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The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht What the book is about (back-of-the-book blurb): In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and [...] Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay Back-of-the-book blurb: When she decides to auction her remarkable jewelry collection, Nina Revskaya, once a great star of the Bolshoi Ballet, believes she has finally drawn a curtain on her past. Instead, the former ballerina finds herself overwhelmed by memories of her homeland and of [...] The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli Back-of-the-book blurb: On a stifling day in 1975, the North Vietnamese army is poised to roll into Saigon. As the fall of the city begins, two people make their way through the streets to escape to a new life. Helen Adams, an American [...] The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem The Spirit of the Place takes place in the early 1980s over the course of a little more than a year, mainly in the fictional Hudson River Valley town [...] |
 
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