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REMAIN By Nicholas Sparks New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod, still grieving the death of his sister who could see spirits. In a historic bed-and-breakfast, he meets a young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world. CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED By Jessica Stanley A literary love story told through ten years in the life of one woman as she tries to build a longed-for family without also losing herself. An entertaining...

A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF By Megha Majumdar One family secures climate-refugee visas to escape the devastation of a drought-ridden Kolkata. When their documents are stolen, the stories of the family and the thief heartrendingly unfold. This urgent story asks the impossible question: How much collateral damage is acceptable to protect someone you love? THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY By Kiran Desai A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and...

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFÉ By Fannie Flagg The classic novel about two women: Evelyn and Mrs. Threadgoode, who is telling her life story. Her tale includes two more women, the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, where along with coffee, it had the occasional murder. DELICIOUS! By Ruth Reichl Working as a public relations hotline consultant for a once-prestigious culinary magazine,...