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Chris Cleave
Just in time for the Olympics, Cleave captures the competitive and personal trials of world-class athletes.
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14 Elin Hilderbrand Meet the author of Summerland
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22 Fiction
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Armenian heritage inspires new novel
16 Karen Thompson Walker Time slows in The Age of Miracles
20 Prepping for the Olympics Background on the worldwide competition
24 Short stories Two superb collections
29 Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer Mother-daughter team pens YA fairy tale
The Innocents by Francesca Segal also reviewed: Say Nice Things About Detroit by Scott Lasser The Absolutist by John Boyne Skios by Michael Frayn Some Kind of Fairy T ale by Graham Joyce Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham The Red House by Mark Haddon Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness The Red Chamber by Pauline A. Chen Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
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31 Susan Gal Meet the illustrator of Day by Day
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27 NonFiction
31 Ocean wonders Go under the sea with three picture books
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Coming to My Senses by Alyssa Harad
also reviewed:
Barack Obama by David Maraniss Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson The Long Walk by Brian Castner Some of My Best Friends Are Black by Tanner Colby
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05 Lifestyles 06 Whodunit
08 ROMANCE
Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield also reviewed: Libby of High Hopes by Elise Primavera Rush for the Gold by John Feinstein Mothership by Martin Leicht and Isla Neal
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