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Book 1: Results May Vary, Bethany Chase 

From Bethany Chase, whom bestselling author Emily Giffin calls a great new voice in fiction, comes a wise and delightfully contemporary novel about a woman's journey to rebuild her life, and her heart, after a stunning betrayal. She never saw it coming. Without even a shiver of suspicion to warn her, art curator Caroline Hammond discovers that her husband is having an affair with a man, a revelation that forces her to question their entire history together, from their early days as high school sweethearts through their ten years as a happily married couple. In her now upside-down world, Caroline begins envisioning her life without the relationship that has defined it: the loneliness of being away from a close relationship; the rekindled yet tenuous closeness with her younger sister; and the unexpected and potentially disastrous attraction she can't get off her mind. Caroline always thought she knew her own love story, but as her husband's other secrets emerge, she must decide whether that story's ending will mean forgiving the man she has loved for half her life, or facing her future without him. Compassionate and uplifting, "Results May Vary" is a bittersweet celebration of the heart s ability to turn unexpected troubles into extraordinary strength.

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Book 2: The Cauliflower, Nicola Barker

To the world he is Sri Ramakrishna - godly avatar, esteemed spiritual master, beloved guru. To Rani Rashmoni, he is the Brahmin fated to defy tradition. But to Hriday, his nephew and long-time caretaker, he is just Uncle - maddening, bewildering Uncle, prone to entering trances at the most inconvenient of times, known to form dangerous acts of self-effacement, who must be vigilantly safeguarded not only against jealous enemies but also against that most treasured yet insidious of sulphur-rich vegetables: the cauliflower. Rather than puzzling the shards of history and legend together, Barker shatters the mirror again and rearranges the pieces. The result is a biographical novel viewed through a kaleidoscope. Dazzlingly inventive and brilliantly comic, irreverent and mischievous, the Cauliflower (registered) delivers us into the divine playfulness of "one of the most exhilarating, audacious, and...ballsy writers of her generation"

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Book 3: Mr. Eternity, Aaron Thier

A novel of exuberance and ambition, spanning one thousand years of high-seas adventure, environmental and cultural catastrophe, and enduring love

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Book 4: The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge--with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth s surface. And the woman with the Tiger s heart is on the prowl . . . The author of the highly acclaimed, award-winning novel "The Witch's Boy" has written an epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to be a modern classic.

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