Literary Fiction

Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler

VINEGAR GIRL is a modern day retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew using a scientist's daughter for the protagonist. Our young hero is the object of her father's outrageous plan to marry her off to his assistant to prevent this brilliant immigrant from being deported. Fun ensues

 

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Clock Dance Anne Tyler

CLOCK DANCE is the story of an older woman finding meaning in her life when she flies across the country to attend to a woman and a child she's never met.

 

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Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler

REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD finds Micah, a cautious tech expert in Baltimore and a creature of habit, dealing with a string of sudden surprises that turn his life upside down, like his girlfriend getting an eviction notice and a young man coming to his door and claiming to be his son, and all told with Anne's...

French Braid Anne Tyler

FRENCH BRAID is Anne Tyler at her best - giving readers a warm, wonderful glimpse of family life from the 1950s to the present, with all the heartbreak and hilarity expected - and much not anticipated. A truly fun read from the first page until the last.

 

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Three Days in June Anne Tyler

THREE DAYS IN JUNE is another showcase for Anne Tyler's brilliant humor played out over three days surrounding her daughter's wedding.  In addition to being a pure romp of fun, the complexities of relationships and the power of forgiveness are thrown in as a bonus.

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Good Night, Irene Luis Alberto Urrea

GOOD NIGHT, IRENE is a beautiful, heartfelt novel of women's courage and friendship in extreme adversity. Inspired by his mother's history in World War Two, Luis Alberto Urrea has created a powerful story.

 

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The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese

THE COVENANT OF WATER is the long awaited and most anticipated literary epic by Abraham Verghese, author of the phenomenon Cutting for Stone that spent more than two years on the New York Times best seller list. This dramatic look at three generations suffering a peculiar...

The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese

THE COVENANT OF WATER is the long awaited and most anticipated literary epic by Abraham Verghese, author of the phenomenon Cutting for Stone that spent more than two years on the New York Times best seller list. This dramatic look at three generations suffering a peculiar...

Hang the Moon Jeannette Walls

HANG THE MOON uses elegant prose to create a new favorite literary hero. She is feisty, fearless, terrified and damaged. While atop the world of letters for her past blockbusters The Glass Castle, Half Broke Horses, and The Silver Star, critics are calling this latest her masterpiece.

 

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My Sunshine Away M. O. Walsh

MY SUNSHINE AWAY is a powerful debut novel set in a small Southern town after a young girl is attacked and many residents of the close-knit neighborhood are suspects.

 

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