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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION RILEY 2023
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FICTION RILEY 2023
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION RILEY 2023
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FICTION RILEY 2023
1 available
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"Acclaimed historical novelist Vanessa Riley is back with another novel based on the life of an extraordinary Black woman from history: Haiti's Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid, who escaped a coup in Haiti to set up her own royal court in Italy during the Regency era, where she became a popular member of royal European society"--
"Acclaimed historical novelist Vanessa Riley is back with another novel based on the life of an extraordinary Black woman from...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION MAHER 2023
1 available
FICTION MAHER 2023
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION MAHER 2023
1 available
FICTION MAHER 2023
1 available
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"A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women who fought for our right to choose, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Paris Bookseller. Chicago, early 1970s: Who does a woman call when she needs help? Jane. The best-known secret in the city, Jane is an underground women's health organization composed entirely of women helping women, empowering them to live lives free from the expectations...
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION WILLIA 2023
1 available
FICTION WILLIA 2023
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION WILLIA 2023
1 available
FICTION WILLIA 2023
1 available
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2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who live on a narrowboat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press. Ambitious, intelligent Peggy has been told for most of her life that her job is to bind the books, not read them-but as she folds and gathers pages, her mind wanders to the opposite side of Walton Street,...
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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"Socialite Edith Bolling has been in no hurry to find a new husband since she was widowed, preferring to fill her days with good friends and travel. But the enchanting courting of President Woodrow Wilson wins Edith over and she becomes the First Lady ofthe United States. The position is uncomfortable for the fiercely independent Edith, but she's determined to rise to the challenges of her new marriage--from the bloodthirsty press to the shadows of...
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"Her husband's cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn't going to take it anymore. She's moving back north, to the city of her dreams-with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with martinis in hand . . . When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she's shocked and furious . . . at first. By the time her...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION WAN 2024
1 available
FICTION WAN 2024
1 available
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2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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"Lulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life. So, when Shanghai’s most eligible bachelor surprises her with a proposal, the only acceptable answer is yes, even if the voice inside her head is saying no. His family’s fortune would solve all her parents’ financial woes, but Lulu isn’t in love or ready for marriage. The only people she can confide in are her two best friends: career-minded Rina, who is tired of being...
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"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected...
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"There is only one known queen who ruled a kingdom on American soil. This is her story"--
"There is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil. Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 - 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life. As seen on...
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2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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"London, 1815. Lady Petra Forsyth, daughter of the Earl of Holbrook, has made a shocking proclamation. After losing her beloved fiancé in an accident three years earlier, she announces in front of London's loosest lips that she will never marry. A woman of independent means--and rather independent ways--Petra sees no reason to cede her wealth and freedom to any man now that the love of her life is gone. Instead, she plans to continue enjoying the...
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION KWOK 2023
1 available
FICTION KWOK 2023
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION KWOK 2023
2 available
FICTION KWOK 2023
2 available
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4 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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"An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women in New York City"--
"Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support, fleeing a controlling husband, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth—another female casualty of China’s controversial One Child Policy. But with her husband on her trail, the...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION MORRIS 2023
1 available
FICTION MORRIS 2023
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION MORRIS 2023
1 available
FICTION MORRIS 2023
1 available
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3 copies, 15 people are on the wait list.
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"A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris. In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION MURATA 2024
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FICTION MURATA 2024
1 available
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"In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protaegaee of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi...
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5 copies, 36 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 47 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 47 people are on the wait list.
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"A thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles. San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION RYAN 2021
1 available
FICTION RYAN 2021
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION RYAN 2021
1 available
FICTION RYAN 2021
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Adult Fiction
FICTION RYAN 2021
1 available
FICTION RYAN 2021
1 available
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION OFARRE 2022
2 available
FICTION OFARRE 2022
2 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION OFARRE 2022
1 available
FICTION OFARRE 2022
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION OFARRE 2022
1 available
FICTION OFARRE 2022
1 available
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2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 26 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 26 people are on the wait list.
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"Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION NEWMAN 2022
1 available
FICTION NEWMAN 2022
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION NEWMAN 2022
1 available
FICTION NEWMAN 2022
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Adult Fiction
FICTION NEWMAN 2022
1 available
FICTION NEWMAN 2022
1 available
Description
As Edith, her best friend of forty-two years who is dying of ovarian cancer, spends her last days at a hospice near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on, and try to let go.
"For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. Edith and Ashley have been best friends for...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION JOHNSO 2023
3 available
FICTION JOHNSO 2023
3 available
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6 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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"From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter....
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GARMUS 2022
1 available
FICTION GARMUS 2022
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION GARMUS 2022
1 available
FICTION GARMUS 2022
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GARMUS 2022
2 available
FICTION GARMUS 2022
2 available
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23 copies, 240 people are on the wait list.
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25 copies, 265 people are on the wait list.
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25 copies, 265 people are on the wait list.
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GROFF 2021
2 available
FICTION GROFF 2021
2 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GROFF 2021
1 available
FICTION GROFF 2021
1 available
In Processing - Adult Fiction
FICTION GROFF 2021
1 available
FICTION GROFF 2021
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Description
"Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MYERS 2022
1 available
FICTION MYERS 2022
1 available
Description
In 1946 North Carolina, seamstress Maddie Sykes, a dressmaker for Bright Leaf's most influential women--the wives of powerful tobacco executives--uncovers dangerous truths about this lucrative industry in a place where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive.