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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh · 2022
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel
Fannie Flagg · 2016
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, <i>Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe </i>is a now-classic novel about two women: Evelyn, who’s in the sad slump of middle age, and gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode, who’s 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, offering good coffee, southern barbecue, and all kinds of love and laughter—even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present will never be quite the same again.<br> <br> <b>Praise for <i>Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> “A real novel and a good one [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller.”<b>—<i>The New York Times</i></b><br> <br> “Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved [the Threadgoodes] in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure.”<b>—Harper Lee</b><br> <br> “This whole literary enterprise shines with honesty, gallantry, and love of perfect details that might otherwise be forgotten.”<b>—<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> “Funny and macabre.”<b>—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> “Courageous and wise.”<b>—<i>Houston Chronicle</i></b>
To Read
Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars
E. Lockhart · 2023
<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • The addictive prequel to the TikTok phenomenon <i>We Were Liars</i>: the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come.</b><br><br><b>LOOK FOR E. LOCKHART’S NEW NOVEL IN THE WE WERE LIARS UNIVERSE, <i>WE FELL APART</i>, COMING NOVEMBER 4, 2025</b><br><br><b>"I anticipated that at some point a shocking twist would come. And, wow, does it ever." —<i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>"A perfect beach read." —<i>The Boston Globe</i></b><br><br>A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts.<br>A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow.<br>A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy.<br>A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes.<br><br>Welcome back to the Sinclair family.<br>They were always liars.<br><br><b>Don’t miss any of the We Were Liars novels</b><br><b>WE WERE LIARS • FAMILY OF LIARS • WE FELL APART (Coming in November!)</b>
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
Madeline Miller · 2012
A New York Times Bestseller<br/>“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art….A book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House<br/>A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe<br/>A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.<br/>“A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it’s a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity.” — Donna Tartt, The Times
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We Were Liars
E. Lockhart · 2018
<b>NOW AVAILABLE AS THE ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES <i>WE WERE LIARS—</i>AND LOOK FOR E. LOCKHART’S NEW NOVEL IN THE WE WERE LIARS UNIVERSE, <i>WE FELL APART</i>, COMING NOVEMBER 4, 2025<br><br>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • A <i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</i> BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY • The modern, sophisticated suspense novel that became a runaway smash hit on TikTok and introduced the world to a family hiding a jaw-dropping secret.<br><br>"Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, <i>We Were Liars</i> is utterly unforgettable." —John Green, #1<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i><br><br></b>A beautiful and distinguished family.<br>A private island.<br>A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.<br>A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.<br>A revolution. An accident. A secret.<br>Lies upon lies.<br>True love.<br>The truth.<br><br>Read it.<br>And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.<b><br><br>Don’t miss any of the We Were Liars novels<br>WE WERE LIARS • FAMILY OF LIARS • WE FELL APART (Coming in November!)<br></b>
