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• Never Blow a Kiss

  Lovise, Lindsay

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  To my mother, who always knew I would

• A Most Agreeable Murder

  a Novel

  Seales, Julia

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  To my mom, Pam. Thank you for raising this morbid creep. You’re the best.

• Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

  the Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

  Shapiro, Scott J.

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  To my mother, Elaine Shapiro, for everything, especially that conversation on 110th Street

• A House With Good Bones

  Kingfisher, T.

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  This is for my grandmother, who was actually pretty awesome

• The Hero of This Book

  a Novel

  McCracken, Elizabeth

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  For Mom—whose life history I will continue to mine, but who will *never*—no matter what she or anybody else thinks—appear as a character in my work, being too good for the likes of me + my characters.

• Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold

  a Novel

  Turaki, Umar

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  For my mother, Esther Kisitmwa Turaki. You carried my dreams so far. Now may they carry you.

• Tastes Like War

  a Memoir

  Cho, Grace M.

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  For all of my mothers, each of whom fed me in her own way, and for everyone whose voices have gone unheard.

• Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing

  Essays

  Hough, Lauren, 1977-

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  For my grandmothers, Nell and Barbara

• The Thursday Murder Club

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  To my mum, ‘the last surviving Brenda’, with love

• Love Lettering

  Clayborn, Kate

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  For Mom, who taught me everything I know about being an artist

• The Sun Does Shine

  How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

  Hinton, Anthony Ray

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  For my mother, Buhlar Hinton. May we all learn to love as unconditionally as she did.

• Sing, Unburied, Sing

  a Novel

  Ward, Jesmyn

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  For my mother, Norine Elizabeth Dedeaux, who loved me before I took my first breath. Every second of my life, she shows me so.

• Born a Crime

  Noah, Trevor, 1984-

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  For my mother. My first fan. Thank you for making me a man.

• Traitor's Blade

  De Castell, Sebastien

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  To my mother, MJ, who once took me aside as a young boy and said, 'Well, we need to make money and the easiest way to do that is to write novels.' She never bothered to tell me that she'd never sold a book in her life.

• Rob Delaney

  Mother, Wife, Sister, Human, Warrior, Falcon, Yardstick, Turban, Cabbage

  Delaney, Rob, 1977-

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  This particular copy of this book belongs to you. Every copy, however, belongs to my mom. Because I am dedicating it to her. I'm dedicating it to her because unless the sun incinerates the earth in the next few decades, this book will outlast me.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Particle at the End of the Universe

  How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World

  Carroll, Sean, 1966-

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  To Mom, who took me to the library

• Shades of Milk and Honey

  Kowal, Mary Robinette, 1969-

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  To my grandmothers, Mary Elois Jackson and Robinette Harrison, who taught me the importance of family and storytelling

• The Walking Boy

  Kwa, Lydia, 1959-

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  In loving memory of my mother, Audrey Hee (1934-2017) and to all who nurture others

• Truth & Bright Water

  King, Thomas, 1943-

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  For my mother. The dissertation was never enough.

• The Joy Luck Club

  Tan, Amy

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  To my mother and the memory of her mother. You asked me once what I would remember. This, and much more.