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• Birnam Wood

  Catton, Eleanor, 1985-

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  Catton's literary thriller is as deftly plotted as a 19th-century novel, with an ending as cinematic and propulsive as a Hollywood studio action flick. Mira Bunting, the founder and leader of the collective Birnam Wood, which cultivates plants on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Displacement

  Climate Change and the Next American Migration

  Bittle, Jake,

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  Scientists have warned for decades that climate change will reshape the world and displace whole populations of people. Such warnings can induce anxiety while feeling remote and abstract. This excellent new book from an insightful writer and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A House With Good Bones

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  When Sam returns to her childhood home, she finds it chillingly preserved to look exactly the way it was when her abusive grandmother was alive. As Sam attempts to make changes around the house, she finds her mother's extreme reluctance very out of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Far the Light Reaches

  a Life in Ten Sea Creatures

  Imbler, Sabrina,

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  In this moving blend of memoir and marine field guide, science journalist Imbler writes about ten sea creatures, noting extraordinary characteristics in each that Imbler compares with their own life experiences. The hardy yeti crab, which can thrive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Master Slave Husband Wife

  An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom

  Woo, Ilyon,

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  Woo's biography tells the true story of Ellen and William Crafts, an enslaved couple who fled from Macon, Georgia to Boston by way of steamboat and train. Upon arriving and settling, they became abolitionists who traveled and told the story of how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Father's House

  a Novel

  O'Connor, Joseph, 1963-

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  Set in 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Rome, this absorbing historical fiction portrays a team of men and women running a covert escape line based in Vatican City - although very much without the Vatican's blessing. Inspired by true events and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Share of Night

  a Novel

  Enriquez, Mariana,

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  This gothic, generation-spanning family saga set in Argentina and steeped in Argentinian folklore and religious rites centers around Juan, who fights to keep his son Gaspar from the grim fate planned by his in-laws, members of an aristocratic,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Romantic Comedy

  a Novel

  Sittenfeld, Curtis,

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  Sally Millz is a successful writer on a late-night comedy sketch show. When Noah Brewster is featured as guest host and musical act, the two really hit it off, and Sally helps Noah adapt some ideas for the show. Sally and Noah share a moment at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

  Charles, KJ,

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  In this first of her new Doomsday Books series, KJ Charles introduces us to Gareth, a newly inherited Baronet, and Joss, head of the Doomsday smuggling clan of Romney Marsh. After their short romance in London ends badly, Gareth never expected to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Soulmate

  Hepworth, Sally,

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  Gabe and Pippa are soulmates who have already found their happily ever after and settled down in a little coastal town to raise their family. The only thing to cast a shadow is the cliff located behind their house, a popular spot for suicides known…Read moreRead more of this annotation