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Every year, Paige and her family have spent the summer at the Covingtons' vacation house on Shadow River. After all, Audrey Covington is her best friend. Or rather, she was. Last summer, everything changed after Audrey went missing. At the time, the Shadow River locals wondered about a connection to Madison Blake, another girl who'd disappeared, except the two girls came from completely different worlds. One summer later, Audrey's case has gone cold....
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Publisher Annotation: Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothic. Beautifully unhinged and deeply satisfying, Diavola is a sharp twist on the classic haunted house story, exploring loneliness, belonging, and the seemingly inescapable bonds of family mythology. 304pp., 75K.
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"After a lifetime of kindly taking care of his irresistible but impossible sister and her wonderful daughter, Tom is finally ready to put himself first. Naturally, that's when his phone rings. His niece, Cecily--the real love of Tom's life, as his boyfriend reminded him when moving out--is embroiled in a Title IX investigation at the college where she teaches that threatens her career and relationship. And after decades of lying, his sister wants...
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Esther's family has always believed they were descended from a great, though scandalously underappreciated Impressionist-era artist. But when questions arise about her ancestor's greatest work-The Lady with the Dark Hair-her once-solid family history rests on shaky ground as a search for the truth begins"--
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Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Gifts: When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
Voices: Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.
Powers: When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from...
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Vergara
Pub. Date
2023.
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Primera edición: abril, 2023.
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Español
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Emilia, Yaya, Esther, Raquel y Camila son parte de un linaje marcado por los Placeres ocultos, por la represión sexual y por el señalamiento público. Cinco mujeres de carácter indomable que pertenecen a una misma familia, quienes en distintas épocas y circunstancias mantienen lealtades invisibles al clan, hasta que una de ellas decide enfrentar los condicionamientos heredados y romper con el karma familiar, creando así, un destino diferente...
10) Before, now
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Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Ava's world is full of opposites: colorful sneakers on a gray sidewalk, thick books made up of thin sheets of paper, and dreams of huge spaces in her small head. Together, these opposites depict a full and impactful life, as Ava moves from girl to student to scientist, from daughter to mother to grandmother. While years pass and some things change, there is even more that is constant in this visually rich, soothing portrait of family connection through...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia's presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back...
12) Praiseworthy
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New Directions paperbook volume 1585
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In a small town in the north of Australia, a mysterious cloud heralds both an ecological catastrophe and a gathering of the ancestors. A crazed visionary looks to donkeys to solve the global climate crisis and the economic dependency of the Aboriginal people. His wife, seeking solace from his madness, follows the dance of butterflies and scours the internet to find out how her Aboriginal/Chinese family could be repatriated to China. One of their...
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The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Zhenia is adrift in Los Angeles, pregnant with a baby her husband doesn't want, while her Russian grandmother and favorite person in the world is dying on the opposite coast. She's deeply disconnected from herself and her desires when she gets a strange call from Paul, a psychic medium who usually specializes in channeling dead pets, with a message from the other side. Zhenia's great-grandmother Irina, a Russian Revolutionary, has approached him...
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Primera edición.
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Español
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Hoy es el cumpleaños de Corina y está emocionada porque lucir la corona más grande con las flores más hermosas recogidas del jardín de su abuela. Cada flor cuenta una historia especial sobre quién es Corina y el arraigo que tiene a su familia y su herencia.
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Little, Brown Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Welcoming a baby transforms life in many ways, including the wondrous opportunity to see the world through a child's eyes. In Ooo Baby, Baby! the precious baby bunny marvels at the changing seasons, happily watches the clouds, and plays with everyday objects in unexpected ways—all while the adoring big bunny looks on with delight." --Amazon.
16) The limits
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters-a fifteen year old girl toggling between her mother, a marine biologist studying coral reefs on an island off the coast of Tahiti, and her father, a surgeon in Manhattan-who undergo massive transformation over the course of a single year"--
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views, well-tended lawns, serene pools, and now the new home of the Shah family. For the Shah parents, who came to America twenty years earlier with little more than an education and their new marriage, this move represents the culmination of years of hard work and dreaming. For their children, born and raised in America, success is not so simple. For the most part, these differences among the five...
18) Ahoy!
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Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
Encouraging imaginative play and family fun, a young child convinces their parents to embark on a high-seas adventure — in their living room — with the help of a vacuum, broom and carpet!
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Publisher
Vingtage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
El día del cumpleaños de su hija, Beatriz reúne en el precioso jardín de su casa a sus amigos y familiares más cercanos. Sin embargo, llega el momento de soplar las velas y todavía falta Marco, el marido de Beatriz y el padre de la niña. Poco después lo encuentran muerto, con una pistola en la mano y un tiro en la cabeza… En esta trepidante historia varias familias intentan desesperadamente mantener una imagen de perfecta bondad. Pero cuando...
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their place in its shadow . . . and within their own family. In 1942, young mother Sylvia is desperate to escape her stifling marriage, especially when it means co-running Zelner's general...
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