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There Are No Rules for This
by Meg Nola
Celebrating women’s connections with heartfelt wit and emotion, the novel "There Are No Rules for This" is about unabashed grief and intentional joie de vivre. In JJ Elliott’s novel "There Are No Rules for This", an unexpected...
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Redneck Riviera
by Karen Rigby
Recounting the stages of a couple’s cross-country move, "Redneck Riviera" is an amiable, humor-filled novel. In James Hooker’s reflective novel "Redneck Riviera", a couple flees Silicon Valley for North Carolina’s coast. In 2002,...
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The Late Rebellion
by Willem Marx
Mark Powell’s brooding Southern novel "The Late Rebellion" dives into the psychology of a multigenerational South Carolina family whose members rage against the future and cling to the past. Richard, a bank founder, receives a call...
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Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again
In Christine Read’s novel "Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again", a lonely fifth grader with ADHD tries to fit in at a new school. In her new school, Queenie hopes for an understanding principal, a caring teacher, and just one girl to be...
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Strong Like You
In T. L. Simpson’s moving coming-of-age novel "Strong Like You", a high school student in Arkansas struggles to understand what happened to his missing father. When the book begins, Walker’s father is already gone without...
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Ordinary Soil
In the multigenerational novel "Ordinary Soil", a troubled man learns anew how to respect the land he farms. In Alex Woodard’s novel "Ordinary Soil", a medical researcher and his chronically ill patient discover truths about...
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Last Bets
A vacation friendship transforms two women’s lives in the dynamic novel "Last Bets". In Mary Carroll Moore’s novel "Last Bets", art and catastrophe provide a joint purpose for a woman and a teenager escaping their troubles on a...