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In the tradition of Jane Smiley and Sue Miller comes this wise and gratifying novel about a woman who gracefully accepts a surprising new role in life just when she thinks her best years are behind her.
Winner of the ALA Reading List Award for Women’s Fiction
“Truly engrossing … An excellent book club selection.” — Library Journal
“A tender and wise story of what happens when love lasts.” — Katharine Weber, author of Triangle
“Inspiring … Grabs the reader by the heart.” — The New Orleans Times-Picayune
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The Ghost at the Table, a novel by Suzanne Berne
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When Frances arranges to host Thanksgiving at her idyllic New England farmhouse, she envisions a happy family reunion, one that will include her estranged sister, Cynthia. But as Thanksgiving Day arrives, the tension between Frances and Cynthia mounts, as each struggles with a different version of the mysterious circumstances surrounding their mother’s death twenty-five years earlier.
“Wholly engaging, the perfect spark for launching a rich conversation around your own table.” — The Washington Post Book World
“A crash course in sibling rivalry.” — O: The Oprah Magazine
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Between Here and April, a novel by Deborah Copaken Kogan
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When a deep-rooted memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy.
“The perfect book club book.” — The Washington Post Book World
“[A] haunting page-turner … [A] compelling look at what it means to be a mother and a wife.” — Working Mother
“Extraordinary … This is a story that needs to be told.”
—Elle, #1 Reader’s Pick
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Saving the World, a novel by Julia Alvarez
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While Alma Huebner is researching a new novel, she discovers the true story of Isabel Sendales y Gómez, who embarked on a courageous sea voyage to rescue the New World from smallpox. The author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies captures the worlds of two women living two centuries apart but with surprisingly parallel fates.
“Fresh and unusual and thought-provokingly sensitive.” — The Boston Globe
“Engrossing, expertly paced.” — People
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Coal Black Horse, a novel by Robert Olmstead
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When Robey Childs’s mother has a premonition about her husband fighting in the Civil War, she sends her only son to find him and bring him home. At fourteen, Robey thinks he’s off on a great adventure. But it takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey in his life.
“A remarkable creation.” — Chicago Tribune
“Exciting … A grueling adventure.” — The New York Times Book Review
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Responsible Men, a novel by Edward Schwarzschild
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When a divorced man from a family of mostly upstanding salesmen decides to change his less-than-honorable ways, things do not go exactly as planned in this story about three generations of men struggling to be good sons and good fathers in a world of big dreams and bigger temptations.
“Marvelous … It’s impossible to avoid falling for Max.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“A compassionately and deftly told story.” — William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Irowneed and Roscoe
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An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England, a novel by Brock Clarke
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The past catches up with Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, when after spending ten years in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson’s house, the homes of other famous new England writers go up in smoke. To prove his innocence, he sets out to uncover the identity of this literary-minded arsonist.
“Funny, profound … A seductive book with a payoff on every page.” — People
“Wildly, unpredictably funny … As cheerfully oddball as its title.” — The New York Times
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
PART I
Rachel
Jamie
Laronne
Rachel
Jamie
Laronne
Rachel
Brick
Rachel
Roger
Rachel
Brick
Roger
Rachel
Laronne
Nella
Rachel
Nella
Rachel
Nella
Brick
Laronne
Brick
Rachel
Laronne
Nella
Rachel
PART II
Rachel
Rachel
Brick
Rachel
Brick
Nella
Rachel
Rachel
Laronne
Nella
Rachel
Nella
Brick
Rachel
Brick
Rachel
Rachel
Rachel
Acknowledgments
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