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  1. What We Carry: a Memoir by Maya Shanbhag Lang

    If our family stories shape us, what happens when we learn those stories were never true? Who do we become …

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  2. Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell (A Quaker Midwife Mystery, 4)

    For readers looking for an absorbing, leisurely-paced story which centers around women’s lives and issues, this bittersweet novel won’t disappoint. The …

  3. Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell

    The title of Hamnet refers to William Shakespeare’s son, who died as a child and may have served as the inspiration for Hamlet. However, …

  4. Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

    The premise of Migrations is one that doesn’t seem too far-fetched: in the not too distant future, many of the world’s animals …

  5. A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson

    This is not a guide book. It is a delightful novel. Crack open the covers of this little book and …

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