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Tag: Fiction
THE HENNA ARTIST~ALKA JOSHI
"Success was ephemeral—and fluid—as I’d found out the hard way. It came. It went. It changed you from the outside, but not from the inside. Inside, I was still the same girl who dreamed of a destiny greater than she was allowed.”
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ~ ALICE FEENEY
"Marriage is either a winning lottery or a straitjacket."
INTO THE LAKE ~ L.K. CHAPMAN
When Natalie reluctantly agrees to attend a school reunion, she hits it off with former classmate Josh—a boy she barely spoke to while they were at school together—and finds herself swept up in a whirlwind romance with him. Then she receives a message: you can do better than marrying a murderer.
SHANGHAI GIRLS ~ LISA SEE
"You are a Dragon, and of all the signs only a Dragon can tame the fates. Only a Dragon can wear the horns of destiny, duty, and power."
LADY IN THE LAKE ~ LAURA LIPPMAN
In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life.
ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES ~ CHARLOTTE MCCONAGHY
"My father used to say the world turned wrong when we started separating ourselves from the wild, when we stopped being one with the rest of nature, and sat apart. He said we might survive this mistake if we found a way to rewild ourselves."
GIRL ONE ~ SARA FLANNERY MURPHY
Josephine Morrow is Girl One, the first of nine “Miracle Babies” conceived without male DNA, raised on an experimental commune known as the Homestead.
WENDY, DARLING ~ A.C. WISE
“I’ll show you a secret. A really good one. One I’ve never shown anyone before.”
The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs~ Celine Loup
“Emma is excited to start a family in her new home, but after her child's birth she finds her world turning upside-down. The infant cries like it’s scared of something, or someone, and Emma’s sleepless nights quickly drive a wedge between her and her husband, who seems uncharacteristically detached. When Emma begins to see strange … Continue reading The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs~ Celine Loup