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Novelists have noticed that contemporary reality keeps outdoing their imaginations. Yet there is still the obligation to attempt a reading of the present and the very near future. This work serves as an example of how the novel, or more particularly the comic novel, can respond to this transformation.

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A smart, addictive and psychologically acute novel about what we think we know, what we should have known, and what we choose to ignore.

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Only the force of a hurricane could reveal the deepest currents of their ordinary lives.

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A compassionate and perceptive story of a woman's effort to escape from the nightmare of alcohol addiction.

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Agoraphobic French professor Georgie Bricker hasn't left the environs of the small womens college where she teaches in yearsbut when financial scandal brings both the possibility of the schools closure and her first love to her front door, the life she's meticulously tended is abruptly upended.

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A contemporary Los Angeles story of uncrossable social lines, allegiance and betrayal, immeasurable power, and the ways the present is continually shaped by the past.

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Felises debtor father has disappeared on a merchant journey; her guardian is plotting to marry her to a stranger; and the Hundred Years War rages all around her. She fears that France will soon be held captive, just as she isbut when Joan of Arc blazes into history and Felises life, everything changes.

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A mothers impending death forces her three alienated middle-aged daughtersa diner waitress, a heartsick alcoholic, and a Las Vegas showgirl whose career is on a sharp declineto finally face each other and the mystery of their fathers disappearance.

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In this rich, deeply immersive collection of thirteen stories, a diverse group of characters seeks a better lifestyle and sense of connection in todays sunny, at times unforgiving, Southern California landscape. Alls Fair and Other California Stories will leave readers feeling thoughtful and transported.

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When Liz Millanova meets two unlikely friends in a support group for stage four cancer patients, they ditch the group and form their own, aiming to enjoy life while they can. In the process, they help one another reach acceptance, resolve family issues, and find love and peace at the end of their lives.

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An entertaining novel about love, real estate and desire set in a post-traumatic, morally ambiguous America, where the heartfelt desire to do good, is constantly tripped up by the need to feel good.

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From Manhattan to theCaliforniaBay Area to the South, strandsof lynching, womens ordination,a high-profileinterracial wedding andBlack church burnings tangle with readers experience and assumptions as they shed light on usable Americanhistory.

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Against a backdrop of pagodas and enigmatic customs, Lidia De Camposa mature artist carrying a private burdentours a Southeast Asian country recently reopened to the world after a long dictatorship with a disparate group of characters; along the way, they all encounter adventures that challenge their assumptionsand Lidia embarks on a love affair with a surprising conclusion.

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Written for everyone whos had a love/hate relationship with their job, this smart, funny novel by a former Wall Street sales pro reveals what it was like for a woman to build a successful career and a satisfying personal life in the macho world of 1980s stock trading.