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• Camp Damascus

  Tingle, Chuck,

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  Camp Damascus, the world's "most effective" gay conversion camp run by an incredibly strict Christian church, Kingdom of the Pine, is nestled in the small and deeply religious town of Neverton, Nevada. As a devout follower of the Kingdom of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crook Manifesto

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  Ray Carney has put an end to his crooked ways - or so he thought. After a successful enterprise selling stolen goods he now sees himself as an upstanding businessman and property owner in Harlem. But when his daughter needs tickets to see the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Transition

  a Novel

  Fuller Googins, Nick,

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  It has been nearly two decades since the world accomplished net zero carbon emissions. After suffering the worst of The Crisis (floods, fire, famine), a people's revolution brought the world back from the brink of total collapse. Now a generation of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

  A Novel

  Moore, Lorrie

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  Moore's latest is a humor-infused meditation on grief and loss which intertwines two timelines, one consisting of Civil War era letters written by a Southern innkeeper to her sister. The other follows the hapless Finn, a high school history teacher…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Living Remedy

  a Memoir

  Chung, Nicole,

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  In the second memoir from Nicole Chung - after All You Can Ever Know, which explored her search for her birth parents - the author here explores her relationship with her adoptive parents. In admirably clear, unpretentious prose, Chung's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Looking Glass Sound

  Ward, Catriona

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  At first glance, Looking Glass Sound is a typical coming-of-age story set in the 1980s, along the Maine coastline. Wilder, a lonely adolescent, is staying at Whistler Bay with his parents for the summer. He soon becomes friends with Nathaniel and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Militia House

  a Novel

  Milas, John,

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  Set in 2010 Afghanistan, The Militia House follows a group of American and British marines as they adjust to daily life in Kajaki. The isolation and loneliness of being stationed overseas is captured through mundane interactions between marines and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mister Magic

  White, Kiersten,

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  An old kids' TV show called Mister Magic ended suddenly after a mysterious accident on set. Thirty years later, the former child stars agree to reunite for a podcast, but there's something sinister about the house where the show was filmed and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Quiet Tenant

  Michallon, Clémence,

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  This deftly crafted look at a serial killer hiding in plain sight is told from the intimate point of view of the people closest in his life. Aiden Thomas, widower and single dad, is a model citizen by all appearances. No one knows the truth except…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rachel Incident

  A Novel

  O'Donoghue, Caroline

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  Looking back on life in her early 20s in Cork, Ireland, Rachel recounts her relationship with her bookstore coworker and best friend James, who insists, at first, that he isn't gay. When Rachel develops a crush on her professor, Dr. Fred Byrne,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rooster House

  My Ukrainian Family Story, a Memoir

  Belim, Victoria,

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  Writer and blogger Victoria Belim, born in Ukraine to a Russian father and Ukrainian mother, grew up during the end of the Soviet era before moving to the US as a teenager. When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, she decided to go back to Ukraine to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silver Nitrate

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  Montserrat and Tristan, her best friend since childhood and a former telenovela heartthrob with a sordid past, are both down on their luck. Struggling to make it as a sound editor, Montserrat has been seeing her work hours cut due to the old boys'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thornhedge

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  Deep in the forest, surrounded by thorn bushes, there is a hidden tower with a strange creature inside. Toadling has been alone for a very long time. She has watched from afar for hundreds of years as humanity has changed, roads have been built,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tom Lake

  A Novel

  Patchett, Ann,

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  It's the spring of 2020 and Lara and Joe's three grown daughters have come to stay with them on the family's idyllic but struggling farm. (You can easily guess why.) With none of their usual seasonal labor available to hire, it's up to every member…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vampires of El Norte [Release Date Aug. 15, 2023]

  Cañas, Isabel,

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  Nena and Nestor are child sweethearts, but Nena is the ranch owner's daughter and Nestor is just a common vaquero. Connected by an intense bond of love they are already planning how they can bridge the social divide that separates their stations.…Read moreRead more of this annotation