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• News of the World

  a Novel

  Jiles, Paulette, 1943-

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  Traveling news reader Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd is offered $50 to bring an orphan girl, who was kidnapped and raised by Kiowa raiders, back to her family in San Antonio. An intriguing read!

• Rules for Visiting

  a Novel

  Kane, Jessica Francis, 1971-

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  If you had a gift of 30 days, what would you do?

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

  Shaffer, Mary Ann

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  A book club as a cover for underground meetings during the German occupation of the Channel Islands? Tell me more.

• The All-girl Filling Station's Last Reunion

  a Novel

  Flagg, Fannie,

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  A novel spanning 1940s America to today, this is family drama at its best.

• Calling Me Home

  Kibler, Julie

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  Dorrie, hairdresser and worried single mom, reluctantly agrees to drive an octogenarian client to a funeral several states away. A poignant and well written story. Have your tissues ready.

• The Samurai's Garden

  Tsukiyama, Gail

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  The 1930s Japanese invasion of China serves as a somber backdrop for this unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis.

• Once Upon a River

  a Novel

  Setterfield, Diane,

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  A wonderfully dark and mysterious read!

• The Summer Before the War

  a Novel

  Simonson, Helen,

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  It is 1914, and Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good family, becomes the first female teacher of Latin at the local school. Can she remain a "woman of good family?"

• East of Eden

  Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

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  Ever wonder what true evil looks like? This is a tale I can read again and again.