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• Sunburn

  Howarth, Chloe Michelle,

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  It’s the early 1990’s in the small town of Crossmore, Ireland, and Lucy knows what she’s expected to do. Fall in love with the son of the farmer next door, marry him, pray for children, and never, under any circumstances reveal the truth--that she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Memoriam

  Winn, Alice (Alice Mary Felicity), 1992-

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  Henry Gaunt, a student at an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside is relieved to escape his feelings for Sidney Ellwood when he enlists to fight in World War I, but is horrified when all his classmates join him. (NoveList)

• Cantoras

  De Robertis, Carolina,

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  A revolutionary novel about five wildly different women who, in the midst of the Uruguayan dictatorship, find each other as lovers, friends, and ultimately, family. (Bibliocommons)

• Pizza Girl

  a Novel

  Frazier, Jean Kyoung,

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  Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl in suburban Los Angeles, our charmingly dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. She's grieving the death of her father (who she has more in common…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs. S

  Patrick, K.,

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  Taking up the antiquated role of "matron" at an elite English boarding school, a woman is unsure of her role, her accent and her body until she has a passionate, illicit affair with Mrs. S, the headmaster's wife, but as summer fades, a choice must…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is How You Lose the Time War

  El-Mohtar, Amal,

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  Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rosewater

  Little, Liv,

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  Evicted from her social housing in south London, 28-year-old Elsie turns to her childhood friend, Juliet, for help, and among Juliet's mismatched cushions and shelves lined with trinkets, Elsie is able to breathe for the first time in years,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Giovanni's Room

  Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

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  Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. (Bibliocommons)

• The Price of Salt

  Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995

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  Trapped in a boring, dead-end day job in a department store, stage designer Therese Belivet finds her life forever changed when she encounters--and falls in love with--Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the midst of a divorce. (NoveList)

• Call Me by Your Name

  Aciman, André

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  The story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. (Bibliocommons)

• The Song of Achilles

  Miller, Madeline

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  Banished from his father's kingdom, 10-year-old prince Patroclus finds sanctuary in Phthia as a foster child of King Peleus and becomes friends with Peleus' demigod son, Achilles. The two boys become devoted to each other, but it's only a matter of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Young Mungo

  a Novel

  Stuart, Douglas, 1976-

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  Star-crossed lovers: Fifteen-year olds Mungo and James reside in the same Glasgow neighborhood, but live in different worlds. Mungo's Protestant family is plauged by poverty and alcoholism. It's bad enough that Mungo must hide his true self -- worse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The South

  a Novel

  Aw, Tash,

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  A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer-about family, desire, and what we inherit. (NoveList)

• Open, Heaven

  Hewitt, Seán,

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  In a remote village in the north of England, shy 16-year-old James realizes how his desire could separate him from his family, as he is drawn to slightly older, handsome but wounded Luke, in a mesmerizing hymn to boyhood, sensuality and love in all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Swiss

  a Novel

  Beagin, Jen,

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  A woman in upstate New York who works transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach becomes infatuated with one of his clients, a repressed married woman from Switzerland who has a refreshing attitude towards trauma. (NoveList)

• Greta & Valdin

  Reilly, Rebecca K.,

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  Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn't know how to pronounce Greta's surname,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Jasmine Throne

  Suri, Tasha,

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  Set in a world inspired by historical India, The Jasmine Throne begins a sweeping new epic fantasy trilogy in which a captive princess and a servant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies--and eventually, much more than allies--on a…Read moreRead more of this annotation