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Late Summer

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**Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and named a Best Summer Beach Read by BuzzFeedFrom one of Brazil’s most important living writers, a powerful reflection on the effects of isolation and feelings of inadequacy in our time.**Sick and abandoned by his wife and son, Oséias decides to go back to his hometown after twenty years away. During this time apart, he has heard about his family only ... Read more

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**Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and named a Best Summer Beach Read by BuzzFeedFrom one of Brazil’s most important living writers, a powerful reflection on the effects of isolation and feelings of inadequacy in our time.**Sick and abandoned by his wife and son, Oséias decides to go back to his hometown after twenty years away. During this time apart, he has heard about his family only
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Late Summer

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From one of Brazil’s most important living writers, a powerful reflection on the effects of isolation and feelings of inadequacy in our time.Sick and abandoned by his wife and son, Oséias decides to go back to his hometown after twenty years away. During this time apart, he has heard about his family only through sporadic phone calls from his younger sister, Isabela. The shadow of the suicide of ... Read more

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From one of Brazil’s most important living writers, a powerful reflection on the effects of isolation and feelings of inadequacy in our time.Sick and abandoned by his wife and son, Oséias decides to go back to his hometown after twenty years away. During this time apart, he has heard about his family only through sporadic phone calls from his younger sister, Isabela. The shadow of the suicide of
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There Were Many Horses

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There Were Many Horses is a groundbreaking work of contemporary Brazilian literature now available in English for the first time.It’s May 9, 2000, and São Paulo is teeming with life. As Luiz Ruffato describes the scenes around him on this one typical day, he deciphers every minute and second of a metropolis marked by diversity—a mosaic of people from all over Brazil and the world that defines São ... Read more

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There Were Many Horses is a groundbreaking work of contemporary Brazilian literature now available in English for the first time.It’s May 9, 2000, and São Paulo is teeming with life. As Luiz Ruffato describes the scenes around him on this one typical day, he deciphers every minute and second of a metropolis marked by diversity—a mosaic of people from all over Brazil and the world that defines São
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This Is How You Lose Her

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Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story PrizeChosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more...**"Electrifying." –The New York Times Book Review“Exhibits the potent ble... ... Read more

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Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story PrizeChosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more...**"Electrifying." –The New York Times Book Review“Exhibits the potent ble...
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York TimesPerfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York TimesPerfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

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This beloved debut novel from New York Times bestselling author Julia Alvarez gives voice to four sisters growing up between two cultures when their family is forced to flee the Dominican Republic to New York City due to their father’s involvement in an attempt to overthrow a brutal dictator.The Garcías—Dr. Carlos (Papi), his wife Laura (Mami), and their four daughters, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and ... Read more

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This beloved debut novel from New York Times bestselling author Julia Alvarez gives voice to four sisters growing up between two cultures when their family is forced to flee the Dominican Republic to New York City due to their father’s involvement in an attempt to overthrow a brutal dictator.The Garcías—Dr. Carlos (Papi), his wife Laura (Mami), and their four daughters, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and
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Sunset over the Cherry Orchard

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'Warm, romantic and funny' Katie FfordeJo Thomas's new novel invites you to a special cherry orchard in Spain, where sunshine, romance and family secrets are the order of the day. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Carole Matthews, Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard is a heartwarming, hilarious tale that is 'like the best kind of holiday' (Lucy Diamond).It's time for Beti Winter to dance to her own ... Read more

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'Warm, romantic and funny' Katie FfordeJo Thomas's new novel invites you to a special cherry orchard in Spain, where sunshine, romance and family secrets are the order of the day. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Carole Matthews, Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard is a heartwarming, hilarious tale that is 'like the best kind of holiday' (Lucy Diamond).It's time for Beti Winter to dance to her own
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Find Me in Havana

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**From the bestselling author of THE GIRLS WITH NO NAMES, a new historical novel based on the dazzling story of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated Hispanic actresses and her daughter’s search for closure.“Told in a series of letters, FIND ME IN HAVANA is a beautiful and heart-wrenching story of mothers and daughters, and the American Dream that comes with the biggest price of all. I couldn’t put ... Read more

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**From the bestselling author of THE GIRLS WITH NO NAMES, a new historical novel based on the dazzling story of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated Hispanic actresses and her daughter’s search for closure.“Told in a series of letters, FIND ME IN HAVANA is a beautiful and heart-wrenching story of mothers and daughters, and the American Dream that comes with the biggest price of all. I couldn’t put
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Angel Baby

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by Richard Lange ...

Winner of the International Association of Crime Writers' Dashiell Hammett Award"The plot explodes.... You know you're in the hands of a real writer." —New York Times Book ReviewA woman goes on the run in this intense and cinematic thriller by an award-winning writer.To escape the awful life she has descended into, Luz plans carefully. She takes only the clothes on her back, a Colt .45, and all ... Read more

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Winner of the International Association of Crime Writers' Dashiell Hammett Award"The plot explodes.... You know you're in the hands of a real writer." —New York Times Book ReviewA woman goes on the run in this intense and cinematic thriller by an award-winning writer.To escape the awful life she has descended into, Luz plans carefully. She takes only the clothes on her back, a Colt .45, and all
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Barnacle Love

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Shortlisted for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller PrizeLike Wayson Choy and David Bezmozgis before him, Anthony De Sa captures, in stories brimming with life, the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience.At the heart of this collection of intimately linked stories is the relationship between a father and his son. A young fisherman washes up nearly dead on the shores of ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller PrizeLike Wayson Choy and David Bezmozgis before him, Anthony De Sa captures, in stories brimming with life, the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience.At the heart of this collection of intimately linked stories is the relationship between a father and his son. A young fisherman washes up nearly dead on the shores of
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Eartheater

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Dolores Reyes' Eartheater is an "outstanding" ( New York Times) synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives.NAMED A MUST-READ AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS BY TIME, VULTURE, BOSTON GLOBE, COSMOPOLITAN, WIRED, AND MORESet in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, this is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the... ... Read more

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Dolores Reyes' Eartheater is an "outstanding" ( New York Times) synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives.NAMED A MUST-READ AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS BY TIME, VULTURE, BOSTON GLOBE, COSMOPOLITAN, WIRED, AND MORESet in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, this is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the...
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A Road Novel with Literary License

by María Amparo Escandón ...

From the author of L.A. Weather comes “a whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery that explores the love and hurt of a father and daughter on the run” (Jorge Ramos, News Anchor for Univision).“1,001 nights in a Mexicali women’s prison . . . González and Daughter Trucking Co. is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding.”—John Sayles, Screenwriter ... Read more

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From the author of L.A. Weather comes “a whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery that explores the love and hurt of a father and daughter on the run” (Jorge Ramos, News Anchor for Univision).“1,001 nights in a Mexicali women’s prison . . . González and Daughter Trucking Co. is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding.”—John Sayles, Screenwriter
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