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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
MG Whitmarsh 12/9/20 MG Whitmarsh 12/9/20

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

A bleak tale of loneliness and marginalisation

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Sister Sleuths by Nell Darby
MG Whitmarsh 11/30/20 MG Whitmarsh 11/30/20

Sister Sleuths by Nell Darby

The origins of the British lady private detective

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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
MG Whitmarsh 11/26/20 MG Whitmarsh 11/26/20

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

Winner of the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.

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The Book of Tiny Creatures by Nathalie Tordjman
MG Whitmarsh 11/26/20 MG Whitmarsh 11/26/20

The Book of Tiny Creatures by Nathalie Tordjman

A children’s guide to bugs, mollusks, and winged insects.

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The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet
MG Whitmarsh 11/22/20 MG Whitmarsh 11/22/20

The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet

The literary equivalent of an Edward Hopper painting.

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Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
MG Whitmarsh 11/17/20 MG Whitmarsh 11/17/20

Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

An extraordinary Venus fly trap of a novel; enter at your peril

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The Highland Falcon Thief by MG Leonard & Sam Sedgman
MG Whitmarsh 11/9/20 MG Whitmarsh 11/9/20

The Highland Falcon Thief by MG Leonard & Sam Sedgman

All aboard: delightful middle-grade mystery in classic whodunit style

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Darkness Visible by William Styron
Melanie Whitmarsh 11/4/20 Melanie Whitmarsh 11/4/20

Darkness Visible by William Styron

An account of the poisonous fogbank of depression

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The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison
MG Whitmarsh 10/30/20 MG Whitmarsh 10/30/20

The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison

Lockdown relief in an English countryside journal

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Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
MG Whitmarsh 10/17/20 MG Whitmarsh 10/17/20

Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Firecracker of a start to new middle-grade mystery series

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Journeys by Stefan Zweig
MG Whitmarsh 10/6/20 MG Whitmarsh 10/6/20

Journeys by Stefan Zweig

Travel essays: 1902-1940

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Daughters by Lucy Fricke
Melanie Whitmarsh 9/23/20 Melanie Whitmarsh 9/23/20

Daughters by Lucy Fricke

A caper across Europe on the road to death

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Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow
MG Whitmarsh 9/21/20 MG Whitmarsh 9/21/20

Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow

Irreverent and serious: Derek Gow battles to reintroduce wild beavers to Britain

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My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Melanie Whitmarsh 9/15/20 Melanie Whitmarsh 9/15/20

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

An elegant portrait of motherhood and integrity

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His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
MG Whitmarsh 9/2/20 MG Whitmarsh 9/2/20

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

A terrific tale of criminal behaviour and the manipulation of evidence

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The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
Melanie Whitmarsh 8/13/20 Melanie Whitmarsh 8/13/20

The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker

A twisty literary murder mystery about novel-writing and small-town America

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Everland by Rebecca Hunt
MG Whitmarsh 8/3/20 MG Whitmarsh 8/3/20

Everland by Rebecca Hunt

Expeditions awry in Antarctica

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Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken
MG Whitmarsh 7/31/20 MG Whitmarsh 7/31/20

Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken

Spies, intrigue, art, and friendship in another bang-up adventure by Aiken

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Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
MG Whitmarsh 7/30/20 MG Whitmarsh 7/30/20

Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken

Dido Twite wakes up to whale-hunters in this terrific children’s adventure

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The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo
MG Whitmarsh 7/27/20 MG Whitmarsh 7/27/20

The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo

Murder and superstition in northern Spain

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