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• Bel Canto

  a Novel

  Patchett, Ann

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  Somewhere in South America at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the guests with her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Underground Railroad

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all slaves, but Cora is an outcast even among her fellow Africans, and she is coming into womanhood; even greater pain awaits. Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Goldfinch

  Tartt, Donna

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  Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rules of Civility

  [a Novel]

  Towles, Amor

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  A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Light We Cannot See

  a Novel

  Doerr, Anthony, 1973-

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  Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

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  Recent widow Mrs. Palfrey moves into a London retirement hotel among an odd assortment of people, hoping for new life, and new experiences. When she slips on a walk and is aided by a penniless young writer, she invites him to dine at the Claremont…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• About Time

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  The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Zindagi

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  This is the story of Kaira, a budding cinematographer in search of rest for her soul. A chance encounter with Jug, an unconventional thinker and Therapist, helps her gain new perspective about life. She discovers that happiness is all about…Read moreRead more of this annotation