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Janet Beard

From the internationally bestselling author of The Atomic City Girls, a provocative novel set in eastern Tennessee that “explores the legacies—of passion and violence, music and faith—that haunt one family across the generations” (Jillian Medoff, author of This Could Hurt).Ten-year-old Grace is in search of a subject for her fifth-grade history project when she learns that her four times-great grandfather once stabbed his lover to death. His grisl...

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Janet Beard

"The Atomic City Girls is a fascinating and compelling novel about a little-known piece of WWII history."—Maggie Leffler, international bestselling author of The Secrets of FlightIn the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and The Wives of Los Alamos, comes this riveting historical fiction novel of the everyday people who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II.In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a secret city ...

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Janet Beard

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Xe Sands

In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and The Wives of Los Alamos, comes this riveting novel of the everyday people who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II.“What you see here, what you hear here, what you do here, let it stay here.”In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn’t officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months—a town of trai...

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Janet Beard

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Jennifer Jill Araya, Andi Arndt, Robin Eller, Angel Pean, Candace Thaxton, Megan Tusing, Nancy Wu

From the internationally bestselling author of The Atomic City Girls, a provocative novel set in eastern Tennessee that “explores the legacies—of passion and violence, music and faith—that haunt one family across the generations” (Jillian Medoff, author of This Could Hurt).Ten-year-old Grace is in search of a subject for her fifth-grade history project when she learns that her four times-great grandfather once stabbed his lover to death. His grisl...

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Rawi Hage

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Ali Momen

FINALIST FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONAn explosive new novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of De Niro's Game and Cockroach.It is 1978 in Beirut, Lebanon, partway through that country's Civil War. On a torn-up street overlooking a cemetery in t...

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Hazel Gaynor

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Imogen Church

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.*“*They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.”1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of he...

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Ann Mah

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Saskia Maarleveld

“If you enjoyed my Sarah’s Key and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, then this wonderful book by Ann Mah is for you.” -- Tatiana de RosnaySweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II.To become one o...

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Kitty Zeldis

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Tavia Gilbert

“[An] enthralling portrait of a woman daring to defy convention in the face of rigid social confines…filled with thought-provoking turns that explore timely subjects in a gripping light...its themes linger long after the final page is read.”—USA TodayWith echoes of Rules of Civility and The Boston Girl, a compelling and thought-provoking novel set in postwar New York City, about two women—one Jewish, one a WASP—and the wholly unex...

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Julia Kelly

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Lucy Brownhill

Reminiscent of The Nightingale and Lilac Girls, this moving World War II historical novel follows two women—one uncovering the past, one living through it—in a story of courage, love, and resilience during the London Blitz.It’s easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself in the past than to confront the present, which is why working for a gruff but brilliant antiques dealer is perfect. While clearing out an estate, she pries open an old tin that hol...

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Teresa Messineo

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Kirsten Potter

A powerful and evocative debut novel about two American military nurses during World War II that illuminates the unsung heroism of women who risked their lives in the fight—a riveting saga of friendship, valor, sacrifice, and survival combining the grit and selflessness of Band of Brothers with the emotional resonance of The Nightingale.In war-torn France, Jo McMahon, an Italian-Irish girl from the tenements of Brooklyn, tends to six seriously wounded soldiers in ...

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Stephen McCauley

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George Newbern

**"In McCauley's entertaining audiobook...[Narrator George Newbern's] tone is skillfully timed for subtle humor and thoughtful wisdom. He hits just the right notes as multiple characters face major decisions in their lives." — AudioFile MagazineFrom Stephen McCauley comes a long-anticipated audiobook about love, life, and friendship.**David Hedges’s life is coming apart at the seams. His job helping San Francisco rich kids get into the colleges of their (parents’) ...

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Sally Hepworth

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Barrie Kreinik

**"Perfect for lovers of Desperate Housewives and Big Little Lies, with a dash of Single White Female, this novel will stick with readers for a long time." — Library JournalThe Family Next Door is an audiobook about desperate mothers, secrets among neighbors, and things women keep hidden in a suburban drama from the author of The Mother's Promise.**Small, perfect towns often hold the deepest secrets.From the outs...