George Jean Nathan
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A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Heart the Lover by Lily King
The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean
The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Twice by Mitch Albom
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
Wreck by Catherine Newman
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