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• Cursed Bread

  a Novel

  Mackintosh, Sophie,

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  Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory’s hall of mirrors, and an erotic fable of transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dial A for Aunties

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue!

• Capote's Women

  a True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for An Era

  Leamer, Laurence,

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  Author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published final novel "Answered Prayers" the dark secrets, tragic glamour, and Capote's ultimate betrayal of the group of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mercies

  Hargrave, Kiran Millwood, 1990-

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  After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft.

• Hurricane Season

  Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-

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  The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder

  a Countess of Harleigh Mystery

  Freeman, Dianne, 1958-

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  The adventurous Countess Harleigh finds out just how far some will go to safeguard a secret in Dianne Freeman’s latest witty and delightful historical mystery.

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins,

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  Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• According to a Source

  Stern, Abby,

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  Ella Warren loves her job working as an undercover reporter for the celebrity-news magazine The Life. Her evenings are spent using her alias to discreetly attend red-carpet events, nightclubs, and Hollywood hot spots like the fabulous Chateau…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rumor

  Hilderbrand, Elin

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  Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriages, their beautiful kids, their Sunday night double dates with their devoted husbands. But this summer, something's changed, and if there's anything…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mothers

  Bennett, Brit,

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  Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret.

• A Front Page Affair

  a Kitty Weeks Mystery

  Vatsal, Radha, 1972-

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  Determined to prove her worth as a journalist, Kitty finds herself plunged into the midst of a wartime conspiracy that threatens to derail the United States' attempt to remain neutral―and to disrupt the privileged life she has always known.

• Big Little Lies

  Moriarty, Liane

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  "Big Little Lies" is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  Smith, Betty, 1896-1972

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  The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Mutual Friend

  Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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  A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash.

• Gossip From Thrush Green

  Read, Miss

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  Rumor has it that Mr. Venables is considering retirement just as the village's teacher is about to make an important decision. Molly Curdle prepares for a new baby. The kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, works on his sermon -- quite unaware of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation