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Weekend Reading -Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee Everything Here Is Beautiful
by Mira T. Lee

Two Chinese-American sisters-Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister's protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When ...More
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Weekend Reading -The Girls in the Picture
by Melanie Benjamin The Girls in the Picture
by Melanie Benjamin

It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word ...More
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Weekend Reading -Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro Fire Sermon
by Jamie Quatro

Married twenty years to Thomas and living in Nashville with their two children, Maggie is drawn ineluctably into a passionate affair while still fiercely committed to her husband and family. What begins as a platonic...More
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Weekend Reading -Anatomy of a Scandal
by Sarah Vaughan Anatomy of a Scandal
by Sarah Vaughan

You want to believe your husband. She wants to destroy him. "The courtroom yields high drama, but Vaughan also dives deep into the characters' backstories-especially the entitled lives of powerful men ...More
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Weekend Reading -A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life follows four college classmates-broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition-as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction ...More
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Weekend Reading -Sweet Tea and Sympathy
by Molly Harper Sweet Tea and Sympathy
by Molly Harper

Beloved author Molly Harper launches a brand-new contemporary romance series, Southern Eclectic, with this story of a big-city party planner who finds true love in a small Georgia town. ...More
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Weekend Reading -A Column Of Fire by Ken Follett A Column Of Fire
by Ken Follett

In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing ...More
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Weekend Reading -The Life She Was Given
by Ellen Marie Wiseman The Life She Was Given
by Ellen Marie Wiseman

The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman been named a 2017 Great Group Reads selection by the Women's National Book Association and the National Reading Group Month Committee! ...More
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Weekend Reading -We Are Not Ourselves
by Matthew Thomas We Are Not Ourselves
by Matthew Thomas

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014 * Washington Post Top 50 Fiction List for 2014 * Entertainment Weekly Ten Best Fiction Books of 2014 * Esquire 5 Most Important Books of 2014 * Publishers Weekly Best Books ...More
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Weekend Reading -Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan

On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions ...More
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Weekend Reading -Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch

A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. "Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. ...More
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Weekend Reading -Leopard at the Door
by Jennifer McVeigh Leopard at the Door
by Jennifer McVeigh

Set in Kenya in the 1950s against the fading backdrop of the British Empire, a story of self-discovery, betrayal, and an impossible love from the author of The Fever Tree...More
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Weekend Reading -Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley Close Enough to Touch
by Colleen Oakley

Jubilee Jenkins is no ordinary librarian. With a rare allergy to human touch, any skin-to-skin contact could literally kill her. But after retreating into solitude for nearly ten years, Jubilee's decided to brave the world again ...More
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Weekend Reading - The Opposite of Everyone
by Joshilyn Jackson The Opposite of Everyone
by Joshilyn Jackson

A fiercely independent divorce lawyer learns the power of family and connection when she receives a cryptic message from her estranged mother in this bittersweet, witty novel from the nationally bestselling author of ...More
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Weekend Reading -   The Widow of Wall Street
by Randy Susan Meyers The Widow of Wall Street
by Randy Susan Meyers

A provocative new novel by bestselling author Randy Susan Meyers about the seemingly blind love of a wife for her husband as he conquers Wall Street, and her extraordinary, perhaps foolish, loyalty during...More
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Weekend Reading -The Good People by Hannah Kent The Good People
by Hannah Kent

Short-listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. One of Entertainment Weekly's "Must-Read" books for Fall. From the author of Burial Rites, "a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller that takes ...More
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Weekend Reading -   The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

In this entrancing novel "that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all" (Kirkus Reviews), a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, ...More
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Weekend Reading -  The History of Bees
by Maja Lunde The History of Bees
by Maja Lunde

In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship ...More
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Weekend Reading -  The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis

When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952, secretarial school enrollment in hand, Darby McLaughlin is everything her modeling agency hall mates aren't: plain, self-conscious, homesick, and utterly convinced ...More
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Weekend Reading - Lilli de Jong
by Janet Benton  Lilli De Jomg
by Janet Benton

A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame ...More
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Weekend Reading - A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner  A Bridge Across the Ocean
by Susan Meissner

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women-past and present-in the latest novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life.February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the ...More
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Weekend Reading - My Notorious Life by Kate Manning My Notorious Life
by Kate Manning

Inspired by a real midwife who became one of the most controversial figures in Victorian New York City, this "daring page-turner" (O, The Oprah Magazine) is an unforgettable tale-a love story, a family saga, and ...More
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Weekend Reading - Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James Lost Among the Living
by Simone St. James

England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex's wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie ...More
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Weekend Reading - Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda Best Day Ever
by Kaira Rouda

"I glance at my wife as she climbs into the passenger seat, and I am bursting with confidence. Today will be everything I've promised her...and more..." Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising ...More
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Weekend Reading - The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff The Orphan's Tale
by Pam Jenoff

A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival. Sixteen-year-old ...More
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Weekend Reading - The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus The Vengeance of Mothers
by Jim Fergus

The stunning sequel to the award-winning novel One Thousand White Women: A Novel. London, 1939. The day war is declared, Mary North leaves finishing school unfinished, goes straight to the War Office, and signs up. Tom ...More
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Weekend Reading - Everyone Brave is Forgiven By Chris Cleave Everyone Brave is Forgiven
by Chris Cleave

London, 1939. The day war is declared, Mary North leaves finishing school unfinished, goes straight to the War Office, and signs up. Tom Shaw decides to ignore the war-until he learns his roommate Alistair Heath has unexpectedly ...More
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Weekend Reading - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night ...More
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Weekend Reading - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
Young Jane Young
by Gabrielle Zevin

From the author of the international bestseller The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry comes another novel that will have everyone talking. Aviva Grossman, an ambitious congressional intern in Florida, makes the mistake of ...More
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Weekend Reading - The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
The Arrangement
by Sarah Dunn

Named one of the 9 Most Addictive Books of 2017 (So Far) by Kirkus, a Happily Ever After read by USA Today, one of Entertainment Weekly's Best New Books, one of Refinery29's Best Books ...More
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Weekend Reading - A Gentleman In Moscow by Armor Towles
A Gentleman In Moscow
by Armor Towles

He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to.From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility-a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel ...More
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Weekend Reading - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland ...More
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