If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais
Narrators: Bianca Amato, Katharine Lee McEwan, Bahni Turpin
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Audio)
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Length: 448 pages (12 hrs. 39 min.)
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In the wake of Nelson Mandela’s rise to South Africa’s presidency, three very different women’s worlds collide after the birth of a child and the mystery that surrounds him….

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The Need by Helen Phillips
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Length: 272 pages
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While getting her children ready for bed, Molly thinks she hears an intruder in her house, and from that point on Molly is never quite sure about anything else….

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In the last two weeks I’ve read two books written by young women sharing very different life experiences. Sofija Stefanovic, Serbia-born, Australia-raised, shares her immigrant experiences while growing up under the specter of war in her homeland. Meaghan O’Connell gives a no holds barred account of her pregnancy, delivery, and first year of motherhood.

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