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• The Women

  Hannah, Kristin,

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  Good-girl nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam but finds herself unprepared for the brutality of war and the tumult of a divided United States when she returns home. Circulated 1,361…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Exchange

  After the Firm

  Grisham, John,

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  What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is found in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Happy Place

  Henry, Emily,

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  A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise novel. Circulated 879 times.

• First Lie Wins

  a Novel

  Elston, Ashley,

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  Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. Circulated 837 times.

• Lessons in Chemistry

  a Novel

  Garmus, Bonnie,

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  Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Resurrection Walk

  Connelly, Michael, 1956-

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  Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband. Circulated 769 times.

• A Calamity of Souls

  Baldacci, David,

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  Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Funny Story

  Henry, Emily,

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  Daphne is jilted almost at the altar in a town she moved to just for her now ex-fiance; he abandoned her for Petra, who left Miles brokenhearted in her wake. Knowing no one else, Daphne moves in with Miles, just to have a roof over her head. Misery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camino Ghosts

  Grisham, John,

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  Escape to Camino Island, where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise. Circulated 655 times.

• The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

  McBride, James, 1957-

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  A skeleton is discovered when foundations are dug in a 1970s Black and immigrant Jewish neighborhood in Pottstown, PA. And that might have something to do with efforts by residents to protect a deaf boy from institutionalization. Circulated 645…Read moreRead more of this annotation