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J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Saints for All Occasions

Nora and Theresa Flynn are 21 and 17 when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. But when Theresa ends up pregnant, Nora is forced to come up with a plan --- a decision with repercussions they are both far too young to understand. Fifty years later, Nora is the matriarch of a big Catholic family with four grown children. Estranged from her sister, Theresa is a cloistered nun, living in an abbey in rural Vermont. Until, after decades of silence, a sudden death forces Nora and Theresa to confront the choices they made so long ago.

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Week of May 28, 2018

Paperback releases for the week of May 28th include THEFT BY FINDING, the first of two volumes in which David Sedaris shares with the world his private writings from a diary he has kept for over 40 years; THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS, the 18th installment in Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which finds Precious Ramotswe learning valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness; THE DINNER PARTY, the first collection of short stories from Joshua Ferris, who explores the modern tribulations of marriage, ambition and the fear of missing out; and A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE by Shari Lapena, who follows up her successful debut, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, with a domestic thriller packed full of secrets and a twisty story that never stops.

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