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Queen Esther by John Irving
Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
Wreck by Catherine Newman
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean
Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton
Like Family by Erin O. White
The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
Mona's Eyes written by Thomas Schlesser, translated by Hildegarde Serle
Queen Esther by John Irving
Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
Wreck by Catherine Newman
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