Pearl of China by Anchee Min

In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the 19th century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves.

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Rae Meadows, author of Mothers and Daughters

Samantha is lost in the joys of new motherhood --- the softness of her 8-month-old daughter's skin, the lovely weight of her child in her arms --- but in trading her artistic dreams to care for her child, Sam worries she's lost something of herself.

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Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel by Candace Bushnell

March 2011

Seventeen-year-old Carrie Bradshaw is finally in New York. But can she manage to prove herself as a writer so she can remain in the city of her dreams? As the countdown of her summer ticks away, she grapples with writer's block, men and friendships in another delightful installment of her adventures.

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