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The Other Half of My Soul

The Other Half of My Soul
  • Author(s): Bahia Abrams
  • Location(s): Aleppo, Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Consistently receiving 5-star ratings, The Other Half of My Soul; is a gripping story about an American-born Syrian Jew from Brooklyn and a Syrian-born Shi-ite Muslim from Aleppo. The book raises profound questions about personal choices, commitments, responsibility, and...

The Other Times of Caroline Tangent

The Other Times of Caroline Tangent
  • Author(s): Ivan D Wainewright
  • Location(s): London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Time Slip
  • Era(s): Contemporary

If you could travel back in time to see any concert, who would you go to see? 2021, North London. The home of Caroline and Jon Tangent. But it’s no ordinary suburban life. Jon has invented a time machine...

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
  • Author(s): Kelly Harms
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania...

The Palace at the End of the Sea

The Palace at the End of the Sea
  • Author(s): Simon Tolkien
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), England, Lower East Side
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

A young man comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity—and a cause—at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War in a thrilling, timely, and emotional historical saga. New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world...

The Palace Dressmaker

The Palace Dressmaker
  • Author(s): Jade Beer
  • Location(s): England, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1988 onwards

London, 1988: Meredith has landed her dream job at London’s most prestigious fashion house, creating beautiful gowns adorned with intricate beads and embroidery. But now Meredith is about to create a dress like no other for the most famous...

The Perfect Mother

The Perfect Mother
  • Author(s): Aimee Molloy
  • Location(s): Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

We all want different things. Francie wants to be the perfect mother. Nell wants to escape the past. Collette wants to spend more time with her family. All Winnie wants is to have her baby back. When Nell suggests...

The Personal Librarian

The Personal Librarian
  • Author(s): Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Biography, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from...

The Poet X

The Poet X
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Location(s): Harlem
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE POET X – THE WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL. A stunning New York Times bestseller with a powerful and unforgettable YA voice. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi’s The Children of Blood and Bone, Angie Thomas’s The...

The Princess of 72nd Street

The Princess of 72nd Street
  • Author(s): Elaine Kraf
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

An unforgettable portrait of a smart, sensitive, yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms ‘I don’t need LSD for things to look pretty.’ Ellen is an artist living alone on New York in the...

The Regrets

The Regrets
  • Author(s): Amy Bonnaffons
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons’s dazzling, wildly inventive miracle of a love story about an affair between the living and the dead (NPR) For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her...

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