Women’s Fiction

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“a fun immersion into the lives of a loving, well-meaning, smart, and interesting set of people who readers will want to root for.”

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In her debut novel, Blue Light Hours, Bruna Dantas Lobato, a translator whose short stories have been widely published in notable publications, tells the story of a young, relatively poor

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“Even if you don’t happen to love opera, it’s possible to appreciate how the medium works to create a visceral, moving experience.

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“a beautiful blend of reality and the paranormal, a fresh way of looking at life and a guide to moving beyond guilt and sorrow into a world where hope and light are possible.”

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“In those years, the hardest of my childhood, Echo felt like a kindred spirit. I memorized her lines in slugger 8. I practiced her stance on the field in the mirror.

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“For heaven’s sake, what kind of a nitwit parks in a marked space that doesn’t belong to them?” Charlotte fumes as she spies a car in Patricia Walker’s private parking slot.

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The Instrumentalist is a marvel, a story rich in texture and detail.”

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“Fraught with anger and dissatisfaction, yet clinging to hope, Liars starts out as a choppy, annoying read but gradually becomes morosely fascinating.”

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“a rich and important novel with unforgettable characters who spell out a critical message.

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“Sullivan is a strong writer, and each of her separate narratives is interesting in and of itself.”

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“The Thirteenth Husband is an outstanding depiction of Aimee Crocker's complicated real life turned into fiction.”

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“Clairvoyants, seers, myths, legends, rituals, potions and spells, Strange Folk is a phantasmal, down-homey read in a setting where real magic com

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Reading The Singer Sisters, what comes immediately to mind is not the soap-opera-like drama of Fleetwood Mac circa 1977’s Rumours, but the thinly veiled miniseries made of those s

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“‘And the wall became a scream of birth, this birth for it was the birth of the Universe . . .’”

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“a sad story efficiently ­told by the author but one that may have been better had it been more vividly shown.”

“an important book by an important author who understands only too well that heavy topics are most accessible when delivered with a spoonful of sugar.”

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Isabel Dalhousie is a rarity in modern fiction in that she’s a philosopher. Not just a philosophically minded character, as is found across genres, but an actual working philosopher.

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Twelve years after the suicide of 16-year-old Alice, her family gathers for the wedding of her brother Benji and her best friend Morgan.

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It’s hard to publish a sequel to a powerful or popular novel, and even more so in a case like this, where author Joyce Maynard has said that she never intended to return to the complicated family s

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“How far would you go for a friend in need if it meant your life and liberty might come crashing down upon you?”

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“pungent insights into people’s motivations, emotions, and relationships”

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Crow Talk is a many-layered story of grief and healing. Of lessons learned from solitude and nature.”

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As the earth seasons in cycles, so do women, as shown in this humorous and touching novel.

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