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The color purple Alice Walker
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Walker, Alice

The color purple / Alice Walker

New York : Penguin books, 2019

Abstract: Celie is a poor, uneducated 14-year-old girl living in the Southern United States in the early 1900s. She writes letters to God because her father, Alphonso, beats and rapes her. Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once, which resulted in the birth of a boy named Adam, whom Alphonso abducted. Celie thinks Alphonso killed Adam. Celie then has a second child, and Celie's ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed. The second child is a girl named Olivia, butLeggi tutto

The priory of the orange tree Samantha Shannon
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Shannon, Samantha

The priory of the orange tree / Samantha Shannon

London [etc.] : Bloomsbury circus, 2019

Abstract: The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be aLeggi tutto

Get a life, Chloe Brown Talia Hibbert
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Hibbert, Talia

Get a life, Chloe Brown / Talia Hibbert

London : Piatkus, 2019

Abstract: Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost - but not quite - dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. The next items? Enjoy a drunken night out, ride a motorcycle, go camping, have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex, travel the world with nothing but hand luggage and..do something bad. But it’s notLeggi tutto

And then there were none Agatha Christie
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Christie, Agatha

And then there were none / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2019

Mysteries

Abstract: 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. When one of the party dies suddenly they realise they may be harbouring a murderer among their number. The 10 strangers include a reckless playboy, a troubled Harley Street doctor..

The shadow sister Lucinda Riley
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Riley, Lucinda

The shadow sister / Lucinda Riley

London : Pan books, 2019

The seven sisters ; 3

Abstract: Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation. Star D'Aplièse, in her late twenties, is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has leftLeggi tutto

The moon sister Lucinda Riley
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Riley, Lucinda

The moon sister : Tiggy's story / Lucinda Riley

London : Pan books, 2019

The seven sisters ; 5

Abstract: Tiggy d'Aplièse weiß, dass sie adoptiert wurde, doch wo ihre Wurzeln liegen, weiß sie nicht. In einem Brief ihres verstorbenen Vaters schickt dieser Tiggy nach Andalusien, wo die junge Frau sich auf die Suche nach ihrer Vergangenheit begibt ..

Where the crawdads sing Delia Owens
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Owens, Delia

Where the crawdads sing / Delia Owens

London : Corsair, 2019

Abstract: For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved.Leggi tutto

Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame

Friday Black / Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

London : Riverrun, 2019

Abstract: These stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In “The Finkelstein Five,” Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unforgettable reckoning of the brutal prejudice of our justice system. In “Zimmer Land,” we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And “Friday Black” and “How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King” show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all.

The cockroach Ian McEwan
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McEwan, Ian

The cockroach / Ian McEwan

London : Jonathan Cape, 2019

Abstract: Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain - and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.

Agatha Raisin and the dead ringer
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Beaton, M. C.

Agatha Raisin and the dead ringer

London : Constable, 2019

Abstract: The team of bells at St. Ethelred church is the pride and glory of the idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna, together with the most dedicated bell ringers in the whole of England: the twins Mavis and Millicent Dupin. As the village gets ready for the Bishop's visit, the twins get overly-excited at the prospect of ringing the special peal of bells created for the occasion and start bullying the other bell ringers, forcing them to rehearse and rehearse . . . so much soLeggi tutto

Unto us a son is given
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Leon, Donna

Unto us a son is given

London : Arrow books, 2019

Abstract: As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo's substantial fortune, something which Gonzalo's friends, including the Count, find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why they're so intent on meddling inLeggi tutto

Everything I know about love Dolly Alderton
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Alderton, Dolly

Everything I know about love / Dolly Alderton

London : Penguin books, 2019

Abstract: The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride

When all is said Anne Griffin
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Griffin, Anne

When all is said / Anne Griffin

New York : Thomas Dunne Books : St. Martin's press, 2019

Abstract: At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He’s alone, as usual ­- though tonight is anything but. Pull up a stool and charge your glass, because Maurice is finally ready to tell his story.

Ohio Stephen Markley
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Markley, Stephen

Ohio : a novel / Stephen Markley

Paperback ed.

New York [etc.] : Simon & Schuster, 2019

Simon & Schuster paperbacks

Abstract: One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. They unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover - and compound - bitter betrayals.

The solace of open spaces Gretel Ehrlich ; with an introduction by Amy Liptrot
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Ehrlich, Gretel

The solace of open spaces / Gretel Ehrlich ; with an introduction by Amy Liptrot

London : Daunt books, 2019

Abstract: In 1976, Gretel Ehrlich travelled from her home in New York to Wyoming to shoot a film on sheep herders. While she was away, her partner died. Although she had never planned to stay, Ehrlich found herself unable to leave. What started out as a work trip became the beginning of a new life, as well as a long and deep attachment to place.

The woman next door Yewande Omotoso
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Omotoso, Yewande

The woman next door / Yewande Omotoso

London : Vintage, 2019

Abstract: Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed. And both are sworn enemies, sharing hedge and hostility and pruning both with a vim and zeal that belie the fact that they are over 80. But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together.

The bride test Helen Hoang
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Hoang, Helen

The bride test / Helen Hoang

London : Corvus, 2019

Abstract: Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a mixed-race girl living in theLeggi tutto

The supernova era Cixin Liu ; translated by Joel Martinsen
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Liu, Cixin

The supernova era / Cixin Liu ; translated by Joel Martinsen

London : Head of Zeus, 2019

Abstract: Eight years ago and eight light years away, a supermassive star died. Tonight, a supernova tsunami of high energy will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as a new star blooms in the heavens and within a year everyone over the age of thirteen will be dead, their chromosomes irreversibly damaged. And so the countdown begins.

There there Tommy Orange
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Orange, Tommy

There there / Tommy Orange

London : Vintage, 2019

Abstract: As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow - some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent - momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.

Past tense Lee Child
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Child, Lee

Past tense : a Jack Reacher novel / Lee Child

New York : Bantam books, 2019

Abstract: Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What’s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians had been on their way to New York City toLeggi tutto