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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more)

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The Courage Consort: Three Novellas
by Michel Faber
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Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes
by Mark Crick
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The Garden of Last Days: A Novel
by Andre Dubus III
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The Hamilton Case
by Michelle De Kretser
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The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel
by Louis Bayard
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Be Near Me
by Andrew O'Hagan
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A Peculiar Grace
by Jeffrey Lent
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Half Magic (Edward Eager's Tales of Magic)
by Edward Eager
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The Motel Life: A Novel (P.S.)
by Willy Vlautin
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White Teeth (Vintage International)
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Exit Ghost
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The Family Tree
by Carole Cadwalladr
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Hello to the Cannibals
by Richard Bausch
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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Child of My Heart
by Alice McDermott
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Sector 7
by David Wiesner
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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
by Naomi Wolf
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Waxwings
by Jonathan Raban
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The Namesake: A Novel
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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