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Paraíso
A Novel
2016
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Like a Coen brothers noir south of the border, Paraíso is a genre-bending story about love, sibling relationships, and the dark side of paradise.Peter and Wendy-their mother chose the names-felt as close as twins, despite their difference in age. As teens, they fled their wealthy Philadelphia home in the family station wagon and headed for Mexico, only to be discovered sleeping in the car on the banks of the Mississippi, in Huck Finn country. Now, many yea...
Full Fathom Five
Ocean Warming and a Father's Legacy
2016
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Not since Jacques Cousteau has anyone brought us the sense of the ocean as our home . . . Far more than a science book.” -San Francisco Book ReviewGordon Chaplin’s father was a seemingly happy-go-lucky, charismatic adventurer who married a wealthy heiress and transformed himself into the author of a landmark scientific study, Fishes of the Bahamas. The book was published by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, one of America's most es...
Unabridged
13 hours 1 min
2021
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Most people associate storms and other big weather with death—with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, and time and the nature of our surroundings. Some people go out looking for bad weather or go to places where they’re likely to encounter it. Others have the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, the stories in Storm have more to say than that. They tell us about what happens when people find that treacherous weather—or when it finds them—...
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Such Good Friends
A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill
2023
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**THE CAN'T MISS READ-ALONG FOR FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS!“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” —Shana Abé, New York Times bestselling author of The Second Mrs. Astor“A rollicking ride that’s equal parts gossip, tenderness and emotional truth.” - Janet Somerville, The Toronto StarA must-read for fans of Truman Capote and Jackie Kennedy, this star-studded, evocative novel revels in the glamor, gossip, and ca...
Those People Behind Us
A Novel
2023
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It’s the summer of 2017 in Wellington Beach, California, a suburban coastal town increasingly divided by politics, protests, and escalating housing prices—divisions that change the lives of five neighbors.Each character confronts death, betrayal, financial decline, and loneliness as they search for home and community in a neighborhood where no one can agree who belongs.Real estate agent Lisa Kensington juggles her job, her shopaholic husband, a mother who k...
Such a Pretty Girl
A Captivating Historical Novel
2022
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Perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Jodi Picoult, and Emma Cline, this vividly lyrical, evocative novel from the award-winning author transports readers to the gritty atmosphere of 1970s New York City as the precarious lines between girl and woman, art and obscenity, fetish and fame flicker and ignite for a young girl on the brink of stardom and a mother on the verge of collapse.“A gorgeously written, emotionally resonant novel about mothers and daught...
All the Dark Places
A Riveting Novel of Suspense with a Shocking Twist
2022
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“A moody, atmospheric thriller perfectly crafted.”—Charlie Donlea, USA Today bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.A dark new thriller perfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Shari Lapena where murder exposes the dark secrets at the center of a group of friends and sets two women – one with a traumatic past, the other a Boston police detective – on a hunt for truth.Snow falls softly outside Molly Bradley’s home on a frigi...
The Marriage Box
A Novel
2023
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Featured as a Goodreads Most Popular Book of May 2023 and Top 6 Jewish Books This Year, The Jewish ChronicleCasey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn.In this new and foreign world, families gather w...
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- Fall From Grace
2023
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No one ever thinks the unthinkable will happen.When Grace Hughes’s family was murdered outside their suburban home the police told her it was a senseless tragedy. Just another madman with a gun. Happens every day in America. One year later and still overwhelmed by grief, Grace struggles to make sense of her shattered world.Then Grace meets two abandoned children in desperate need of help and she discovers a newfound sense of purpose. But as Grace s...
Buck's Pantry
A Novel
2022
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“Buck’s Pantry is a surprising tale of intrigue and suspense, and a perfect example of how three days and a random encounter can change the course of so many lives. Khristin Wierman’s narrative is charming and disarming all at the same time.”—Laurie Gelman, author of the Class Mom seriesIn a small Texas town, three women—Gillian, a former prom queen and furious juggler of her three children’s manic schedules; Lianna, a foul-mouthed East Coast bankin...
2023
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From a cloistered 1950s Mississippi town founded by freed slaves to the striking diversity of Paris and Rome in the 1960s and 70s, through Wall Street’s glittering Roaring 80s to the present day, this sweeping, unforgettably moving novel from the national bestselling author chronicles one southern Black girl’s remarkable journey through some of history’s most turbulent decades—and the four men who challenge her to fight for happiness.Freedom fighter, brilliant busi...
2022
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In a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former influencer confronts her past—and takes inventory of the damages that underpin the surface-glamour of social media.At 19, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at 35, she works behind the cosmetic counter at the “black and white store,” peddling anti-aging products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She too is seeking rebirth. She’s about to undergo the high-risk, elective surgery Aesthetica...











