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  • Improvising in Italian

    by Jennifer Artley

    In the summer of 2017, Jennifer and her husband Michael, seasoned jetsetters, spontaneously move to Modena in Northern Italy, far from the grandeur and splendor of Rome, Florence, and Venice. They immerse themselves in Italian food and visit castles and wineries and become close friends with an eclectic group of Italians and expats. But as they build their dream life, navigating through Italy’s notoriously corrupt bureaucracy, Michael’s business in Italy collapses. To hang on, he attempts other business deals, involving everything from Italian football clubs to Stratovarius violins, which introduces the couple to colorful, unsavory characters. Then in 2020, an unknown virus spreads like wildfire, and Italy is at the epicenter. This prompts one of the strictest lockdowns in world history, and Jennifer and Michael are brought to the precipice of personal and financial ruin until an unexpected twist of fate arrives. Improvising in Italian is a frank, honest appraisal of the romance and pitfalls of being a global nomad. It follows the couple as they survive innumerable slaps, cultural faux pas, missteps, and devastating setbacks, culminating in the realization that, even in Italy, there is no such thing as the perfect place to live.

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  • Not the Trip We Planned

    by Linda N. Edelstein & Carol G. Kerr

    Chickie and Maddy are aging in their typical yin and yang styles when old friend Lena’s husband, Edward, suddenly dies. Maddy, a retired social worker, is eager to offer support; Chickie, a chronically underemployed journalist, is peeved at the inconvenience. Friendship prevails and the two reluctantly return to Chicago, where they’d all met decades earlier. They soon learn that Lena requires more than comfort or casseroles—she is certain Edward was murdered and demands answers. Chickie and Maddy dismiss her suspicions as grief but agree to help. They’re soon astonished to discover they have a penchant for unraveling mysteries, learning more about Edward than they ever wanted to know. As tensions mount and secrets tumble forth, the women must choose to remain silent or pursue justice . . . or is it revenge?

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  • The Bank

    by Brandon Currence

    The Bank continues the saga of Daniel Furman, a brilliant and talented athlete whose tranquil life is shattered by forces beyond his control. After a harrowing face-off with a terrorist culminates in the savage drugging and rape of his fiancé, Sarah, Daniel waits in Maine while Sarah heals. He wonders if he will ever again find the peace he had ripped from him. As Daniel considers his future, his mentor and uncle, Victor, offers a new course for him. He becomes embroiled in a world of technology that can provide for the welfare of the Earth and redefine the center of world power. Will he ever find the quiet life with Sarah he desperately desires? Or will his intelligence drive him to a destiny shaped by unimaginable forces the world may not be ready to accept. Daniel must choose between challenging the most powerful institution in history and losing everything he has worked so hard to build.

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  • A Life Made From Scratch

    by Marie Newman

    A Life Made From Scratch is a brutally honest, frequently funny memoir about Marie Newman’s rise to “controversial” congresswoman, mother of a transgender daughter, antibullying activist, and CEO. Marie shares the stories of her hard-fought business and political wins and losses, while managing her family's transitions and mental health struggles. At its heart, this is the story of a woman who has moved mountains and built movements. Her invaluable lessons illustrate how movements, life solutions, careers, and families are built from a person’s motivation to solve a problem. Completely unvarnished, she shares the inside story of congressional life, her unsuccessful bid for reelection, ever-present misogyny throughout her career, and the devastating sequence of events that would crush her political career and, paradoxically, be the fire that would finally free her.

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  • The Silversmith’s Secret

    by Stephen A Seche

    “I have watched you and believe you are a trustworthy man, and so I am placing my life’s work in your care and ask only that you find a way to share it with the world.” A gifted silversmith named Moishe Azani presses a note bearing these words into the hand of the American pilot who has just delivered hundreds of Yemeni Jews like himself to the Promised Land of Israel in April 1949. For over sixty years the note sits untranslated and unread—until it comes into the possession of the pilot’s grandson. Unemployed and aimless, the young man seizes on the opportunity to retrieve the jewelry Moishe was forced to leave behind, a decision that leads inexorably to grave danger in a corner of the globe where poverty, corruption, and a virulent form of international terrorism have taken root. Weaving together the lives of two remarkably different individuals, The Silversmith’s Secret brings into bold relief the rich past and troubled present of Yemen as it mines timeless themes of identity, belonging, alienation, and redemption.

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  • Finding My Son

    by Nathan Aguinaga

    After almost three decades of suspecting he might have a son he had never met, Nathan Aguinaga, retired master sergeant, husband, and father, got a call that changed his life. Through the miracle of DNA testing, his son had found him. A short and sweet tale of a family’s history and how they found each other through persistence and perhaps lot of luck, Finding My Son portrays the many angles of relationships, love, and the search for connection that all eventually lead us to where we’re meant to be on this crazy journey of life.

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  • Boy With Wings

    by Mark Mustian

    What does it mean to be different? When Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back in the 1930s Deep South, the locals think he’s a bad omen. Determined to protect him, his mother fakes his death, and they flee. Thus begins Johnny’s yearslong struggle to find a place he belongs. From a turpentine camp of former slaves to a freak show run by a dwarf who calls herself Tiny Tot and on to the Florida capitol building, Johnny finds himself working alongside other outcasts, struggling to answer the question of his existence. Is he a horror, a wonder, or an angel? Should he hide himself to live his life? Following Johnny’s journey through love, betrayal, heartbreak, and several murders, Boy with Wings is a story of the sacrifices and freedom inherent in making one’s own special way—and of love and the miracles that give our lives meaning.

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  • Yankeeland

    by Lacy Fewer

    Fiercely independent and passionate, Brigid feels hindered by her family and the strict society of her small Irish town in the early 1900s. Brigid and her cousin Molly, who is more like a sister, dream of a new life in the seemingly unlimited land of opportunity they call Yankeeland—America. Brigid gets her chance when she emigrates with her husband Ben and her brother James, while Molly stays in Ireland. But when Brigid’s quest to have a child leads her to seek unconventional help, her mental stability is questioned. She is soon caught up in a patriarchal medical establishment she has little power to fight. The new life in America Brigid dreamed about takes a drastic turn. Decades later Brigid's grandniece discovers a sack full of letters between the two cousins. She unravels the story and vows to tell the tale of what really happened to Brigid in Yankeeland.

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  • Gwendolyn & Eddie

    by Michael O. L. Seabaugh

    In 1957, Gwendolyn is living the domestic dream as the prized wife of the dashing Dr. Paul Stanley Bollinger, with three beautiful, healthy children and a charming Edwardian home in the historic town of Cape Girardeau. Enter Eddie, an inebriated monkey brought home as a poker prize by her equally drunk husband. Thus begins Gwendolyn’s years-long struggle to domesticate two unruly fellas. Eddie is a hilarious handful but no match for Paul Stanley and his increasing penchant for bourbon and nurses. Meanwhile, as the predictable 1950s evolve into the increasingly tumultuous ’60s and beyond, Gwendolyn finds her conservative beliefs challenged by the realities of racism, homophobia, traditional masculinity, the sexual revolution, and the struggle for women's rights. For over forty years, a time marked by hilarity, heartbreak, and tragedy, Eddie serves as her clown prince, her unexpected confidant, and when all is said and done, her solace. The story of Gwendolyn and Eddie is ultimately about cages—the ones we are born into, those we construct for ourselves, and the ones we impose on those we love.

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  • Doctor Witch

    by Frank J. Edwards

    Dr. Jack Forester has seen his share of trauma as an emergency physician. He’s now the dean of a medical school and a single father still grieving the death of his wife. But the real abyss opens when a brilliant former colleague that Jack had flushed from cover as a psychotic serial killer a few years before conspires to destroy Jack and his hospital with the help of a cybercriminal. Jack is also faced with the need to somehow aid his beleaguered niece, Kaitlyn Anderson, a valiant teenager struggling to navigate a horrific home environment. Things grow even more perilous when Kaitlyn gets entangled in the villain’s web.

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