Coming of Age

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A new novel by Julian Barnes is exciting.

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Jefferson James raised his daughter Jillian when her mother took off after her birth. Throughout Jillian's life, she learned nothing about her mom, and her dad was close-mouthed about his past.

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“an amazing historical novel, revealing the horrors of WWI through the letters exchanged by Tom and Evie.”

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Fiona Mozley's lushly written, yet perfectly understated debut novel, Elmet, opens with a young boy on the run.

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“Continuity for parents, pleasure for kids, totally satisfies . . .”

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“For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian is a hidden gem in European literature, shining a light on what happened in Romania between the wars.”

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The Burning Girl by Claire Messud relates the story of a close childhood friendship between Julia and Cassie that collapses by middle school as the girls grow apart and Cassie becomes trou

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Cole is a high school boy, which means Cole thinks about sex—a lot.

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After two novels in French Camille Bordas’ first novel in English is a bittersweet gem with wise, witty, and charming appeal.

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". . . the perfect summer read."

Mrs. Fletcher enjoys getting off with the help of online porn. It’s a revelation—especially to her!

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“an adventure with family, love, and destiny at its core, and an authentic and unique triumph of skill and imagination.”

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“an enjoyable feast of nostalgia coupled with the poignant joi de vivre of the teenaged male.”

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When Pete Townsend coined the phrase “teenage wasteland” to describe suburban adolescent life he was probably not referring to such wastelands in an actual geographic desert, but that is what the s

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“Buchanan writes with a sharp and original artist’s eye of her own.”

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It is 1969 and 16-year-old Lucy Gold has never been a motivated student.

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Back in March 2010, when Teddy Wayne took the podium at McNally Jackson bookstore to read from his debut novel Kapitoil, someone in the crowd leaned over and whispered, “He’s so smart—he w

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Age of Consent is a strong novel about a troubling subject.”

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From the margins of society arise a unique cast of characters who take turns narrating the tale in The Sunlight Pilgrims.

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Being a first-generation American college student is hard enough, but when you throw an international immigration battle right in the middle of your neighborhood, life can get absolutely chaotic.

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“Alison McLennan does a nice job of bringing the reader into her chosen era. With seasoning, she could become a force in historical fiction.”

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ANGST and DISPAIR, in all capitals, are clearly the driving forces behind Robin Wasserman’s latest novel, Girls on Fire.

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The publicity copy for Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories explains it all:

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“will easily be remembered as one of the most unique and unforgettable werewolf tales ever written.”

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Gunnar Bishop assumes guardianship of his five-year-old niece RubyLyn after her parents die. Now, in 1969, RubyLyn ("Roo") is 15 and works in her uncle's tobacco field in Nameless, Kentucky.

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“Travis Mulhauser hits it out of the park in his first novel. . . . overwhelming triumph . . .”

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