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• Little Family

  Beah, Ishmael, 1980-

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  A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together.

• These Impossible Things

  El-Wardany, Salma,

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  El-Wardany's sparkling, incisive debut uses the conventions of romantic comedy to explore the social and personal tensions faced by young Muslim women in contemporary Britain.

• The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

  a Novel

  Lyons, Annie,

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  A moving and joyous novel about an elderly woman ready to embrace death and the little girl who reminds her what it means to live.

• The Murmur of Bees

  Segovia, Sofía,

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  From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated into English—about a mysterious child with the power to change a family’s history in a country on the verge of revolution.

• I Thought You Said This Would Work

  a Novel

  Garvin, Ann Wertz,

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  A road trip can drive anyone over the edge--especially two former best friends--in bestselling author Ann Garvin's funny and poignant novel about broken bonds, messy histories, and the power of forgiveness.

• The Bride Test

  Hoang, Helen,

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  A romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart.

• Rules for Visiting

  Kane, Jessica Francis, 1971-

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  A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on an odyssey to reconnect with four old friends over the course of a year.

• Wahala

  a Novel

  May, Nikki,

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  An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group—the most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.

• The People We Keep

  Larkin, Allie,

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  Music and the generosity of strangers provide healing. In 1994, 16-year-old April performs her songs at open mic nights around her small hometown in Upstate New York. Then, after her disapproving father destroys her guitar, she strikes out on her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So Lucky

  A Novel

  Griffith, Nicola

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  This affecting autobiographical novel from Griffith recounts a proud and independent woman’s struggle to lead a meaningful life despite a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. The end product is a plausible warts-and-all portrayal of a person unwilling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Serena Singh Flips the Script

  Lalli, Sonya,

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  Serena Singh is tired of everyone telling her what she should want—and she is ready to prove to her mother, her sister, and the aunties in her community that a woman does not need domestic bliss to have a happy life.