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Life in the town of LV runs smoothly, regulated by an omnipresent System. When Monica and her daughter move in, everyone is ready to welcome them - until they fail to blend into the well-oiled scheme. A crescendo of unrest pervades the town, with consequences reverberating in unexpected ways. Will things ever be the same again?

A period piece memoir depicting the life of Richard Robison, who as a boy moved from town to town, swept along by his parents' quest for the American Dream. Beautifully told, humorous, sometimes dark - this memoir deals with forgiveness, empathy, music, and pain.

Somota is society divided by change, and by memories. When A. arrives in the protectorate shortly after the first world war, he is unsure of what to expect. Employed by the government as a linguistic anthropologist, he is tasked with documenting the benefits of the new order and reporting them to the Reverend G. But what are these benefits? In his travels throughout the region, A. finds only the physical and emotional scars of conquest, and of routine colonial administration. Yet, even as the indigenous culture is being reduced to mere fragments, he also learns of a sublime literature responding to those historical traumas. One storyteller in particular, Kehinta, begins to reveal to A. just how much has been lost. A profoundly beautiful novel commenting on the horrors of colonial oppression, trauma, love, and the power of story.

The riddles of desire, youth, old age, poverty, and wealth are laid bare in this radiant collection from a master of the form. From inner-city pawnshops to high-powered law firms, from the desert of California to the coast of France, The Flounder paints a vivid portrait of how complex and poignant everyday life can be. Told in vibrant, incantatory prose, these moving, lyrical, and surprising stories teeter between desperation and hope, with Fulton showing us what lasts in an impermanent world.

Canada, 1804, on the edge of Chippewa territory. Flora wakes from a malarial coma to staggering loss in a new land. Set amid the privation of a struggling frontier settlement and a forest camp, Anangokaa is the evocative coming-of-age story of a young woman who must determine what sacrifices she is willing to make for the life she longs to live.

Exceptionally well-written debut novel, driven by the experience of the emigrant in America. Frieda, an enigmatic cat, is the link connecting three generations of Greek-Americans, from a daunting trip across the ocean in the 1920s to present-day internet dating. A quirky, feel-good novel, loosely based on true stories.