The Comeback by Ella Berman (debut)
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: August 3, 2020
Length: 384
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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Hollywood starlet, Grace Turner has been mysteriously missing from the action for nearly a year, but when she finally resurfaces will she be able to truly explain why?…

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All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad (debut)
Publisher: Dutton Books
Release Date: May 26, 2020
Length: 336 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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Maggie, who never quite felt accepted by her mother, takes on a journey to understand why after Iris’s tragic death….

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The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Length: 320 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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The quiet differences that divide a sleepy desert town slowly come to light in this remarkable story of a daughter’s love for her father….

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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Length: 368 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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Showcasing the rise and fall of an iconic 1970’s rock band, Daisy Jones & The Six can be described in two words: pure fun….

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Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Length: 320 pages (9 hrs. 35 min.)
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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For all the right reasons Charlotte Walsh decides to run for senate, and she thinks she’s prepared for the vitriol of an election, but could anyone really be prepared for that?…

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Eagle & Crane by Suzanne Rindell
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Length: 448 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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Rivals Louis Thorn and Harry Yamada make up the daredevil flying act, Eagle & Crane, until life grounds them and Harry is sent to a Japanese internment camp, leaving Louis behind to piece together how Harry’s body came to be found in a crashed plane….

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Wonder Valley by Ivy Pochoda
Publisher: Ecco
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Length: 336 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

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A man runs naked down an LA freeway, putting into play a story of haunted pasts and uncertain futures….

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Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (debut)
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Length: 208 pages
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As Professor Howard Young begins losing himself to Alzheimer’s, his family must cope with their conflicted feelings of anger, fear, and love….

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Fly Me by Daniel Riley (debut)
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Length: 400 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: 1972 Vassar grad, Suzy Whitman, reluctantly signs on as a stewardess, and quickly finds the job has some hidden benefits….

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Finally! Spring seems to have at last arrived in full force in the Pacific Northwest. It’s later than usual, but with temperatures expected to be in the 80’s for the next couple days, I’m a happy woman. Last week was super busy and lots of fun, with not a lot of reading going on. Oh, well. The time with family was wonderful and definitely as entertaining as many books!

Last Week’s Read

Fly Me, a debut by Daniel Riley, was a great book for someone like me who grew up in California and spent her college years in and around the beaches of Southern California. Suzy (also my name), …

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