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Mrs. Engels (McCrea)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/mrs-engels-mccrea
Mrs. Engels Gavin McCrea, 2015 Catapult 368 pp. ISBN-13: 9781936787296 Summary Very little is known about Lizzie Burns, the illiterate Irishwoman and longtime lover of Frederick Engels, coauthor of The Communist Manifesto. In Gavin McCrea’s first...
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- Category: Fiction
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Wolf Winter (Ekback)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/wolf-winter-ekback
Wolf Winter Cecilia Ekback, 2015 Weinstein Publishing 376 pp. ISBN-13: 9781602862944 Summary "Wolf winter," she said, her voice small. "I wanted to ask about it. You know, what it is." He was silent for a long time. "It’s the kind of winter that will...
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Presence (Cuddy)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/presence-cuddy
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges Amy Cuddy, 2015 Little, Brown & Co. 352 pp. ISBN-13: 9780316256575 Summary Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Make a Wish for Me: A Family's Recovery from Autism LeeAndra M. Chergey, 2015 She Writes Press 300 pp. ISBN-13: 9781631528286 Summary By the age of two, Ryan has lost his ability to speak—twice. Sensing it is more than typical "second child" behaviors,...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Behold the Dreamers (Mbue)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/behold-the-dreamers-mbue
Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue, 2016 Random House 400 pp. ISBN-13: 9780812998481 Summary A debut novel about an immigrant couple striving to get ahead as the Great Recession hits home. With profound empathy, keen insight, and sly wit, Imbolo Mbue has...
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Collection (Charnes)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/collection-charnes
potentially dangerous, and he’ll be helping people he finds distasteful or holds in contempt. Have you ever had to make that kind of personal or professional tradeoff—payoff vs. risk or conscience? Was it worth it? What would you have done in Matt’s...
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- Category: Fiction
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien, 2016 W.W. Norton & Company 480 pp. ISBN-13: 9780393609882 Summary Winner, 2016 Giller Prize Winner, 2016 Governor General's Literary Award Shortlisted, 2016 Man Booker Prize Master storyteller Madeleine Thien...
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- Category: Fiction
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Awkward Age (Segal)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/awkward-age-segal
The Awkward Age Francesca Segal, 2017 Penguin Publishing 368 pp. ISBN-13: 9780399576454 Summary They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible. It's genius really, when you think about it. It's the perfect sabotage. Julia Alden...
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- Category: Fiction
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The Diary of a Bookseller Shaun Bythell, 2017 Profile Books, Ltd. 320 pp. ISBN-13: 9781781258620 Summary Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown — Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Baby Teeth (Stage)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/baby-teeth-stage
Baby Teeth: A Novel Zoje Stage, 2018 St. Martin's Press 320 pp. ISBN-13: 9781250170750 Summary A battle of wills between mother and daughter reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds in award-winning playwright and filmmaker Zoje Stage’s...
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- Category: Fiction
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Severance (Ling Ma)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/severance-ling-ma
Severance Ling Ma, 2018 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 304 pp. ISBN-13: 9780374261597 Summary Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s...
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- Category: Fiction
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Code Name: Lise (Loftis)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/code-name-lise-loftis
Code Name: Lise: The Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy Larry Loftis, 2019 Gallery Books 384 pp. ISBN-13: 9781501198656 Summary An extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi (Trans., Marilyn Booth), 2019 (U.S.) Catapult Books 256 pp. ISBN-13: 9781948226943 Summary Winner, 2019 Man Booker International Prize In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries...
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American Lion (Meacham)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/american-lion-meacham
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Jon Meacham, 2008 Random House 512 pp. ISBN-13: 9780812973464 Summary Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Glass of Blessings (Pym)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/glass-of-blessings-pym
A Glass of Blessings Barbara Pym, 1958 Moyer Bell 256 pp. ISBN-13: 9781559213530 Summary Well dressed and looked after, Wilmet, the novel's heroine, is married to Rodney, a handsome army major, who works nine thirty to six at the Ministry. Wilmet's...
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American Lion (Meacham)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/american-lion-meacham
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Jon Meacham, 2008 Random House 512 pp. ISBN-13: 9780812973464 Summary Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who...
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- Author: interGen support
- Category: Non-Fiction
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Glass of Blessings (Pym)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/glass-of-blessings-pym
A Glass of Blessings Barbara Pym, 1958 Moyer Bell 256 pp. ISBN-13: 9781559213530 Summary Well dressed and looked after, Wilmet, the novel's heroine, is married to Rodney, a handsome army major, who works nine thirty to six at the Ministry. Wilmet's...
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- Author: interGen support
- Category: Fiction
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Sapiens (Harari)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/sapiens-harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, 2015 HarperCollins 464 pp. ISBN-13: 9780062316097 Summary One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus With a Will of Its Own Doreen Orion, 2008 Random House 272 pp. ISBN-13: 9780767928533 Summary A pampered Long Island princess hits the road...
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- Category: Non-Fiction
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Slave (Nazer, Lewis)https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/non-fiction/slave-nazer-lewis
Slave: My True Story Mende Nazer, Damian Lewis, 2003 PublicAffairs 368 pp. ISBN-13: 97815863180 Summary Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was sold into slavery. It all began one horrific night in 1993, when Arab raiders swept...
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- Category: Non-Fiction