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Just For You! - Engaging Fiction

A mix of captivating fiction with strong storytelling and well-drawn characters.

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  • Identical twins Stella and Desiree leave their small Louisiana town at age 16 and flee to New Orleans in pursuit of a new life. Their story is a powerful meditation the on the complexity of families and how decisions reverberate through generations.
    Book, 2020New York : Riverhead Books, 2020. — FICTION BENNETT
  • Told from multiple perspectives, this novel tells the story of two women from different eras held together by a mysterious painting.
    Book, 2020New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020. — FICTION CHAMBERLAIN
  • Vivian recounts her life at nineteen in 1940's New York City, and the personalities and glamour of the theater world that shaped her. She reflects on the delights and regrets, that led her to understand the kind of life and love she craved.
    Book, 2019New York : Riverhead Books, 2019. — FICTION GILBERT
  • When Lizzie agrees to defend an old law school friend accused of murder, she learns that her client and his wife weren’t what they seemed. Lizzie discovers secrets that hit too close to home and wonders what it means to have a good marriage.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — FICTION MCCREIGHT
  • Ava rediscovers a mysterious book from her childhood that helped her through past difficulties, while her troubled daughter, Maggie, descends into a destructive relationship with an older man in Paris.
    Book, 2016New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016] — FICTION HOOD
  • A group of lifelong female friends go through decades of ups and downs, becoming all the stronger for it.
    DVD, 2009Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2009. — DVD D