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Astrid & Veronika
Olsson, Linda
This haunting and lyrical story reveals how the friendship between two women, one young and one old, helps each of them navigate from the depths of grief back into the joy of life.
[Adult Fiction Book OLSSON]
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That Mad Ache
Sagan, Francoise
Douglas Hofstadter has lovingly translated Sagan's bittersweet story of a doomed love affair. The bonus here is Hofstadter's essay on "the Pleasantly Pervasive Paradoxes of Translation", Translator, Trader, which is the flip side of the book.
[Adult Fiction Book SAGAN]
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Eat Cake
Ray, Jeanne
When the going gets tough, the tough -- bake cake? That's Ruth's response. When her mom moves in, her husband loses his job, and her estranged father shows up on the doorstep with two broken wrists, a lot of cakes are in the offing. You'll alternate between laughing till the tears come and paging to the 12 included recipes as your mouth waters for cake! The Minneapolis setting is fun for us locals, too.
[Adult Fiction Book RAY]
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Looks to Die For
Kaplan, Janice
When Lacy Fields' husband is arrested for the murder of an aspiring starlet, the Beverly Hills decorator and mother of three is sure it's all a mistake. After all, isn't plastic surgeon Dan Fields known as the Saint of Hollywood? But the evidence is strong, Dan isn't telling her everything, and Lacy decides to investigate herself, waltzing her Manolo Blahniks and Prada bag into one dicey situation after another.
[Adult Mystery Book KAPLAN]
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