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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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"For fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry, a novel set at a 1950s Reno "divorce ranch," about the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future "A delicious literary page-turner from a fierce new voice." -Rebecca Makkai Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though,...
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MTV Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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"It's the summer after junior year of college, and Grace is looking forward to going to LA with her boyfriend, Josh. When he unexpectedly dumps her, she's left with a hole in her heart and in her summer schedule. Her (very wealthy) best friend, Tiff, along with their new friend, Camille, a French foreign exchange student, come to the rescue and whisk her away to a beach house in Cancun for a week of RR. Little do Tiff and Camille know, though, that's...
3) Memory piece
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City, their fortunes quickly diverge. Giselle Chin is a performance artist, pushing the boundaries of the form while socializing with...
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"After a series of terrible dates, Marni McGuire, the host of a popular TV cooking show, forms an unbreakable bond with her best friend Ellen as well as a young intern on the show and her pregnant daughter Bella as they navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of life"--
5) One moment
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Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
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"The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn't feel fair that she'll never have the chance to fulfil her dreams. And now, she's still here wherever here is watching the ripple effect of her death on the lives of those she loved the most. Evie cannot contemplate her life without Scarlett, and she certainly cannot forgive Nate, the man she blames for her best friend's death. But Nate keeps popping up when she...
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From the author of The Secret Society of Salzburg comes a powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris and one woman who must face impossible choices to survive... Paris, 1940. German tanks rumble through the streets of Paris, forcing frightened citizens to flee. But not everyone has the luxury to leave. Camille Lacroix, a chambermaid at the world-famous Hôtel Ritz, must stay to support her family back home in Brittany....
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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After killing her husband-a truly terrible man, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group of women who have come together to heal the damage their husbands have done-and to work out a plan to get rid of the bodies and get away with it.
8) Nana: Vol. 3
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Series
Nana volume 3
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The revival of the Black Stones has things looking up for Nana Osaki, but Nana Komatsu, haunted by her personal demons and a rocky relationship, isn't finding life in Tokyo nearly as good.
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Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Her husband's cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn't going to take it anymore. She's moving back north, to the city of her dreams-with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with martinis in hand . . . When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she's shocked and furious . . . at first. By the time her...
10) Nana: Vol. 5
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Nana volume 5
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
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Nana K. is going home--for an awesome TrapNest concert! She drags Nana O. along, convinced that somehow Ren will sense his ex-flame in the audience. But life is never that easy, and Nana O. isn't sure if she even wants Ren back. As for Nana K., is she prepared for TrapNest to come down off the stage and into her life, or will her fan-girl attitude land her in a heap of trouble?
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"In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club--devoted entirely to romance novels--and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be."--
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays--Maryam to her sister's impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family for the first time--neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they'll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam's life, Saif, wasn't sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops....
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BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
2024.
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Besties Susan, Esther, and Daisy are the big women on campus as they start their final year at Sheffield University. Between excelling academically and personally, it seems like they've finally got the hang of the student life. Daisy works as a resident mentor to the new crop of first years, while Susan and McGraw work on being real adults with real adult neighbors, and Esther is working on repairing her friendship with Ed Gemmel after a drunken mishap...
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Octopus pie volume 4
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
In the fourth installment of Octopus Pie, dreams and harsh reality are beginning to blur. In print for the first time, this volume follows our Brooklynite heroes as they descend into the throes of heartbreak.
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Octopus pie volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Follow the adventures of two Brooklynites--Eve, a nerdy acerbic twentysomething, and her room-mate Hanna, a long-lost friend who's blossomed into happy-go-lucky stoner. Crazed childhood rivals, art world hipsters, Eve's meddlesome mom, and romances past and present crowd their odd yet ordinary lives"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Octopus pie volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The Brooklyn stories of love, madness, nostalgia, and displeasing music continue in this second collection. Eve and Hanna have each other's back as they navigate the emotional pitfalls of twenty-something life."--Cover, p. [4]
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Series
Octopus pie volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The chaotic magic of Brooklyn continues to complicate Eve and her friends' lives. But while they explore new realms of adulthood--and evaluate their own happiness--the stakes are beginning to rise."--Cover, p. [4]
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Octopus pie volume 5
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
As they watch the days of their youth roll by, Brooklynites Eve, Hanna and friends must confront the truth about themselves --whether they're ready to or not. The award-winning webcomic series comes to a close in this final laugh-filled, heart-rending installment.
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"In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and na©Ưve would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and...
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