Fiction

Tom Lake Ann Patchett

TOM LAKE is the spellbinding story of a mother dealing with her three daughters who have an unyielding interest in learning of her life before she became their mother - before she married. Is there a huge secret they must solve concerning a past affair with a big-time Hollywood star?

 

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Mrs. Fletcher Tom Perrotta

MRS. FLETCHER is a divorced mother who begins to dabble in erotic sex and pornography when her only child goes away to college. This new phase of her life is a far cry from her normal days as director of a senior center. The consequences of this departure soon come home to roost.

 

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Come In and Cover Me Gin Phillips

COME IN AND COVER ME finds an archaeologist about to make the most important discovery of her career, but is struggling with the possibility that she's being visited by the ghost of her long dead brother.

 

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Fierce Kingdom Gin Phillips

FIERCE KINGDOM is a heart-stopping page-turner that questions the boundary between our instinct to survive and the unspoken duty to protect another life. What should a mother do? What would you do?

 

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Family Law Gin Phillips

FAMILY LAW examines the obstacles women face in the workplace and all facets of life. The story is told with clever humor and poigency and truth. This page-turner is a must read for all genders, though most likely most appreciated by women.
 

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A Free State Tom Piazza

A FREE STATE is set prior to the Civil War and follows the adventures of a fugitive slave who fools the white citizens of Philadelphia as he entertains, pretending to be a white musician in blackface. 

 

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By Any Other Name Jodi Picoult

BY ANY OTHER NAME follows the lives of two women who lived centuries apart, one of whom may possibly be the real author of Shakespeare's plays.

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Gonzo Girl Cheryl Della Pietra

GONZO GIRL is fiction, but is really the thinly disguised experiences of Hunter S. Thompson's live-n assistant. While raucous and bizarre, this is a moving and insightful coming-of-age story.  This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last...

Fives and Twenty-Fives Michael Pitre

FIVES AND TWENTY-FIVES lays bare the corrosive psychological effects and the dark humor of modern warfare. Critics have called this the best novel to come out of the Iraq conflict.

 

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Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 Francine Prose

LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 captures the "City of Light" at its height - in the Roaring Twenties. Some of literature's most interesting characters congregate at the Chameleon Club - including a cross-dressing lesbian athlete, a young photographer and a socialite art patron. Each voice is spoken with...