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The Other Typist (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Rindell
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780399161469
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Published: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 5/2013
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Rose is a typist in a New York City police precinct during Prohibition. Her life is changed by her obsession with the mysterious, glamorous Odalie - the "other typist". An unreliable narrator, a little Hitchcock, a little Gatsby makes this a fun read.

The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards (Hardcover)

By Kristopher Jansma
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780670026005
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Published: Viking Adult, 3/2013
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This extraordinary first novel tells the story of a young man who wants to become a writer. The story unfolds like a kaleidoscope and each chapter brings another time, place, and point of view. I loved it!

This Close: Stories (Paperback)

By Jessica Francis Kane
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781555976361
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Published: Graywolf Press, 3/2013
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Short stories are all the rage now. I loved these for their simplicity depicting the poignant moments in the lives of people we recognize. Two groups of families are introduced and their familial traumas are explored. These stories are quiet and powerful and beautifully portrayed.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (Hardcover)

By Mohsin Hamid
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487293
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 3/2013
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This is another gem from the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
How someone can tell the life story of an unnamed man in an unnamed Asian country with grace, humor and pathos and do it in the form of a self help book is nothing short of miraculous. I read it in awe and then I wept. Highly recommended.

Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories (Hardcover)

By Karen Russell
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780307957238
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Published: Knopf, 2/2013
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With vivid imagination and a magical use of words Karen Russell tells these stories which have dazzled me. The title story has me caring about an aging couple who happen to be vampires! And I can't stop thinking of the massage therapist in The New Veterans who tries to heal a veteran of his PSTD by manipulating his graphic tattoo. High school bullying takes a very dark turn in The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis. All in all this collection is creepy, brilliant, inventive, strange and quite amazing!

Married Love: And Other Stories (Paperback)

By Tessa Hadley
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780062135643
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Published: Harper Perennial, 11/2012
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This is a lovely collection of stories where ordinary people are doing ordinary things. Yet, Hadley's skillful writing show these contemporary family relationships in fine focus. She does a beautiful job of character description.

The News from Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story (Hardcover)

By Joan Wickersham
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780307958884
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Published: Knopf, 10/2012
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Each story in this glorious collection is called "The News From Spain". More than being simply clever, every one is a love story of sorts ranging from a mother and daughter, wedding love, philandering love, and loving the wrong people at the wrong time. Wickersham's words are exquisite.

The Little Bride (Paperback)

By Anna Solomon
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781594485350
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Published: Riverhead Trade, 9/2011
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Minna Losk is a 16 year old Jewish Russian immigrant who agrees to be a mail order bride and is sent to "Sodokota" to live in a one room house with an older Orthodox man at the turn of the century. Life is not as she expected. This story is based on the little known events of actual Jewish pioneers to the American West.

When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories (Hardcover)

By Molly Ringwald
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780061809460
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Published: It Books, 8/2012
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This novel told in stories weaves an emotional narrative with issues of infertility, infidelity, loves lost, and loving a child unconditionally with the family of Phillip, Greta, and their six year old Charlotte as its heart. Molly Ringwald is not just "pretty in pink"- she can write too!

Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction (Paperback)

By Elissa Schappell
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780743276719
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 7/2012
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These interconnected stories of girls - women, and mothers, and daughters and wives - are poignant and tragic and uplifting. They are all searching for love or a connection, and often are held back by their own shortcomings. From issues of sexuality, to anorexia and fertility, the stories in his collection each portray someone who may seem very familiar.

The Book of Jonas (Paperback)

By Stephen Dau
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780452298972
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Published: Plume, 2/2013
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This is a beautifully written debut novel about a 15 year old boy who has left his village in an unnamed war-torn Middle Eastern country and is brought to America to live with a family in Pennsylvania. Though he is determined to make his life better, he is bewildered by this new country with its wealth and bigotry. In therapy, as he recalls the American soldier who cared for him, he shows how war has not only affected his life, but all those around him.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories (Paperback)

By Nathan Englander
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307949608
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Published: Vintage, 3/2013
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There are not enough words of praise for this brilliant collection of stories revolving around Jewish or Israeli themes. I gasped at some point in each one - from an unexpected event, from the grace and depth of the characters, from the sheer beauty of this writing. Not to be missed!

Rules of Civility (Paperback)

By Amor Towles
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143121169
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Published: Penguin Books, 7/2012
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Manhattan, 1938, is the setting for this wonderfully satisfying tale of the rich -- and the not so rich! Amidst the glitter of New York are some unforgettable characters and a story that dazzles and lingers. We couldn't put it down.

Last Man in Tower (Paperback)

By Aravind Adiga
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780307739834
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Published: Vintage, 9/2012
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This is the story of the residents of Vishram Society's Tower A - an old apartment building in the heart of Mumbai. When a ruthless developer offers money for each of them to leave so he can build a new condo, one of them resists, insisting he maintain his sentimental attachments. The novel moves towards a story of greed and desperation, featuring a great cast of characters, India itself being one of them.

We the Animals (Paperback)

By Justin Torres
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780547844190
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Published: Mariner Books, 9/2012
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Beautiful, brutal, lyrical, disturbing, powerful, heartbreaking - and more. This is the story of three brothers growing up in a mixed-up, crazy household that you will never forget.

Three Stages of Amazement (Paperback)

By Carol Edgarian
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781439198315
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Published: Scribner, 2/2012
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This well-written domestic drama set in Silicon Valley (post-Madoff, early Obama) tells the story of the Rusch-Pepper family dealing with contemporary -- but ageless -- issues of love and money.

You Know When the Men Are Gone (Paperback)

By Siobhan Fallon
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780451234391
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Published: NAL Trade, 1/2012
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These stories of life on an army base while the men are deployed to war are enlightening, frightening, and at times, heartbreaking. From the story of the returned soldier who hides in the basement to see if his wife is having an affair, to the wife who hacks into her husband's email to find some surprising news, these are stories to savor.

The Imperfectionists (Paperback)

By Tom Rachman
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385343671
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 12/2010
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This terrific book is a series of vignettes of the characters who work for an English language newspaper based in Rome. Each chapter focuses on the personal life of one of these staffers - the sad obit writer who is devoted to his young daughter, the corrections editor who feels ignored by those he corrects, the editor-in-chief who has just discovered that her husband is cheating on her, the lonely copy editor who is sure she will be fired any day - though you will bump into them in the other stories as well. These interwoven stories are humorous, poignant and touching. Rachman's writing is glorious. This is a great read!

The Madonnas of Echo Park (Paperback)

By Brando Skyhorse
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781439170847
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Published: Free Press, 3/2011
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The stories that make up this novel are those of Mexican immigrants living in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles. The intersecting lives of these characters - day laborers, restaurant workers, maids, the young chicas who dance to Madonna's "Borderline" video - bump into each other to create important connections. These are stories of struggle and beauty. The writing is lyrical. The author's note alone will blow you away!

The Irresistible Henry House (Paperback)

By Lisa Grunwald
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812973228
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 8/2011
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Believe it or not, starting at Cornell in 1919 there were various university "practice houses" where college students learned homemaking and took turns mothering real babies supplied by local orphanages. Henry House was one of those "practice babies" brought up by multiple "mothers". This is his story and how his unusual upbringing affected his later life, unable to make attachments to any one person. It is fascinating - and irresistible!

The Lotus Eaters (Paperback)

By Tatjana Soli
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780312674441
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 12/2010
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This is the beautiful and riveting story of Helen Adams, an American photojournalist covering the Vietnam War. Starting in Saigon in 1975 where "only the losers of history" remain and looking back over the 12 years she has spent immersing herself in country and establishing love relationships with first, her photographer mentor and finally with his assistant, Helen's is a fascinating story of how a woman views the war.

Little Bee (Paperback)

By Chris Cleave
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781416589648
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 2/2010
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After a violent and brutal attack on a Nigerian beach, the lives of Andrew and Sarah, a suburban London couple, and Little Bee, a Nigerian orphan, are forever intertwined. Mesmerizing and beautifully written.

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall (Paperback)

By Kazuo Ishiguro
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307455789
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Published: Vintage, 9/2010
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These five interlinked stories of musicians from Italy to Spain to Beverly Hills are bittersweet and witty. Ishiguro's beautiful writing reveals the intricacies of relationships.

The House on Fortune Street (Paperback)

By Margot Livesey
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780061451546
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Published: Harper Perennial, 5/2009
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This book tells the stories of 4 Londoners whose lives weave together and intersect in the 4 sections. These sections also reference literary works such as Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens. It is an intriguing and satisfying way of presenting a great character study. It's like a jigsaw puzzle when the characters come together in the end.

The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780060786502
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 7/2005
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The voices of the four daughters in this saga of a missionary's family in the Congo of the 1950's have stayed with me for years. It's one of the few books I would like to reread.

PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 (Paperback)

By Laura Furman
$17.40
ISBN-13: 9780307280350
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Published: Anchor, 5/2009
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Some years are better than others. This is a banner year! With stories ranging from the lives of Chinese prostitutes, the quiet horror resulting from an overprotective mother, to memories of friendship long past and the devastation of war injuries -- this collection soars.

Mathilda Savitch (Paperback)

By Victor Lodato
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780312430030
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Published: Picador, 3/2010
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Mathilda's beautiful older sister has died - pushed in front of a train. While her parents are too preoccupied to deal with the situation, Mathilda is the only one who is openly mourning. A quirky, yet beautiful look at how we define grief.

Too Much Happiness (Paperback)

By Alice Munro
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307390349
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Published: Vintage, 10/2010
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Many of these stories are heartbreaking in scope and some will make you hold your breath. But - no one can write a write a story like Alice Munro.

Let the Great World Spin (Paperback)

By Colum Mccann
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812973990
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 6/2010
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Against the backdrop of the man who walked between the Twin Towers in Manhattan of the 70's are told the stories of people who are walking their own tightropes - and whose stories merge and intersect in miraculous ways. The humanity that is shown in their lives is breathtaking. McCann's writing is poetic and dazzles with it's brilliance. This is my pick for best book of the NEXT decade!

The Attack (Paperback)

By Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307275707
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Published: Anchor, 4/2007
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When an Arab surgeon living in Israel learns of a suicide bombing, the casualties start to appear at his hospital. He then learns the impossible fact that his wife was the suicide bomber. Thus begins a frantic and painful search for the truth and discovering that all was not as it seemed. Thrilling and terrifying!

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Paperback)

By Bill Buford
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781400034475
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Published: Vintage, 6/2007
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If you like food, cooking, restaurants or watching the food channel - this is the book for you! Bill Buford takes a hilarious romp through Italy with Mario Batali (crazy!) in search of pasta and the perfect pig.

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)

By Atul Gawande
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780312421700
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Published: Picador, 1/2002
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If I ever need a surgeon Atul Gawande is the one I want. And if I want a surgeon who is an amazing writer as well – he’s my man! The case studies that he describes are jaw-dropping and fascinating. These are real life medical thrillers. The Case of the Red Leg is especially amazing – she was my daughter’s roommate at the time! When you finish this book, read his latest one, Better.

The Tortilla Curtain (Paperback)

By T.C. Boyle
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780140238280
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Published: Penguin Books, 9/1996
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The clash between the Mexican illegals and wealthy Angelinos is riveting, fascinating and terrifying!

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Paperback)

By David Wroblewski
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061374234
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Published: Ecco, 9/2009
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This is a completely mesmerizing novel! Is it the intimacy of being inside the dogs' minds, the charm of Edgar who, though mute, was more fully developed than most characters in fiction, or the wonderful language that made the story so intoxicating? Those of us who have read this have all loved it. (And we are very happy for the great success David Wroblewski is enjoying as it has been recommended by Oprah).
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