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The Year of the Flood
By Atwood, Margaret
2010-07 - Anchor Books
9780307455475
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By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and uneasily hilarious, the new novel from the author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin" is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to Atwood's visionary power.
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Labor Day
By Maynard, Joyce
2010-08 - Harper Perennial
9780061843419
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In a manner evoking Ian McEwan's "Atonement" and Nick Hornby's "About a Boy," acclaimed author Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescence, and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy.
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This Is Where I Leave You
By Tropper, Jonathan
2010-07 - Plume Books
9780452296367
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"This Is Where I Leave You" is Jonathan Tropper's most accomplished work to date, and a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind--whether we like it or not.
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Swimming
By Keegan, Nicola
2010-07 - Vintage Books USA
9780307454614
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Haunted by a litany of childhood tragedy, Pip escapes into the racing lane, where her suffering and rage are transmuted into beauty, grace, and purity of will. "Swimming" is a story about competition, obsession--and about a young girl struggling to find salvation in the only way she can.
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Border Songs
By Lynch, Jim
2010-07 - Vintage Books USA
9780307456267
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From the acclaimed author of "The Highest Tide" comes a story that is at oncecomic, tender, and momentous--a riveting portrait of a distinctive community, an inventive love story, and fiction of the highest order.
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
By Krakauer, Jon
2010-07 - Anchor Books
9780307386045
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From the author of "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air" comes a stunning account of a young man's heroic life and death. Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of post-9/11 patriotism. When he was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born. But the real Pat Tillman was much more remarkable, and considerably more complicated than the public knew.
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