Women’s Fiction

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Once again we are invited to the quaint, fictitious seacoast town of Marshbury, Massachusetts, and into the lives of the Irish close-knit Hurilhy family.

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Fans of Mr. Harufs earlier novels . . .

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“a rollicking young adult novel loaded with action! adventure! romance! danger! while turning both genre and social conventions upside down.”

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“a heartwarming tale . . .”

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“compelling and masterful”

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“many readers who reach for this latest offering are likely to be disappointed.”

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In this enticing historical novel about the French designer Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf meets Maria Duenas’s heroine in the well-received and compelling 2014 novel, The Time In Between.

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“Living . . . is not made up of details, but rather of highlights.”

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“silly people and situations, ending in improbable hearts and flowers. Unfortunate, indeed.”

“There is power in beauty. That’s the tragedy of it.”

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“astoundingly direct, thrilling, and well-written. If there’s any justice in the publishing world, this should be an award contender.”

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“In Girl Before a Mirror, Liza Palmer has taken a lovely look at post-feminist womanhood in which the desire to be accepted for who and what one might be is not a given.”

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van Praag cracks the code that deciphers magical fate when it comes to couture and the complexities of love.”

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Funny and heartwarming, Fetch You Later reflects Cook’s ability to inject comedy into everyday circumstances, supplying a remarkable and compelling read.”

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Quinn definitely proves that she can hold her own, leaving no question that she has a distinct aim and voice.”

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“The rest of the characters rarely rise beyond caricatures—they are sketched so briefly and incompletely that they become virtual non-entities.”

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“The closeness of this large Irish Catholic Massachusetts family highlights all the laughter—along with the frustration—that goes with loving, close family bonds.

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“Ms. Fielding’s observations of this early stage of middle age are perceptive and accurate.”

Bridget has finally grown up. Or has she?

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In these difficult economic times it’s often hard to find suitable employment, so imagine 50-something Kristen Stevens’ anxiety after losing her administrative position at a prominent California un

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“. . . a good balance between literary and entertainment fiction.”

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“. . . sometimes poignant, often funny, and generally believable.”

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The choice of whether to live in the present or the past is a difficult one for many people, but not Corrie, the protagonist of Sherri Wood Emmons’ newest book, The Weight of Small Things.

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