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Miriam

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Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
Staff Pick
McCann chooses to describe one day in the life of New York City, the day in 1974 that the aerialist walked between the not-quite-finished Twin Towers. The chasm between rich and poor, the joy of connection, and the inevitability of our mortality are told... (read more)

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by Tana French
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Tana French has done it again: she's constructed a world that you never want to leave. First, there's a missing girl, then, 20 years later, a murder — and when you’ve finished the book, you may just want to start all over again.... (read more)

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Septembers of Shiraz describes the journey, both psychological and physical, of a Jewish family whose father is imprisoned in the first years of revolutionary Iran. It is a beautifully written expose of the trauma that occurs to individuals when there... (read more)

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by Owen Sheers
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A great read that combines the plot of a thriller (Normandy invasion fails; Hitler successfully invades England) with the subtle language of poetry. You are propelled through this story by characters that make you care about a time that never was and a... (read more)

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Divisadero (Vintage International)
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Divisadero
by Michael Ondaatje
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English
by Wang Gang
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Wang Gang's English is an incredible novel about the impact of deception on an individual and society, told through the voice of a 12-year-old boy who is coming to terms with his life during the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.... (read more)

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