Literary Fiction

Only Love Can Break Your Heart Ed Tarkington

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART finds an eight-year-old betrayed by the older sibling he adores. The story becomes suspenseful when the youngster becomes a teenager himself and is consumed in an affair with the girl next door - although she is much his senior. A double murder creates even more...

The Fortunate Ones Ed Tarkington

THE FORTUNATE ONES is a beautifully written and engaging story of powerful opposing thoughts: doing the right thing or rising to the top as is the birthright of certain people. It is timely and addictive.

 

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The Bad Angel Brothers Paul Theroux

THE BAD ANGEL BROTHERS is a sibling rivalry from hell. Theroux has a distinct eye for human nature as is obvious as  he travels the story from Mexico to Alaska and Africa to Columbia

 

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Nora Webster Colm Tóibín

NORA WEBSTER follows events in the life of a young Irish widow raising four children as she reaches the depths of despair and finds solace. Colm Tóibín has again created one of his signature unforgettable characters.

 

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Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler

VINEGAR GIRL is a modern day retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew using a scientist's daughter for the protagonist. Our young hero is the object of her father's outrageous plan to marry her off to his assistant to prevent this brilliant immigrant from being deported. Fun ensues

 

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Clock Dance Anne Tyler

CLOCK DANCE is the story of an older woman finding meaning in her life when she flies across the country to attend to a woman and a child she's never met.

 

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Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler

REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD finds Micah, a cautious tech expert in Baltimore and a creature of habit, dealing with a string of sudden surprises that turn his life upside down, like his girlfriend getting an eviction notice and a young man coming to his door and claiming to be his son, and all told with Anne's...

French Braid Anne Tyler

FRENCH BRAID is Anne Tyler at her best - giving readers a warm, wonderful glimpse of family life from the 1950s to the present, with all the heartbreak and hilarity expected - and much not anticipated. A truly fun read from the first page until the last.

 

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Good Night, Irene Luis Alberto Urrea

GOOD NIGHT, IRENE is a beautiful, heartfelt novel of women's courage and friendship in extreme adversity. Inspired by his mother's history in World War Two, Luis Alberto Urrea has created a powerful story.

 

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The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese

THE COVENANT OF WATER is the long awaited and most anticipated literary epic by Abraham Verghese, author of the phenomenon Cutting for Stone that spent more than two years on the New York Times best seller list. This dramatic look at three generations suffering a peculiar...