Tag: contemporary
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Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen
A heartfelt novel about family, resilience, and what it means to start over.
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A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape.
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The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale
Lovely book in women’s fiction, focused on friendship, and set in the South.
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Turning by Joy L. Smith
Synopsis In this raw, searingly honest debut young adult novel, a former aspiring ballerina must confront her past in order to move forward from a devastating fall that leaves her without the use of her legs. Genie used to fouetté across the stage. Now the only thing she’s turning are the wheels to her wheelchair.…