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The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang

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ISBN: 9781324050469
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 20th, 2022

A riff on The Brothers Karamazov, Chang sets her story in a family-owned Chinese restaurant in Wisconsin, where the hot-headed patriarch is found dead, and one of his three sons may be the cause. Chang tells a story of family, loyalty, and who can lay claim to the American Dream.


The Unwritten Book by Samantha Hunt

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ISBN: 9781250863089
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Published: Picador - April 4th, 2023

Novelist Hunt explores language, wonder, and grief as she considers her own work, her upbringing, and the novel her father didn't finish writing before his death. This is a slow, strange meditation--read with a pen in hand--you'll find what you need in these pages.


I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg

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ISBN: 9780063039803
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Published: Ecco - January 3rd, 2023

This is the memoir of an artist, of a woman making her own way in the world--it's funny and comforting as a chat with a friend. (You may also know Attenberg as the creator of the online writing project 1000 WORDS OF SUMMER.)


Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

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ISBN: 9780593468838
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Published: Anchor - September 13th, 2022

A story within a story within a story--a dreamy, strange fable of pickpocketing, train-hopping, puppet theaters, and a house on chicken legs. A brilliant, darkly stirring read.


Small Game by Blair Braverman

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ISBN: 9780063066175
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Published: Ecco - November 1st, 2022

Five contestants must survive six weeks in the wilderness for a cash prize, but when the crew members sent to film them start to disappear, these survivors realize the game may not be as simple as it seems. An adventure thriller from Iditarod sledder Braverman.


Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

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ISBN: 9780593082720
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Published: Vintage - April 19th, 2022

 

New-in-town Jane falls for serial-seducer Duncan, and she's pulled into the social center of the town, for good and for ill. Humorous escapism in small town Michigan. A gentle gem for hard times.


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