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• The Friend

  Nunez, Sigrid

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  If you like stories about human/animal bonds: A woman inherits an unwanted dog and develops a deep bond with her new pet in this moving meditation on loss. A celebration of human-canine devotion and the connections between animals and humans.

• The Art of Racing in the Rain

  a Novel

  Stein, Garth

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  If you like stories about human/animal bonds: Enzo, a remarkable dog, reflects on his life with his family in this heart-wrenching story of love, loyalty, and hope.

• The Lonely Hearts Book Club

  Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer)

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  If you like unlikely friendships: Sloane, a small-town librarian, develops a rapport with patron, Arthur. When Arthur becomes bedridden, Sloane creates a book club, where the lonely hearts of their town find each other and the joy of unlikely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

  a Novel

  Lyons, Annie

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  If you like unlikely friendships: Eudora Honeysett forms a friendship with ten-year-old, Rose. As she undertakes a series of new adventures, Eudora reflects on her past and comes to terms with what her future holds.

• Miss Benson's Beetle

  a Novel

  Joyce, Rachel

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  If you like unlikely friendships: Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, abandons her job and sets out on an expedition to find the golden beetle of New Caledonia. Accompanied by her new assistant, fun-loving, Enid, the two women set off…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gravity Is the Thing

  a Novel

  Moriarty, Jaclyn

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  If you like stories about hope in the face of loss: Twenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson's brother went missing, never to be seen again. That same year, she began to receive chapters in the mail of a self-help manual. Abi embarks on a search for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

  a Novel

  Robinson, Shauna,

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  If you like unraveling secrets: Maggie Banks is determined to keep her best friend's bookstore afloat, including breaking all the rules of her new town. In doing so, she unearths long-held town secret that could upend everything.

• The Secret Book of Flora Lea

  a Novel

  Henry, Patti Callahan,

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  If you like unraveling secrets: Hazel blames herself for the disappearance of her younger sister Flora in 1939. Twenty years later, she is moving on in London when she receives a book in the mail that may hold the secrets to Flora's disappearance.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fox 8

  a Story

  Saunders, George, 1958-

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  If you like stories narrated by animals: In this short story, Fox 8 develops a unique skill: he teaches himself to speak "Yuman" by listening to children's bed time stories.

• Behold the Octopus!

  Slade, Suzanne,

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  If you just want to learn more about the super-cool creature that is the octopus!