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Three Cousins

by Karen Rigby

In Jessica Levine’s heartfelt coming-of-age novel "Three Cousins", college roommates bond while figuring out who to become and how to love. In 1976 at Yale, three cousins share off-campus housing. Excited by the new year, they bring... Read More

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Where Rabbits Gathered

by Karen Rigby

A Native American line of uncommon women endure the Spanish conquest in Alisa Valdés-Rodríguez’s piercing historical novel "Where Rabbits Gathered". In 1598 in New Spain, an expedition gathers to colonize the lands that constitute... Read More

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The World So Wide

by Karen Rigby

A woman returns to her roots in Zilla Jones’s entrancing historical novel "The World So Wide", about lost love amid a revolution. In 1983, Felicity—half Black, half white—is a renowned Canadian opera singer. Her success doesn’t... Read More

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My Favorite

by Karen Rigby

Abused in her childhood and taught to believe that she doesn’t deserve love, a woman seeks independence in Sarah Jollien-Fardel’s heartbreaking novel "My Favorite". After a village doctor ignored the truth about her injuries, Jeanne... Read More

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The Girl in the Middle

by Karen Rigby

An enchanting photograph of an Indigenous girl centers Martha A. Sandweiss’s history book "The Girl in the Middle", a tale of westward expansion. In 1868, Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner arranged the peace commissioners of... Read More

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Three Princess Series

by Karen Rigby

"Three Princess Series" is a quirky romance collection that relishes in happy endings. In Bobby Cinema’s earnest romance collection "Three Princess Series", prestigious women meet unexpected suitors. Serena, an Albanian princess, is a... Read More

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Wild Fox Ridge

by Karen Rigby

Fragments from history combine to form an epic collective story in the ghostly novel "Wild Fox Ridge". In Xue Mo’s labyrinthine supernatural novel "Wild Fox Ridge", a man searches for a Silk Road legend, gathering stories as he goes.... Read More

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