase and serene garden bounded by … read more
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16. Downtown Owl
By: Chuck Klosterman
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Somewhere in North Dakota, there is a town called Owl that isn't there. Disco is over, but punk nev… read more
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18. Hild
By: Nicola Griffith
3.00
Format: 107 pages, Hardcover
Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, us… read more
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19. The Motion of the Body Through Space
By: Lionel Shriver
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages bett… read more
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"She herself was only sixty, though hers was the first generation to append "only" to such a sobering milestone."-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space
"I did not love running. Here's a pointer for you: no one does. They pretend to, but they are lying. The only good part is having run. In the moment, it's dull and hard as in effortful but not as in d…"-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space
20. Vintage Contemporaries
By: Dan Kois
3.55
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Slate editor Dan Kois makes his fiction debut with this stunning coming-of-age novel set in New Yor… read more
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21. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more
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22. The Woman Who Ran Away from Everything
By: Fiona Gibson
3.98
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
Kate is sick of being taken for granted by her husband Vince. It’s bad enough that she allowed hers… read more
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23. The Children's Bach
By: Helen Garner
3.53
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Helen Garner has been a literary institution in Australia for decades. Her perfectly formed novels … read more
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24. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
25. The Library of Borrowed Hearts
By: Lucy Gilmore
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about … read more
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26. Seven Steeples
By: Sara Baume
3.53
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
Bell en Sigh verhuizen vanuit de drukte van de stad naar een huis aan de Atlantische Oceaan in het … read more
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"October mornings peeled the night cloud back to its subcutaneous lilac tissue. The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees. Browned and blistered foliage cascaded from the sycamore, swilling in…"-Sara Baume, Seven Steeples
27. Menewood (The Hild Sequence, #2)
By: Nicola Griffith
4.48
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith's Menewood transports readers back to seven… read more
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"I hate thorns,"-Nicola Griffith, Menewood (The Hild Sequence, #2)
"You are Christian?"-Nicola Griffith, Menewood (The Hild Sequence, #2)
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"If people felt safe, they stayed."-Nicola Griffith, Menewood (The Hild Sequence, #2)
28. The Hypocrite
By: Jo Hamya
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a fiercely talented writer poised to be a new generation’s Rachel Cusk or Deborah Levy, a nove… read more
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"No stories are entirely imaginary, cherub, he'd said then. Everything is always a little bit real. Sometimes you steal things from other stories and change them until they work how you like."-Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite
"The contradiction of the time had been the heightened moral obligation to consider other people as a means to keeping one's own self-interest afloat. Showing other people care meant avoiding them."-Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite
"In the theatre's dark, he weighs up what to do out of love. There have been enough divergences so far for him to believe that Sophia's play is a self-contained thing that may only tangentially concer…"-Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite
29. Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
By: Laurie Colwin
3.98
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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"At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden."-Laurie Colwin, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
30. Catalina
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
3.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more
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31. Hill of Secrets
By: Galina Vromen
4.16
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
In a desert outpost, nuclear scientists and their families face the toll of the secrets they keep f… read more
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