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A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK “Halperin’s radiant second novel walks the fine line between the longing for couplehood and the torture of codependency. . . . Let the rapturous intimacy and gut-churning ups and downs begin!” —Leigh Haber, The New York Times Book Review “I read this book...

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A daughter, a sister, a friend. A girl who laughed too loud at her own clumsiness, who believed in Christmas magic a little longer than most, who dreamed of drawing pictures that would one day hang on walls. A girl who grew up in a home filled with pancakes on Sundays, shortbread in Granny’s kitchen, and the faithful bark of her dog Bruno greeting her at the door.

Frank Cottrell Boyce’s series of plays about the punk generation 30 years on What if punk heroes The Adverts had played a gig in Camberley in 1977, to an audience of 27 people? And what if, three decades later, someone tried to bring that audience back together for a reunion? That’s the...

After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter, Loo, to Olympus, Massachusetts. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at school and grows curious about her mother's mysterious death. Haunting them both are twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past - a past that eventually spills over into his daughter's present, until together they must face a reckoning yet to come.

Over a period of thirty years, three gay men struggle to define themselves and make their mark on a turbulent and unwelcoming world that is so filled with anger that love has become a luxury. The townsfolk describe him as “prettier than a boy should be.” ELI APPLE is embarrassed by such remarks but soon learns to celebrate all the pleasures his beauty invites. He possesses the voice of an angel and the sound of his tender falsetto echoes throughout the green forests that surround his New England home.

An unexpected friendship. A late-night adventure. A revelation that changes everything. College junior Olin Sloane has never been the volunteering type, but when he’s nudged into joining an adopt-a-grandparent program, he figures it could be good for him. Then he meets Alph—a closed off, no-nonsense old man who was cold and uninterested in the program. But over time, their reluctant pairing turns into something real; full of humor, mischief, and life lessons. When Alph asks Olin for a favor, he agrees, unaware that this simple act will change his life forever.

Billy Lockett: He was the king of rock ‘n roll - until a shocking accident cut short his spectacular career. Iris Ames: A nubile beauty who was the latest to be promoted by Billy from groupie to bedmate. Al Fenstra: Billy’s manager who guided his career like a father. His reaction to Billy’s accident: “Jesus Christ, I’m wiped out!”

Meet D-Lo Carter: a 20-year-old broke, underpaid comedian from Milwaukee with big dreams and even bigger jokes. Life in the trap is messy, hilarious, and unpredictable, but D-Lo’s wit, street smarts, and legendary gold-chain dog story make him impossible to ignore. From stoop roasts to open mic struggles, bus rides full of chaos, and the journey to Atlanta’s comedy scene, Live From the Trap is a laugh-out-loud, urban, coming-of-age story about survival, friendship, and chasing your dreams—even when the world isn’t ready for your punchlines.

ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019 From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter—a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry...

When the work on The Pipeline began, Amy thought that her work was done. Little did she know that it was just the beginning. She knew plastic pollution was an issue, but she had no idea how bad the problem was until she was face to face with it. Now, she has a new foe. With her friend's lives on the line, Amy will have to take on her biggest challenge yet.

Pinned follows Ivan and Bobby's season-long efforts toward overcoming forces within and beyond their control toward a title that only one of them can capture! In Perfected by Girls, navigating high school isn't easy for Melinda Radford. She's the lone girl on the Ashton High wrestling team, grappling with opponents who refuse to compete against her, a few who want to crush her, and a coach who's less-than-pleased having a female in his practice room.

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Louis and Louise are separated by a single moment in time, a strike of chance that decided their future. The day they were born is when their story begun. In one, Louis David Alder is born a male. In the other, Louise Dawn Alder is born a female. Louis and Louise are the same in many ways - they have the same best friends, the same parents, the same dream of being a writer and leaving their hometown in Maine as soon as they can. But because of their gender, everything looks different.

Jerónimo Rodríguez Loera es en apariencia un niño mexicano como cualquier otro, pero también es un monstruo: recuerda completo el ciclo de sus reencarnaciones y, con él, todo el comportamiento humano. Al recordar sus vidas, Jerónimo presentará al lector el juego eterno al que se deben sus participantes. Echados ya los puentes sobre el modelo de la novela-río, Vidas perpendiculares es una formulación distinta, una novela cuántica, donde los diversos tiempos y espacios son simultáneos.

Jessica Wood is an aspiring photographer living in London. She’s had her heart broken, and her friends have pieced it back together again. But across the neon lights of Soho, in the smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke, on every night bus, in every song, every time she tries to forget: she remembers him. Now, in a battle between the past and the future, choosing between having a life and making a living, finding her feet or spreading her wings, Jessica must ask herself: who is she really living for?

Life is a dream, or is it? Zac can remember every detail of his dreams. He’s profoundly disturbed because he dreams about Isaac, a gay boy, and Zac is absolutely, 100 percent straight, or is he? Isaac is troubled by his newly vivid dreams too because he’s dreaming about Zac. Yuck! How could a boy want to do that with girls? Zac lives in 1983 and Isaac in 2018 so how can they possibly dream about each other? As both boys begin to doubt their sanity and wonder if they are real, their dreams begin to bring them closer together across time.

Devastated by the loss of her fiancé, Jessica Brooks is certain she'll never love again. Hell, she may never even leave her apartment again. But circumstances force her back to her hometown of Atlanta and into the arms of someone who understands her pain. Torn between mourning her fiancé forever and finding peace in the midst of her grief, Jess must find the key to her happiness, the cure for her pain, and learn how to move on without the person she held most dear.

What I did to her is unforgivable. I shattered her completely. I did it knowing I was wrong the entire time. Now that I'm here and she is within my reach, I still can't resist her. My enemy is still lurking and more threatening than ever before. I won't allow any harm come to her. I need her to forgive me, and to let me in again.

Thelonious "Theo" Mitchell is a down-on-his-luck teenager, wandering aimlessly through life with no desire or focus. When tragedy strikes, he is taken in by his aunt and uncle. Thrown into a new school with unfamiliar surroundings, he befriends the class "troublemaker". After yet another tragedy, will Theo fall victim to life, or use the tragedy as a spark and motivation to embrace all that life has to offer?