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1) Lovely War
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Historical [High School Readers]
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Description
The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: "Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?" but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music revealing that War is no match for the...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Three extraordinary people use their unusual powers to protect the fledgling state of Liberia.
In the West African village of Lai, red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch. Bitten by a viper and left for dead, she nevertheless survives. On a plantation in Virginia, June Dey hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. An in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Norman Aragon,...
Author
Publisher
Oceano
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
"Dos hombres despiertan en celdas contiguas de un sorprendente burdel. Uno viste como astronauta, el otro ha decidido aclarar un siniestro recuerdo infantil que involucra a la legendaria señora Isabel, quien resuleve a golpe de magia cada problema de ese lugar. Pero ¿cómo resolver un misterio dentro de un edificio en el que se oyen voces que salen de las paredes, la gente entra a otra dimensión mientras va caminando, y cada bella mujer que aparece...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home"--
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5) Gold diggers
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Language
English
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"An Indian-American serio-comic and magical realist epic love story about the perils of ambition, tracing the mysterious alchemy of its characters' transformation from high school in an Atlanta suburb through young adulthood in the Bay Area"--Provided by publisher.
A brilliant Indian-American magical realist coming of age story and the debut of a major talent Spanning two continents, two coasts, and four epochs, Gold Diggers expertly balances social...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Melissa Broder's astounding new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California desert to escape a cloud of sorrow-both for her father in the ICU and a disabled husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, two children and thirteen and a half years later, things have gone badly wrong and her life is far from perfect. One night, fed up, she sneaks out of the palace to get help from the Witch who, for a price, offers love potions to disgruntled housewives. But as the old hag flings the last ingredients into the cauldron,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the...
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