Fiction

Early Warning Jane Smiley

EARLY WARNING follows a remarkable family through mid-century America as all the social revolutions affect each member differently. As each generation leaves the Iowa farmland for Washington, DC, California and elsewhere, each confronts their own fate be it Vietnam, the Peoples Temple in San Francisco or all the other...

Golden Age Jane Smiley

GOLDEN AGE begins in 1987 and follows a remarkable family into the twenty-first century as it struggles with the aftermath of the Iraq War and decisions about the ecology and the farm their ancestors built.

 

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Some Luck Jane Smiley

SOME LUCK begins shortly after World War I, as a successful farmer relies on time honored values with his five wildly different children. The storyline follows generations into the 1950s through the enormous social and economic changes each family member faces.

 

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Free Men Katy Simpson Smith

FREE MEN takes place in the territory that is now Alabama, during the 1780s when three men - an escaped slave, a white orphan and a Creek Indian are being tracked down for murder. More than two hundred years later, their profound concerns of love, freedom, and the stain of guilt continue to haunt us today.

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The Story of Land and Sea Katy Simpson Smith

THE STORY OF LAND AND SEA is set during the waning years of the Revolutionary War and follows three generations of parents and children as they grapple with kidnapping and slavery. This is a brilliant debut novel that has received nationwide acclaim.

 

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The Fraud Zadie Smith

THE FRAUD is a page-turning historical novel fact-based on the celebrated 19th century trial to establish the inheritor of one of England's largest estates. Real life characters include a once famous novelist who has seen better days and the country's most successful writer, Charles Dickens. There's a possibility a...

The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit Octavia Spencer

RANDI RHODES NINJA DETECTIVE: THE CASE OF THE TIME-CAPSULE BANDIT is the first in a planned series featuring twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., as they set out to solve the case of the missing Time Capsule.

 

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A Sudden Light Garth Stein

A SUDDEN LIGHT follows the saga of a father attempting to enlist the help of his son and daughter in convincing the elderly grandfather to sell the family mansion to a developer. As the son ponders his decisions, he discovers a spirit of the old house and his forefathers in secret stairways and hidden rooms.

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The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear Stuart Stevens

THE INNOCENT HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR is a dark comedy and brilliant satire on the our political conventions written by one of the nation's most astute insiders on the subject. It's hard to believe this wonderful book was began before any of the real characters involved in the 2016 election were named.

 

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My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout

MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON is the unforgettable story of a mother and daughter attempting to reconnect their strained relationship. The vehicle is the parent visiting her child in the hospital following a thought-to-be minor operation.

 

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