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Sash Bischoff: Writer & Director

Sash Bischoff: Writer & Director

About the featured author: From the author's website: Sash Bischoff is a writer and director. Her debut novel, Sweet Fury, will be published in January 2025 by Simon & Schuster in the US and Canada, as well as by Penguin Random House in the UK and...

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The Man Who Came and Went by Joe Stillman

The Man Who Came and Went by Joe Stillman

ABOUT: The Man Who Came and Went, a novel of the new west, is a magically realistic story for the modern era that will tease your understanding and beliefs, and draw you into the mysteries of the universe, from the brilliant mind of Joe Stillman, acclaimed Academy...

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Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta Ellsworth

Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta Ellsworth

ABOUT: A widow’s visit to a storied Iowa ballroom sparks memories of World War II and her fateful decision between true love and duty to her family.Lorraine Kindred’s most cherished memories are of the Surf Ballroom, the place where youth lost themselves to the brassy...

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Highway to the Sky by Lola Reid Allin

Highway to the Sky by Lola Reid Allin

ABOUT: With females making up just 5% of the world’s pilots, this memoir crosses genres to combine aviation history, the author’s journey from unwanted child to successful pilot, and the feminist experience, and will appeal to multiple aviation communities. “Don’t be...

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Jaclyn Westlake: Author of Dear Dotty

Jaclyn Westlake: Author of Dear Dotty

About the featured author: From the author's website: "I grew up in the Bay Area (San Mateo, California, to be specific), and I lived in San Francisco for years after I graduated college (I’m a proud alum of Chico State). My nostalgia for city life is pretty evident...

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The Myth of Perpetual Summer by Susan Crandall

The Myth of Perpetual Summer by Susan Crandall

ABOUT: From the national bestselling author of Whistling Past the Graveyard comes a moving coming-of-age tale set in the tumultuous sixties that harkens to both Ordinary Grace and The Secret Life of Bees.Tallulah James’s parents’ volatile relationship, erratic...

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The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

ABOUT: Reese’s book club of the Month Pick - February Indie Best Next Pick - February LibraryReads Pick - February Apple Best of the Month Pick - February SIBA Read This Next pick - February Tattered Cover’s First Edition Pick - February  Fifteen-year-old Ruby...

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Daughter of a Promise by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg

Daughter of a Promise by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg

ABOUT: “A powerful feminist novel set during a tumultuous year” — Foreword Reviews Days after graduation, Betsabé Ruiz’s life in New York is turning out to be nothing less than cinematic. Although her first job at a white-shoe, Wall Street investment bank is the...

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The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan

The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan

ABOUT: The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird is an unforgettable story of obsession, redemption, and the magic of unexpected friendship, from the acclaimed author of A Secret History of Witches. Beatrice Bird is haunted by ghosts—a gift she's had since she was a small child....

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Cinnamon Beach by Suzanne Kamata

Cinnamon Beach by Suzanne Kamata

ABOUT: A DEEP SOUTH MAGAZINE Summer 2024 READING LIST SelectionCINNAMON BEACH is a multicultural tragicomedy, told from three female perspectives, in which an American writer living in Japan returns to South Carolina to scatter the ashes of her brother while trying to...

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American Daughters by Piper Huguley

American Daughters by Piper Huguley

ABOUT: In the vein of America’s First Daughter, Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkable friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt. At the turn of the twentieth...

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True Grace by Karen E. Osborne

True Grace by Karen E. Osborne

ABOUT: A powerful story about love, courage, sacrifice, resilience, and hope, True Grace, set in 1924 during the Harlem Renaissance and Roaring Twenties, chronicles the journey of an immigrant, mixed-raced woman from The Congo, England, and Jamaica, fighting for her...

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