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• Cold Sassy Tree

  Burns, Olive Ann,

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  One thing you could depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, was that word got around-fast. If the preacher's wife's petticoat showed, the ladies would make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous turn. That was the day E.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Optimist's Daughter

  Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

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  Laurel Hand, long absent from the South, comes from Chicago to New Orleans, where her father dies after surgery. With Fay, the stupid new young wife of her father, Laurel returns to her former Mississippi home. She stays a few days after the funeral…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Water for Elephants

  a Novel

  Gruen, Sara

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  A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits. It is a second-rate circus struggling to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Circus

  Delessert, Étienne,

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  Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.

• The Dutch House

  a Novel

  Patchett, Ann,

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  An elaborate house is the backdrop to this story about survival, loyalty, betrayal and belonging. Told through the perspective of Danny, readers are entranced by his thoughtful and reflective stories about how he and his sister, Maeve, survived the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moby Dick

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  Captain Ahab sails the seven seas seeking revenge on Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.

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