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Sister Europe : A Novel. by Zink, Nell.;
'Sister Europe' is about the upper echelons of Berlin society, a grand literary celebration, and the after-party that upends the night and carries a group of guests deeper into the city.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Friendship; FICTION / Literary;
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Rabbit Moon : A Novel. by Haigh, Jennifer.;
Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak learn that their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey has been critically injured in an accident. At a Shanghai hospital they wait at her bedside, hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. As Claire and Aaron struggle to get their bearings in Shanghai, they face troubling questions about Lindseys life there, in which nothing is quite as it seems. Book Club. #diversity. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Feminist; FICTION / Literary;
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Flesh : A Novel. by Szalay, David.;
When some lowly jobs take Istvan from Hungary to London, a chance encounter changes his life as he suddenly finds himself among the super-rich. But just as he is feeling comfortable in this new environment, the precarious edifice starts crumbling beneath him, until finally it comes crashing down. David Szalay was born in Montreal, QC. From the author of 'All That Man Is', which shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Gordon Burn Prize. It was also selected as Book of the Year by the Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times, the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, NPR, BBC Culture, among others.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Literary;
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The Stone Home A Novel [electronic resource] : by Kim, Crystal Hana.aut; cloudLibrary;
“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin Lee A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of If You Leave Me. In 2011, Eunju Oh opens her door to greet a stranger: a young Korean American woman holding a familiar-looking knife—a knife Eunju hasn’t seen in thirty years, and that connects her to a place she’d desperately hoped to leave behind forever. In South Korea in the 1980s, young Eunju and her mother are homeless on the street. After being captured by the police, they’re sent to live within the walls of a state-sanctioned reformatory center that claims to rehabilitate the nation’s citizens but hides a darker, more violent reality. While Eunju and her mother form a tight-knit community with the other women in the kitchen, two teenage brothers, Sangchul and Youngchul, are compelled to labor in the workshops and make increasingly desperate decisions—and all are forced down a path of survival, the repercussions of which will echo for decades to come. Inspired by real events, told through alternating timelines and two intimate perspectives, The Stone Home is a deeply affecting story of a mother and daughter’s love and a pair of brothers whose bond is put to an unfathomably difficult test. Capturing a shameful period of history with breathtaking restraint and tenderness, Crystal Hana Kim weaves a lyrical exploration of the legacy of violence and the complicated psychology of power, while showcasing the extraordinary acts of devotion and friendship that can arise in the darkness.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Sagas; Asian American; Psychological;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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We Lived on the Horizon : A Novel. by Swyler, Erika.;
Erika Swyler returns with a new novel about a bio-prosthetic surgeon and her personal AI as they are drawn into a revolution. From the author of 'Light From Other Stars' (a RADD pick).Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Science fiction.; FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic;
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Live Fast : A Novel. by Giraud, Brigitte.;
'Live Fast' is Brigitte Girauds tense and haunting new novel that follows one womans quest to comprehend the motorcycle accident that took the life of her partner Claude at age 41. Giraud received the Prix Goncourt for 'Live Fast', which was also a big bestseller in France. It is her first book to be published in English.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Psychological;
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The Family Experiment [electronic resource] : by Marrs, John.aut; Corbett, Clare.nrt; Samuel, Clifford.nrt; Beaton, Eilidh.nrt; Riley, Joshua.nrt; Avoth, Justin.nrt; Judd, Thomas.nrt; Okoye, Nneka.nrt; cloudLibrary;
From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual. Some families are virtually perfect… The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, the breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families, let alone raise them. But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality TV show called The Substitute. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child, or risk it all for the chance of a real baby… Set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate Tamagotchi—a virtual baby.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary; Dystopian; Technological;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine : A Novel. by Collins, Callie.;
Against the vibrant, bluesy backdrop of 1970s Austin, Texas, a town in the throes of social upheaval, this debut novel follows the collision between hicks and hipsters that ultimately results in tragedy.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Small Town & Rural;
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A Great Country A Novel [electronic resource] : by Gowda, Shilpi Somaya.aut; cloudLibrary;
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, exploring the ties and fractures of a close-knit Indian-American family in the aftermath of a violent encounter with the police. Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views, well-tended lawns, serene pools, and now the new home of the Shah family. For the Shah parents, who came to America twenty years earlier with little more than an education and their new marriage, this move represents the culmination of years of hard work and dreaming. For their children, born and raised in America, success is not so simple. For the most part, these differences among the five members of the Shah family are minor irritants, arguments between parents and children, older and younger siblings. But one Saturday night, the twelve-year-old son is arrested. The fallout from that event will shake each family member's perception of themselves as individuals, as community members, as Americans, and will lead each to consider: how do we define success? At what cost comes ambition? And what is our role and responsibility in the cultural mosaic of modern America? For readers of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, A Great Country explores themes of immigration, generational conflict, social class and privilege as it reconsiders the myth of the model minority and questions the price of the American dream.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Asian American; Family Life;
© 2024., Doubleday Canada,
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Great Country, A A Novel [electronic resource] : by Gowda, Shilpi Somaya.aut; Adam, Vikas.nrt; cloudLibrary;
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, exploring the ties and fractures of a close-knit Indian-American family in the aftermath of a violent encounter with the police. Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views, well-tended lawns, serene pools, and now the new home of the Shah family. For the Shah parents, who came to America twenty years earlier with little more than an education and their new marriage, this move represents the culmination of years of hard work and dreaming. For their children, born and raised in America, success is not so simple. For the most part, these differences among the five members of the Shah family are minor irritants, arguments between parents and children, older and younger siblings. But one Saturday night, the twelve-year-old son is arrested. The fallout from that event will shake each family member's perception of themselves as individuals, as community members, as Americans, and will lead each to consider: how do we define success? At what cost comes ambition? And what is our role and responsibility in the cultural mosaic of modern America? For readers of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, A Great Country explores themes of immigration, generational conflict, social class and privilege as it reconsiders the myth of the model minority and questions the price of the American dream.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary; Asian American; Family Life;
© 2024., Penguin Random House,
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