My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (debut)
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: March 10, 2020
Length: 384 pages
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Vanessa’s relationship with her high school English teacher has haunted her entire life, but never more so than when another woman comes forward with similar claims….

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Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date: March 6, 2016
Length: 320
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Poornima and Savitha, best of friends from a rural Indian village, separated by evil, spend years trying to find each other while fighting to survive….

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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Length: 435 pages
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When the emotionally fragile Allbright family makes the impulsive move to settle in Alaska, they’re ill prepared for the harsh realities of such a life, and even less so for life with each other….

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Single Sentence Summary: Eleanor Oliphant believes her carefully constructed, solitary life is completely fine until the kindness of strangers forces her to reconsider….

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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Length: 336 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: The anti-death penalty convictions of a law student are put to the test when the first case she interns on stirs memories of abuse in her own past….

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One of the Boys by Daniel Magariel (debut)
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Length: 176 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: Two brothers must rely on each other when the father who fought for their custody fails to be the man they believed in.

Primary Characters: None of the characters in this book are ever spoken of by name, making it a little difficult to talk about. The narrator of the story is the younger, 12-year old son. He’s anxious to have the new life promised by his father. His brother is 15, about to enter 9^th grade and a little more world weary. Their father is a weak man, used to getting his own way no matter the cost….

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