Olga dies dreaming : a novel

By Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-, author | 2022

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It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own... until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets... Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.

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By Yanagihara, Hanya, author | 2022

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Wish you were here : a novel

By Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author | 2021

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By Van Pelt, Shelby, author | 2022

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Honor : a novel

By Umrigar, Thrity N., author. | 2022

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True biz : a novel

By Nović, Sara, 1987- author | 2022

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Other birds

By Allen, Sarah Addison, author | 2022

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Cleopatra and Frankenstein : a novel

By Mellors, Coco, author | 2022

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Mad honey : a novel

By Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author | 2022

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Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can't help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . . Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn't acknowledge the flashes of his father's temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he's hidden more than he's shared with her.

This time tomorrow

By Straub, Emma author | 2022

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Nightcrawling

By Mottley, Leila, 2002- author | 2022

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How not to drown in a glass of water

By Cruz, Angie, author | 2022

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Demon Copperhead : a novel

By Kingsolver, Barbara, author | 2022

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Now is not the time to panic : a novel

By Wilson, Kevin, 1978- author | 2022

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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow : a novel

By Zevin, Gabrielle, author | 2022

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Lucy by the sea : a novel

By Strout, Elizabeth, author | 2022

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Demon Copperhead : a novel

By Kingsolver, Barbara, author | 2022

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Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration.

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Olga dies dreaming : a novel

By Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-, author | 2022

To paradise

By Yanagihara, Hanya, author | 2022

Wish you were here : a novel

By Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author | 2021

Remarkably bright creatures : a novel

By Van Pelt, Shelby, author | 2022

Honor : a novel

By Umrigar, Thrity N., author. | 2022

True biz : a novel

By Nović, Sara, 1987- author | 2022

Other birds

By Allen, Sarah Addison, author | 2022

Cleopatra and Frankenstein : a novel

By Mellors, Coco, author | 2022

Mad honey : a novel

By Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author | 2022

This time tomorrow

By Straub, Emma author | 2022

Nightcrawling

By Mottley, Leila, 2002- author | 2022

How not to drown in a glass of water

By Cruz, Angie, author | 2022

Demon Copperhead : a novel

By Kingsolver, Barbara, author | 2022

Now is not the time to panic : a novel

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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow : a novel

By Zevin, Gabrielle, author | 2022

Lucy by the sea : a novel

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Demon Copperhead : a novel

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