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Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments reveals the life of one of the most notorious women...
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World Naked Bike Ride
Lisa Fishman
"'It was not a likely time for stories but some of us wanted to hear stories,' writes Lisa Fishman in...
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Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
Relates the experiences of two free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan.
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Eartheater
Dolores Reyes
NAMED A "FALL 2020 MUST-READ" AND ONE OF THE "BEST BOOKS OF FALL 2020" BY TIME, VULTURE, THE BOSTON GLOBE,...
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Two Old Women, 20th Anniversary Edition
Velma Wallis
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River...
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Brick Lane
Monica Ali
“A book you won’t be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious...
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Beyond Black
Hilary Mantel
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