Case Histories Kate Atkinson, 2007

Private detective Jackson Brodie finds his own need for resolution sparked by three investigations, including that of two sisters who discover a shocking clue to the disappearance of their third sister 30 years earlier.

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Garden Spells Sarah Addison Allen, 2008

A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the legacy of the Waverly family until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new nextdoor-neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, 2009

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A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, 2008 Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in wartorn Kabul, incurring losses over the course of 30 years that test the limits of their strength and courage.

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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, 2003

A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit.

The Tortilla Curtain T. Coraghessan Boyle, 1995

The lives of two different couples-wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals-suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.

Before You Know Kindness Christopher Bohjalian, 2004

After a decade of spending a delightful summer week at their country house in New Hampshire, the members of the extended Seton family are confronted by a terrible accident, testing the values and relationships that hold them together.

What We Keep Elizabeth Berg, 1998

In San Francisco, two sisters visit their mother who walked out on the family 30 years earlier to devote herself to art. Now she has cancer and may die. One of the sisters is only doing it to please the other.

Emma Jane Austen, 2003

Emma tries to impose her match making ideas on everyone and finds that sometimes she should desist.

Crescent Diana Abu-Jaber, 2003

Lonely Arab students and professors come together at Nadia's Café, a Lebanese restaurant in Los Angeles, where they read foreign newspapers, eat food from their homelands, drink coffee and long to
visit their homes and families in the Middle East.