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Jenny Offill — December 15, 2020 7:16 pm

A darkly funny and urgent tour de force about a family, and a nation, in crisis.

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Spirit Run

Noé Álvarez — December 15, 2020 7:07 pm

At nineteen, Noé Álvarez learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America. By Running through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind, Álvarez forges a new relationship with the land.

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The Shepherd's Hut

Tim Winton — December 8, 2020 3:30 pm

Jaxie Clackton flees from the scene of his father's violent death and strikes out for the vast wilds of Western Australia. All he carries with him is a rifle and a waterjug, but surviving in the harsh saltlands alone is a savage business, and once he discovers he's not alone out there, all his plans go awry. He meets a fellow exile, the ruined priest Fintan MacGillis, a man he's never certain he can trust, but on whom his life will soon depend.

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Jason Reynolds — December 8, 2020 3:24 pm

The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited.

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Loveboat, Taipei

TEEN Wen — December 1, 2020 2:11 pm

Ever Wong's summer takes an unexpected turn. Gone is Chien Tan, the strict educational program in Taiwan that Ever was expecting. In its place, she finds Loveboat: a summer-long free-for-all where hookups abound, adults turn a blind eye, snake-blood sake flows abundantly, and the nightlife runs nonstop.

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The Salt Path

Raynor Winn — December 1, 2020 2:04 pm

Just days after Raynor Winn learns that her husband of thirty-two years is terminally ill, their house and farm are taken away, along with their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and Cornwall. Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs, they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea, and sky. Yet through every step, every encounter, and every test along the way, their walk becomes a remarkable and life-affirming journey.

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His Only Wife

Peace Medie — November 24, 2020 5:55 pm

An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world.

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Bouncing Back

Linda Graham — November 24, 2020 5:47 pm

Includes advice, exercises, and examples to help readers increase their clarity, connection, competence, calm, and courage, from a clinical therapist, mindfulness teacher, and expert on the neuroscience of relationships.

Three

Dror Mishani — November 17, 2020 5:15 pm

Three tells the stories of three women in this psychological thriller. Slowly but surely, you see the danger each woman walks into. What you won't see is the trap being laid – until it snaps shut.

Frayed Atlantic Edge

David Gange — November 17, 2020 4:57 pm

Over the course of a year, David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south. Drawing on the archives of islands and coastal towns, as well as their vast poetic literatures in many languages, he shows that the neglected histories of these stunning regions are of real importance in understanding both the past and future of the whole archipelago. It is a history of Britain and Ireland like no other.