Lisy's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:18:14 -0700 60 Lisy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[La chica de nieve (Miren Triggs, #1)]]> 49235949
Kiera Templeton, de tan solo tres años, desaparece entre la multitud.

Tras una búsqueda frenética por toda la ciudad, alguien encuentra unos mechones de pelo junto a la ropa que llevaba puesta la pequeña.

En 2003, el día que hubiese sido el octavo cumpleaños de Kiera, sus padres, Aaron y Grace Templeton, reciben en casa un extraño paquete con algo inesperado: una cinta de vídeo VHS con una grabación de un minuto de Kiera, ya con ocho años, jugando en una habitación desconocida.

Miren Triggs, una estudiante de periodismo de la Universidad de Columbia, se siente atraída por el caso e inicia una investigación paralela que la lleva a desentrañar aspectos de su pasado que creía olvidados, y es que su historia personal, al igual que la de Kiera, está llena de incógnitas.

Después del éxito de El día que se perdió la cordura, El día que se perdió el amor y Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff, Javier Castillo regresa con La chica de nieve, un juego de espejos y un oscuro viaje a las entrañas del periodismo. Una novela que muestra que lo peor siempre pasa inadvertido.]]> 512 Javier Castillo 8491292667 Lisy 0 currently-reading 3.89 2020 La chica de nieve (Miren Triggs, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[El dĂ­a que se perdiĂł la cordura]]> 22590990 350 Javier Castillo Lisy 3 3.76 2014 El dĂ­a que se perdiĂł la cordura
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average rating: 3.76
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]]> Lilith 81069444 In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of time, an outrageous lie is born: that women are inferior.

Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses - and is banished forever from Paradise.

Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah - God's wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven - is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.

Lilith's quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer to the court of Israel's Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women - and all humankind - at the beginning of time.

Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.]]> 336 Nikki Marmery 1639105719 Lisy 0 to-read 3.63 2023 Lilith
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]]> The Reading List 55276648 An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.

Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home.

When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading listâ€� hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again.Ěý]]> 368 Sara Nisha Adams 0063025280 Lisy 0 to-read 4.02 2021 The Reading List
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]]> Let's Call Her Barbie 211671383 She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.

In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.

As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels—head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.

In the decades to come—through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions� each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll—she’s a legacy.]]> 432 Renée Rosen 0593335686 Lisy 0 to-read 4.04 2025 Let's Call Her Barbie
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]]> The Guncle (The Guncle, #1) 54508798
So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick’s brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of “Guncle Rules� ready to go, Patrick has no idea what to expect, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love, a somewhat-stalled career, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old. Quickly realizing that parenting—even if temporary—isn’t solved with treats and jokes, Patrick’s eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility, and the realization that, sometimes, even being larger than life means you’re unfailingly human.]]> 326 Steven Rowley 0525542280 Lisy 0 to-read 4.09 2021 The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch]]> 12067
People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. This time though, the armies of Good and Evil really do appear to be massing. The four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both the angels and demons � well, one fast-living demon and a somewhat fussy angel � would quite like the Rapture not to happen.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist…]]> 491 Terry Pratchett Lisy 0 to-read 4.27 1990 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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]]> Por si un día volvemos 224137101 Hui de un crimen involuntario. Hui de los hombres que no me quisieron. Hui de una guerra. Esta es mi historia, entre España y Orán, junto al Mediterráneo.

Orán. Años 20, siglo xx. En esta ciudad africana de origen árabe, pulso español y administración francesa desembarca una joven con el falso nombre de Cecilia Belmonte. En apariencia, ha cruzado el Mediterráneo para escapar de la miseria, como tantos compatriotas. Su razón, sin embargo, es más turbia.

La urgencia por sobrevivir la obliga a dejarse la piel en plantaciones y lavaderos, como empleada doméstica y operaria de fábrica a destajo. Hasta que una madrugada, en la tabaquera Bastos, participa en un delito por el que paga con su sometimiento a un hombre despreciable. Su entereza será lo que la libere y le aporte el coraje para rehacerse y emprender un camino en ascenso, repleto de quiebros, logros y desafíos a lo largo de tres décadas vibrantes.

Esta es la historia de una mujer que vivió el auge colonial y el trágico fin de la Argelia francesa. Y, en paralelo, sus páginas rescatan la memoria de los desconocidos pieds-noirs españoles que, arrastrados por la emigración y el exilio, formaron parte de aquel mundo.]]> 521 María Dueñas 8408302302 Lisy 0 to-read 4.06 2025 Por si un día volvemos
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]]> <![CDATA[Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff]]> 43357421 Un fin de semana en una cabaña en el bosque.
Un matrimonio en crisis.
Una misteriosa desapariciĂłn.
¿Qué ha sucedido con Miranda Huff?

Una pareja en crisis decide pasar un fin de semana de retiro en una cabaña en el bosque en Hidden Springs, pero cuando Ryan Huff llega para encontrarse con Miranda la puerta está abierta, hay dos copas de vino sobre la mesa, nadie en el interior y el cuarto de baño se encuentra lleno de sangre.

Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff es un thriller psicológico de ritmo vertiginoso donde parece imposible encontrar a Miranda con vida. Lo que Ryan desconoce es que la desaparición de su mujer conecta su historia con la de su mentor, el gran James Black, y con el descubrimiento del cadáver de una mujer desaparecida treinta años atrás en la misma zona.

Después del éxito arrollador de El día que se perdió la cordura y El día que se pedrdió el amor, con más de 300.000 ejemplares vendidos, Javier Castillo, maestro del suspense, despliega su virtuosismo narrativo para profundizar en los misterios de lo cotidiano, allí donde permanecen ocultos los miedos más primarios. Una experiencia de lectura palpitante y enérgica que corta la respiración.]]> 448 Javier Castillo 8491292187 Lisy 3 3.83 2019 Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff
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Estuvo bien, pero no fue una novela excepcional. He leído mejores de este autor. Me gustó que tenía varios “twists� pero para mí, le faltaba algo, esperaba más.
]]> The Collector's Daughter 56197489 A Novel of the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb

Bestselling author Gill Paul returns with a brilliant novel about Lady Evelyn Herbert, the woman who took the very first step into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and who lived in the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and the long after-effects of the Curse of Pharaohs.Ěý

Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb.

In November 1922, their dreams came true when they discovered the burial place of Tutankhamun, packed full of gold and unimaginable riches, and she was the first person to crawl inside for three thousand years. She called it the “greatest moment� of her life—but soon afterwards everything changed, with a string of tragedies that left her world a darker, sadder place.

Newspapers claimed it was “the curse of Tutankhamun,� but Howard Carter said no rational person would entertain such nonsense. Yet fifty years later, when an Egyptian academic came asking questions about what really happened in the tomb, it unleashed a new chain of events that seemed to threaten the happiness Eve had finally found.]]> 384 Gill Paul 0063079860 Lisy 0 to-read 3.69 2021 The Collector's Daughter
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]]> El cuco de cristal 59813453
Un donante lleno de secretos

¿Qué esconden los latidos de tu corazón?

Nueva York, 2017. Cora Merlo, médico residente de primer año, sufre un infarto fulminante que la obliga a un trasplante de corazón. Aún convaleciente la joven recibe la visita de una extraña mujer con una enigmática oferta: pasar unos días en Steelville, un pequeño pueblo de interior, para conocer la vida de su hijo Charles, el donante de su corazón.

Cora se adentra así en un hogar lleno de secretos, en un misterio que se extiende durante veinte años y en un pueblo hermético en el que, justo el día de su llegada, desaparece un bebé en un parque público.]]> 487 Javier Castillo 1644735695 Lisy 5 4.07 2023 El cuco de cristal
author: Javier Castillo
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average rating: 4.07
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Me encanto este libro. Javier Castillo tiene una forma de escribir que te engancha desde el principio. No le doy 5 estrellas porque había un pelín de previsibilidad, pero por lo menos a mi me mantuvo en tensión este thriller. No me extrañaría si hacen esta historia en una película.
]]> With Love from London 56915227 A librarian inherits a bookshop from her estranged mother, leading her halfway across the world on a journey of self-discovery that transcends time and honors the unbreakable bonds of love and family.

When librarian Valentina Baker was a teenager, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own. Now in her thirties and fresh out of a failed marriage, Val feels a nagging disenchantment with her life--and knows she is still heartbroken over her mother's abandonment.

In a bittersweet twist of fate, Val receives word that Eloise has passed away, leaving Val her Primrose Hill apartment and the deed to a bookshop Val never knew she'd owned. Though the news is devastating, Val finds herself more determined than ever to discover who her mother truly was. She jets across the Atlantic, departing Seattle for a new life in charming London.

Slowly but surely, Val begins to piece together Eloise's life in the UK, falling in love with her pastel-colored flat, cozy neighborhood, and tucked-away storefront. But when she discovers that The Book Garden is in danger of going under, Val must work with its eccentric staff to get it in working order. In the process, she learns more about Eloise than she ever thought possible. And as Val races to save the shop, Eloise's own story unfolds, leading both mother and daughter to unearth revelatory truths.]]> 375 Sarah Jio 1101885084 Lisy 0 to-read 4.00 2022 With Love from London
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]]> All the Flowers in Paris 42859805
When Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past, she's confused to learn that she's lived a sad, reclusive life for years in a sprawling apartment on the Seine. Slowly regaining vague memories of a man and young child, she vows to piece her life back together--though she can't help but feel she may be in danger. A budding friendship with the chef of a charming nearby restaurant takes her mind off of her foggy past, as does a startling mystery from decades prior...

In Nazi-occupied Paris, young widow Celine lives a quiet life with her father, the local florist, and her daughter, Cosi. When a ruthless German officer discovers the family's Jewish ancestry, he blackmails Celine, forcing her to become his mistress in exchange for the others' safety. The trio plans an escape, but their mission goes horribly awry and Celine's beloved father and daughter are sent away to a cruel fate. Initially distraught, Celine fears the worst. Yet she soon discovers that Cosi has snuck away and followed her into captivity. More motivated than ever, Celine must now fight to hide and protect the person she loves most.

Parallel timelines intersect when Caroline discovers Celine's diary tucked away in a closet, and it is revealed that the walls of her apartment harbor dark secrets. With the help of a local student from the Sorbonne, she realizes that she may have more in common with Celine than she could ever imagine.]]> 240 Sarah Jio 110188505X Lisy 0 to-read 4.16 2019 All the Flowers in Paris
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]]> The Book of Lost Names 52762903 The Book of Lost Names.

The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II—an experience Eva remembers well—and the search to reunite people with the texts taken from them so long ago. The book in the photograph, an eighteenth-century religious text thought to have been taken from France in the waning days of the war, is one of the most fascinating cases. Now housed in Berlin’s Zentral- und Landesbibliothek library, it appears to contain some sort of code, but researchers don’t know where it came from—or what the code means. Only Eva holds the answer—but will she have the strength to revisit old memories and help reunite those lost during the war?

As a graduate student in 1942, Eva was forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town in the Free Zone, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children fleeing to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named RĂ©my, Eva decides she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember who they really are. The records they keep in The Book of Lost Names will become even more vital when the resistance cell they work for is betrayed and RĂ©my disappears.

An engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil.]]> 388 Kristin Harmel 1982131896 Lisy 3 4.41 2020 The Book of Lost Names
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]]> Unlikely Animals 58502645 A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake.

It was a source of entertainment at Maple Street Cemetery. Both funny and sad, the kind of story we like best.

Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she's lost her way. A med school dropout, she's come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire to care for her father, dying from a mysterious brain disease. Clive Starling has been hallucinating small animals, as well as visions of the ghost of a long-dead naturalist, Ernest Harold Baynes, once known for letting wild animals live in his house. This ghost has been giving Clive some ideas on how to spend his final days.

Emma arrives home knowing she must face her dad's illness, her mom's judgement, and her younger brother's recent stint in rehab, but she's unprepared to find that her former best friend from high school is missing, with no one bothering to look for her. The police say they don't spend much time looking for drug addicts. Emma's dad is the only one convinced the young woman might still be alive, and Emma is hopeful he could be right. Someone should look for her, at least. Emma isn't really trying to be a hero—but somehow she and her father set in motion just the kind of miracle the town needs.

Set against the backdrop of a small town in the throes of a very real opioid crisis, Unlikely Animals is a tragicomic novel about familial expectations, imperfect friendships, and the possibility of resurrecting that which had been thought irrevocably lost.]]> 348 Annie Hartnett 0593160223 Lisy 3 4.05 2022 Unlikely Animals
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average rating: 4.05
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The book was in between the category of quirky and absurd. I don’t mind quirky but do not care for the latter. A story about family and grief that dragged on for too way long. It had it’s humorous parts, but not enough for me to given it a great rating.
]]> <![CDATA[Women Inventors: Amanda Jones, Mary Anderson, Bette Nesmith Graham, Dr. Ruth Benerito, Becky Schroeder (Capstone Short Biographies)]]> 889526 Jean F. Blashfield 1560652756 Lisy 0 to-read 5.00 1995 Women Inventors: Amanda Jones, Mary Anderson, Bette Nesmith Graham, Dr. Ruth Benerito, Becky Schroeder (Capstone Short Biographies)
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]]> My Name Is Emilia del Valle 217245557 In this spellbinding historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The Wind Knows My Name, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father—and herself.

In San Francisco 1866, an Irish nun, left pregnant and abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia Del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman.

To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of sixteen, she begins to publish pulp fiction under a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can't contain her sense of adventure any longer, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at the San Francisco Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan.

As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, along with Eric, and while there, begins to uncover the truth about her father and the country that represents her roots. But as the war escalates, Emilia finds herself in danger and at a crossroads, questioning both her identity and her destiny.

A riveting tale of self-discovery and love from one of the most masterful storytellers of our time, My Name is Emilia del Valle introduces a character who will never let hold of your heart.]]> 304 Isabel Allende 059397509X Lisy 0 to-read 4.06 2025 My Name Is Emilia del Valle
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book Club for Troublesome Women]]> 216052751 Four dissatisfied sixties-era housewives form a book club turned sisterhood that will hold fast amid the turmoil of a rapidly changing world and alter the course of each of their lives.

By early 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan, Viv Buschetti, and Bitsy Cobb, suburban housewives in a brand-new "planned community" in Northern Virginia, appear to have it all. The fact that "all" doesn't feel like enough leaves them feeling confused and guilty, certain the fault must lie with them. Things begin to change when they form a book club with Charlotte Gustafson--the eccentric and artsy "new neighbor" from Manhattan--and read Betty Friedan's just-released book, The Feminine Mystique.

Controversial and groundbreaking, the book struck a chord with an entire generation of women, helping them realize that they weren't alone in their dissatisfactions, or their longings, lifting their eyes to new horizons of possibility and achievement. Margaret, Charlotte, Bitsy, and Viv are among them. But is it really the book that alters the lives of these four very different women? Or is it the bond of sisterhood that helps them find courage to confront the past, navigate turmoil in a rapidly changing world, and see themselves in a new and limitless light?]]> 384 Marie Bostwick 1400344743 Lisy 0 to-read 4.13 2025 The Book Club for Troublesome Women
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]]> Los recuerdos del porvenir 2514766 292 Elena Garro 9682705673 Lisy 2 4.33 1963 Los recuerdos del porvenir
author: Elena Garro
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average rating: 4.33
book published: 1963
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[CĂłmo (no) escribĂ­ nuestra historia]]> 122496938
Porque a veces la verdad (no) es solo aquello que queremos creer.

Elsa Benavides es una escritora de éxito con una crisis creativa y una obsesión: matar al personaje que la catapultó al éxito. Pero la solución a sus problemas no pasa por electrocutar a Valentina con un móvil en la bañera. Es la punta del iceberg de una herida más profunda.

Decidida a huir para volver a abrazar la escritura, se topa con Darío, un músico recién llegado de París que además es su vecino. Empieza así una nueva historia en la que Elsa es la protagonista. ¿Será capaz de contarlo todo?]]> 544 Elísabet Benavent 8491297243 Lisy 1 De lo peor que haya leído. 3.77 2023 Cómo (no) escribí nuestra historia
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De lo peor que haya leĂ­do.
]]> <![CDATA[Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands]]> 147039 553 Jorge Amado 0307276643 Lisy 0 4.03 1966 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
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]]> Lady Tan’s Circle of Women 62919732
According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,� but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient.

From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus , they tell from adversity beauty can bloom.

But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.

How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.]]> 352 Lisa See 1982117087 Lisy 4 4.31 2023 Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
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average rating: 4.31
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Super interesting read based on a real person who was a female doctor in 15th century China. This was highly unusual as gender roles did not encourage this according to Confucian teachings. The story is about relationships, female support, and women helping women in a time where if you were born a woman you were already in disadvantage. Lisa See takes us through the culture and traditions that were common at that time, in a book that was very well researched and written. Highly recommend!
]]> Nineteen Steps 123199043 The New York Times bestseller from iconic Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN: Nineteen Steps is a captivating novel inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II.

Love blooms in the darkest days�

It’s 1942, and air raid sirens continue to wail around London. Eighteen-year-old Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her.

After a chance encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed nearby, Nellie becomes enchanted with the idea of a broader world. Just when Nellie begins to embrace an exciting new life with Ray, a terrible incident occurs during an air raid one evening, tearing Nellie’s world is torn apart. But just when it seems all hope is lost, Nellie finds that, against all odds, love and happiness can triumph.

Nineteen Steps is a deeply affecting, mesmerizing page-turner inspired by the author’s family history. An epic story of longing, loss, and secrets, Millie Bobby Brown’s propulsive debut introduces an unforgettable, brave young woman and boldly portrays the strength in the power of love.

“Inspired by my Nanny Ruth, this book is very personal and close to my heart. I grew up listening to stories about her time living through the war. I’m honored to keep her story alive.”—Millie Bobby Brown]]> 320 Millie Bobby Brown 0063335786 Lisy 0 to-read 3.72 2023 Nineteen Steps
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]]> <![CDATA[They Know We're Coming!: The True Story of the ATF Operation at Koresh's Waco Compound]]> 217492532 When Agent Rodriguez came face to face with Koresh, his training served him well. He formed relationships, attended services to acquire knowledge of the group’s practices, and kept an eye out for any surreptitious changes. He adapted his personality to fit the situation, gained the trust of the target, and gathered inside information to assist in planning the government raid of the compound. He reported everything to his commanders who were in charge of the raid.
And right after Agent Rodriguez learned that Koresh had been informed of the government’s plan to invade the compound, he reported that new dire development to his superiors. He told them They Know We’re Coming!
Despite his repeated warnings, the raid happened anyway. Several ATF agents lost their lives, along with countless Davidians, and by the end of the siege, the Waco compound was swallowed in flames. What went wrong?
They Know We’re Coming! tells the wild, but true, story of Rodriguez� encounters with David Koresh, and the physical and spiritual battle which turned deadly for so many.]]> 269 Robert Rodríguez 1959127314 Lisy 5 5.00 They Know We're Coming!: The True Story of the ATF Operation at Koresh's Waco Compound
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]]> There Are Rivers in the Sky 202468422 From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two rivers, all under the shadow of one of the greatest epic poems of all time.

In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign. From its ruins, however, emerged a poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, that would infuse the existence of two rivers and bind together three lives.

In 1840 London, Arthur is born beside the stinking, sewage-filled River Thames. With an abusive, alcoholic father and a mentally ill mother, Arthur’s only chance of escaping destitution is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a leading publisher, Arthur’s world opens up far beyond the slums, and one book in particular catches his interest: Nineveh and Its Remains.

In 2014 Turkey, Narin, a ten-year-old Yazidi girl, is diagnosed with a rare disorder that will soon cause her to go deaf. Before that happens, her grandmother is determined to baptize her in a sacred Iraqi temple. But with the rising presence of ISIS and the destruction of the family’s ancestral lands along the Tigris, Narin is running out of time.

In 2018 London, the newly divorced Zaleekah, a hydrologist, moves into a houseboat on the Thames to escape her husband. Orphaned and raised by her wealthy uncle, Zaleekah had made the decision to take her own life in one month, until a curious book about her homeland changes everything.

A dazzling feat of storytelling, There Are Rivers in the Sky entwines these outsiders with a single drop of water, a drop which remanifests across the centuries. Both a source of life and harbinger of death, rivers—the Tigris and the Thames—transcend history, transcend fate: “Water remembers. It is humans who forget.�]]> 464 Elif Shafak 0593801717 Lisy 0 to-read 4.39 2024 There Are Rivers in the Sky
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]]> The God of the Woods 199698485 When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.]]> 490 Liz Moore Lisy 0 to-read 4.16 2024 The God of the Woods
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]]> The Memory Library 182359374 For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library.

Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves � with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work.

But Ella � Sally’s only child � fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back. And though Sally still dutifully adds a new paperback to the shelves every time the clock strikes midnight on July 11th, her hopes of her daughter ever thumbing through the pages are starting to dwindle.

Then disaster strikes and Ella is forced to return to the home she once knew.

She is soon to discover that when one chapter ends, another will soon follow�

All you have to do is turn the page�

Journey through the pages of this heartwarming novel, where hope, friendship and second changes are written in the margins.]]> 335 Kate Storey Lisy 0 to-read 4.32 2024 The Memory Library
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]]> <![CDATA[The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store]]> 65678550
Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, which served the neighborhood's quirky collection of blacks and European immigrants, helped by her husband, Moshe, a Romanian-born theater owner who integrated the town's first dance hall. When the state came looking for a deaf black child, claiming that the boy needed to be institutionalized, Chicken Hill's residents—roused by Chona's kindess and the courage of a local black worker named Nate Timblin—banded together to keep the boy safe.

As the novel unfolds, it becomes clear how much the people of Chicken Hill have to struggle to survive at the margins of white Christian America and how damaging bigotry, hypocrisy, and deceit can be to a community. When the truth is revealed about the skeleton, the boy, and the part the town’s establishment played in both, McBride shows that it is love and community—heaven and earth—that ultimately sustain us.]]> 385 James McBride 0593422945 Lisy 4 3.84 2023 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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The book was difficult to get into at first, but once I did, I couldn’t put it down. I interpreted from the story a message of solidarity between the Black, Jewish communities, and immigrants as the author with his signature style exposes the injustices that many communities and individuals experienced in the 1930’s, due to the the stereotypes and labels that society dictate, which can resonate with many injustices of today. The book is not predictable as there are many characters and their stories that are interwoven to create a bigger picture. Give this one a try, and try to stick to it, as I feel it is worth it. There are sections that are rather rough but the author is telling the story with a harsh reality. Recommended!
]]> A Map to Paradise 214986213 1956, Malibu, Something is not right on Paradise Circle.

With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows. He’s her sole confidante, though, as she and her housekeeper, Eva, an immigrant from war-torn Europe, rarely make conversation.

Then one early morning Melanie and Eva spot Elwood’s sister-in-law and caretaker, June, digging in his beloved rose garden. After that they don’t see Elwood at all anymore. Where could a man who never leaves the house possibly have gone?

As they try to find out if something has happened to him, unexpected secrets are revealed among all three women, leading to an alliance that seems the only way for any of them to hold on to what they can still call their own. But it’s a fragile pact and one little spark could send it all up in smoke…]]> 352 Susan Meissner 0593332865 Lisy 0 to-read 3.73 2025 A Map to Paradise
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]]> Conclave 211119902
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.

They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.

Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.]]> 304 Robert Harris 0593689585 Lisy 0 to-read 4.09 2016 Conclave
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]]> Conclave 29397486
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.

They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.

Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.]]> 288 Robert Harris Lisy 0 to-read 4.01 2016 Conclave
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]]> <![CDATA[Piensa lo bueno y se te dara / Think Good Thoughts and They Will Happen (Metafisica Conny Mendez) (Spanish Edition)]]> 14736250 111 Conny MĂ©ndez 9803690825 Lisy 0 to-read 3.77 1999 Piensa lo bueno y se te dara / Think Good Thoughts and They Will Happen (Metafisica Conny Mendez) (Spanish Edition)
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]]> Barkskins 25111119 seigneur,� for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters—barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi’kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures. But Duquet, crafty and ruthless, runs away from the seigneur, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over three hundred years—their travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand, under stunningly brutal conditions—the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks, and cultural annihilation. Over and over again, they seize what they can of a presumed infinite resource, leaving the modern-day characters face to face with possible ecological collapse.
]]> 717 Annie Proulx 0743288785 Lisy 0 to-read 3.78 2016 Barkskins
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]]> The Seamstress of Acadie 182093563
As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.]]> 416 Laura Frantz 0800740688 Lisy 0 to-read 4.32 2024 The Seamstress of Acadie
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]]> Ulysses 338798
According to Declan Kiberd, "Before Joyce, no writer of fiction had so foregrounded the process of thinking". Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between the poem and the novel, with structural correspondences between the characters and experiences of Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus, in addition to events and themes of the early 20th-century context of modernism, Dublin, and Ireland's relationship to Britain.

The novel is highly allusive and also imitates the styles of different periods of English literature. Since its publication, the book has attracted controversy and scrutiny, ranging from an obscenity trial in the United States in 1921 to protracted textual "Joyce Wars." The novel's stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and experimental prose—replete with puns, parodies, and allusions—as well as its rich characterisation and broad humour have led it to be regarded as one of the greatest literary works in history; Joyce fans worldwide now celebrate 16 June as Bloomsday.']]> 783 James Joyce Lisy 1 3.72 1922 Ulysses
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]]> The Beekeeper of Aleppo 44068815 This powerful novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of the human spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo--until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. On the way, Nuri is sustained by the knowledge that waiting for them is Mustafa, his cousin and business partner, who has started an apiary and is teaching fellow refugees in Yorkshire to keep bees.

As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss, but dangers that would overwhelm the bravest of souls. Above all, they must journey to find each other again.

Moving, powerful, and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is the novel that will put human faces on the Syrian war for American readers. It brings home the idea that the most ordinary of lives can be completely upended in unimaginable ways. Immigrant stories and stories of compassion are essential right now and here is a novel that answer that call: showing the triumph of the human spirit--and of love--when the world becomes unrecognizable.]]> 337 Christy Lefteri 0593128168 Lisy 5
Don’t miss reading this well written and haunting book that will move you to tears. Recommended 100%]]> 4.28 2019 The Beekeeper of Aleppo
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I still have tears in my eyes, overwhelmed with emotion as I finished this book. It was a heartbreaking and moving story of a refugee couple and their journey as they flee Syria seeking for safety and their final destination of England. They stay in refugee camps and have a difficult and dangerous journey, at the same time they are coping with the loss of their child, their trauma and PTSD. Although this book was very sad and depressing, the author did an amazing job transmitting to the reader a very realistic picture of a dangerous life in the war zone and in the refugee camps, which is still happening today. And the sometimes criminal activity that seem to happen frequently to anybody, from children to adults. The fear, and often inhumane conditions that are experienced due to many reasons, lack of funding for instance, and the ever so slight hope that remains in those whose won’t allow their spirit to be broken. This book takes your heart and throws it out as I ache for every Nuri and Afra, every Sami, Mustafá and other characters with their horrific backgrounds and stories as they are trying to escape, leaving everything they knew behind, to find safety.

Don’t miss reading this well written and haunting book that will move you to tears. Recommended 100%
]]> <![CDATA[Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (The Seven Sisters, #8)]]> 58528573
A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who is really is.

As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one’s safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more.

2008, the Aegean

The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly.

To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed, another question emerges. The sisters must confront the idea that their adored father was someone they barely knew. And even more shockingly: that these long-buried secrets may still have consequences for them today.

Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the Seven Sisters series to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.]]> 750 Lucinda Riley 1957568178 Lisy 0 4.46 2023 Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (The Seven Sisters, #8)
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]]> Golden Earrings 12585568
You who judge me: come! Let me tell you a story �

Paloma Batton is the granddaughter of Spanish refugees who fled Barcelona after the Civil War. A disciplined student with the School of the Paris Opera Ballet, Paloma lets little get in the way of her career until she receives a visit from an otherworldly being who leaves her with a pair of golden earrings.
Sensing that she has been given a quest, Paloma begins exploring her own Spanish heritage and makes the connection between the visitor and â€la Rusaâ€�, a woman who rose from poverty to become one of the great flamenco dancers of modern times.
La Rusa died while living in Paris in 1952. Her death was ruled a suicide but as Paloma begins to unravel the secrets of the past, she discovers more than one person who had good reason for wanting la Rusa dead, including Paloma’s own grandmother.
GOLDEN EARRINGS is a story that moves between two great cities: Barcelona in the lead up to the Civil War and Paris in the 1970s. It is the story of two women and the extremes to which they are willing to go for love. It is a story of great passions -- and great betrayals -- where nothing is quite as it seems.
Praise for TUSCAN ROSE:
â€Impeccable research into the terrible times of Mussolini’s Italy makes this story of sacrifice and salvation unforgettableâ€� WOMAN’S DAY]]> 528 Belinda Alexandra 1742853234 Lisy 0 to-read 4.11 2011 Golden Earrings
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]]> <![CDATA[Siempre vienen de noche: Los crĂ­menes del Monasterio de Piedra]]> 209668566 Cuando se pone el sol y las campanas suenan la muerte ronda el Monasterio de Piedra

Monasterio de Piedra, 1543. En plena noche, un novicio encuentra a una mujer en el bosque con la ropa hecha jirones y gritando como si acabara de escapar del infierno. Uno de los monjes la reconoce como Daniela, hija del comendador de Nuévalos asesinada cuatro años atrás. ¿Ha regresado de entre los muertos? ¿Dónde ha estado todo este tiempo?

Pero Daniela no es la única desaparecida. Desde hace un tiempo, los raptos y los asesinatos de chicas jóvenes se han sucedido en Nuévalos y los habitantes del pueblo temen el tañido lúgubre de las campanas que anuncian la llegada de una compañía demoniaca que siembra el terror en sus calles.

Pero no todos creen en la naturaleza diabólica de esos seres. Dino D’Angelis, el mejor agente de Carlos V, y Charlène Dubois, médico personal de la familia imperial, son enviados a Nuévalos para resolver el misterio. Pese a la oposición de un pueblo sumido en la superstición, se adentrarán en una investigación que los precipitará hacia un torbellino de oscuros intereses, horror y crímenes.

EL THRILLER HISTĂ“RICO NUNCA FUE TAN ADICTIVO.]]> 560 Alberto Caliani 8466678204 Lisy 0 to-read 4.28 Siempre vienen de noche: Los crĂ­menes del Monasterio de Piedra
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]]> El clan (Elena Blanco, #5) 214507008 CUANDO MORIR NO IMPORTA, TODO ESTĂ PERMITIDO. EL BRUTAL DESENLACE DE LA SERIE INSPECTORA ELENA BLANCO

Elena Blanco, inspectora de la Brigada de Análisis de Casos (BAC) se enfrenta a su peor enemigo, una poderosa organización integrada por personalidades del mundo de la empresa, la política, la judicatura y la policía. El Clan. Enfrentarse a él es acabar muerto. Aun así, la BAC afronta el desafío. Pero cuando Elena recibe unas imágenes en las que Zárate aparece tendido sobre un charco de sangre, comete un error imperdonable.

Con la inspectora en busca y captura, acusada del asesinato de un policía, y Zárate desaparecido, Mariajo, Reyes, Orduño y Buendía hacen la guerra por su cuenta. La llegada de una nueva inspectora en sustitución de Elena empeora la situació parece enviada por el Clan con la misión de acabar con la BAC y llevar a Blanco a la cárcel.

Sin embargo, el hallazgo de unos cadáveres que han sido eviscerados lleva la investigación de Elena a cruzar todos los límites para salvar a su Brigada y encontrar a Zárate, sin saber si está vivo o muerto.

Es el principio del fin de la BAC.

Ninguno de sus miembros se habĂ­a enfrentado a un asesino tan despiadado como el Clan.

MagnĂ­fica, brutal y enormemente adictiva, Carmen Mola se supera en el esperado desenlace de la serie Inspectora Elena Blanco.]]> 456 Carmen Mola 8408291262 Lisy 0 to-read 4.14 2024 El clan (Elena Blanco, #5)
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]]> The Turnglass 67658761
And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver’s tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.

1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn’t believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum.

But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Oliver’s final book, a tête-bêche novel—which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee...

Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction.]]> 512 Gareth Rubin 1398514497 Lisy 0 to-read 3.49 2023 The Turnglass
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]]> <![CDATA[Pray for Silence (Kate Burkholder, #2)]]> 7315153
State agent John Tomasetti arrives on the scene to assist. He and Kate worked together on a previous case during which they began a volatile relationship. They soon realize the disturbing details of this case will test their emotional limits and force them to face demons from their own troubled pasts—and for Kate, a personal connection that is particularly hard to bear.

When she discovers a diary that belonged to one of the teenaged daughters, Kate is shocked to learn the girl kept some very dark secrets and may have been living a lurid double life. Who is the charismatic stranger who stole the young Amish girl’s heart? Could the brother—a man with a violent past, rejected and shunned by his family and the Amish community, have come to seek out revenge? As Kate’s outrage grows so does her resolve to find the killer and bring him to justice—even if it means putting herself in the line of fire.]]> 304 Linda Castillo 0312374984 Lisy 4 3.99 2010 Pray for Silence (Kate Burkholder, #2)
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]]> How to Leave the House 202102006 It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: the deeply embarrassing package he ordered to his house - which still hasn't arrived. He won't leave town without it. Any alternative is too distressing to consider ...

This is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of Natwest, and his small-town odyssey in pursuit of the missing package. And yet it's also the story of a middle-aged dentist who dreams of being a respected artist - but the only thing he can seem to paint is the human mouth. And it's the story of a tortured imam involved in a quasi-romantic entanglement with the local vicar; and an octogenerian mourning the death of her secretive husband; and a troubled teenager whose nudes have leaked on the internet. It's the story of Natwest's obnoxious ex-boyfriend, and his class-traitor mother and her childhood boyfriend, and the life-changing secrets he knows about Natwest's past.

Alternating between Natwest's idiosyncratic inner world and the perspectives of the other characters - and dazzling in its energy, imagination and originality - this is an outrageously funny and tenderly moving story about being connected to everyone and everything at all times; about love, friendship, and the lies we tell ourselves; about unhappy endings, happy endings - and whether anything really is as simple as one or the other.]]> 320 Nathan Newman 0593654900 Lisy 0 to-read 3.01 2024 How to Leave the House
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]]> The Volcano Daughters 202468410 A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal dictator, El Gran Pendejo, and their flight from genocide, which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to cannery row, each followed by a chorus of furies, the ghosts of their murdered friends, who aren’t yet done telling their stories.

El Salvador, 1923. Graciela grows up on a volcano in a community of indigenous women indentured to coffee plantations owned by the country’s wealthiest, until a messenger from the Capital comes to claim at nine years old she’s been chosen to be an oracle for a rising dictator—a sinister, violent man wedded to the occult. She’ll help foresee the future of the country.Ěý Ěý Ěý

In the Capital she meets Consuelo, the sister she’s never known, stolen away from their home before Graciela was born. The two are a small fortress within the dictator’s regime, but they’re no match for El Gran Pendejo’s cruelty. Years pass and terror rises as the economy flatlines, and Graciela comes to understand the horrific vision that she’s unwittingly helped shape just as genocide strikes the community that raised her. She and Consuelo barely escape, each believing the other to be dead. They run, crossing the globe, reinventing their lives, and ultimately reconnecting at the least likely moment.Ěý Ěý Ěý

Endlessly surprising, vividly imaginative, bursting with lush life, The Volcano Daughters charts, through the stories of these sisters and the ghosts they carry with them, a new history and mythology of El Salvador, fiercely bringing forth voices that have been calling out for generations.]]> 368 Gina MarĂ­a Balibrera 0593317238 Lisy 0 to-read 3.51 2024 The Volcano Daughters
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]]> El niño que perdió la guerra 215944761 Un niño. Dos países. Dos ideologías.

Una emocionante y ambiciosa novela sobre la identidad y el poder arrollador de la cultura que nos muestra que, incluso en los rincones más oscuros de la Historia, la vida se abre paso.

Madrid, invierno de 1938

Clotilde, una artista gráfica que dibuja caricaturas para los diarios republicanos, asiste en Madrid a los últimos meses de la Guerra Civil. La caída de la República es inminente, por lo que su marido, militante comunista que trabaja para los rusos, decide enviar a Moscú a su hijo Pablo, de tan solo cinco años, en contra de su voluntad. Clotilde se resiste con todas sus fuerzas, pero no logra evitar que el comandante Borís Petrov emprenda ese arriesgado viaje por una España en llamas para cumplir con el deseo de su camarada de llevar a Pablo a la Unión Soviética, donde Stalin está levantando un nuevo país sobre las ruinas del antiguo régimen.

MoscĂş, primavera de 1939

Allí es recibido por su nueva familia que, conmovida por su trágico exilio, acoge con afecto a un niño exhausto y enfermo. Anya no duda en cuidar de Pablo como si fuese su propio hijo, sin hacer distinciones con Igor, su hermano de adopción. Hija y esposa de dos orgullosos héroes de la Revolución -su padre luchó junto a Lenin, su marido a las órdenes de Stalin-, Anya ama la poesía y la música, aficiones sospechosas y burguesas a los ojos del poder. Mientras sus ilusiones naufragan en el ambiente cada vez más opresivo del terror estalinista, su espíritu se rebela contra la injusticia, la miseria, la ausencia de libertad y el Gulag.

Pablo crece entre el recuerdo cada vez más tenue de su madre, que no ceja en su empeño por recuperarlo, y el cariño de Anya, quien le transmite su amor por la música, la literatura y sus deseos de libertad. Dos mujeres unidas por el destino de un niño y enfrentadas al mismo el de las ideologías totalitarias a las que sucumbió el siglo xx.

Se puede perder una guerra, pero se puede ganar la libertad]]> 471 Julia Navarro 8401027985 Lisy 0 to-read 4.28 El niño que perdió la guerra
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]]> The Secret (The Secret, #1) 52529 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781582701707.

The worldwide bestselling phenomenon that has helped millions tap the power of the law that governs all our lives to create—intentionally and effortlessly—a joyful life.

In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe�The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller.

Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions, and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it.

In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.

The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.]]> 199 Rhonda Byrne Lisy 0 3.74 2006 The Secret (The Secret, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives]]> 34452 224 Brian L. Weiss 0446520594 Lisy 0 4.15 1988 Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)]]> 187181 304 Chaim Potok 0449213447 Lisy 0 to-read 4.06 1966 The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Antoni GaudĂ­: The Life and Legacy of the Architect of Catalan Modernism]]> 36226534 66 Charles River Editors Lisy 0 to-read 3.60 Antoni GaudĂ­: The Life and Legacy of the Architect of Catalan Modernism
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]]> <![CDATA[GaudĂ­. The life of a visionary]]> 3533968 144 J. Castellar-Gassol 8486540550 Lisy 0 to-read 3.36 1999 GaudĂ­. The life of a visionary
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]]> G (la novela de Gaudí) 25651599 559 Daniel Sánchez Pardos 8408144642 Lisy 0 to-read 3.21 2015 G (la novela de Gaudí)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder, #1)]]> 6115138 321 Linda Castillo 0312374976 Lisy 5 4.02 2009 Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder, #1)
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Wow! What a nail biting thriller!!! And an introduction to her series! I will need to read the whole series!!
]]> <![CDATA[Outsider (Kate Burkholder, #12)]]> 51172016 Linda Castillo follows her instant New York Times bestseller, Shamed, with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder's past comes back to haunt her when she receives a call from Amish widower Adam Lengacher. While enjoying a sleigh ride with his children, he discovered a car stuck in a snowdrift and an unconscious woman nearby. Kate arrives at his farm and is shocked to discover the driver is a woman she hasn't seen in ten years: fellow cop Gina Colorosa.

Ten years ago, Kate and Gina were best friends at the police academy, graduating together as rookies with the Columbus Division of Police. But the reunion takes an ominous turn when Kate learns Gina is wanted for killing an undercover officer. Gina claims she's innocent, that she was framed by corrupt officers who want her gone because she was about to turn them in for wrongdoing.

Kate calls upon state agent John Tomasetti for help and with a blizzard bearing down, they delve into the incident. But no one wants to talk about what happened the night Gina allegedly gunned down a fellow cop. Even Tomasetti is stonewalled, his superior telling him in no uncertain terms to back off.

With whisperings of corruption and the threat of rogue cops seeking revenge, Kate and Gina hunker down at Adam Lengacher's farm. As Kate gets closer to the truth, a killer lies in wait. When violence strikes, Kate must confront a reality that changes everything she thought she knew not only about friendship, but the institution to which she's devoted her life.]]> 320 Linda Castillo 125014289X Lisy 0 to-read 3.98 2020 Outsider (Kate Burkholder, #12)
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]]> Shamed (Kate Burkholder, #11) 41150434 In this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo, a devastating murder exposes an Amish family’s tortured past.

The peaceful town of Painters Mill is shattered when an Amish grandmother is brutally murdered on an abandoned farm. When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on the scene, she learns that the woman’s seven-year-old granddaughter is gone, abducted in plain sight. Kate knows time is against her—the longer the girl is missing, the less likely her safe return becomes. The girl’s family is a pillar of the Amish community, well-respected by all. But Kate soon realizes they’re keeping secrets—and the sins of their past may be coming back to haunt them. What are they hiding and why?

Kate’s investigation brings her to an isolated Old Order Amish settlement along the river, a community where family is everything and tradition is upheld with an iron fist. But the killer is close behind, drawing more victims into a twisted game of revenge. Left behind at each new crime scene are cryptic notes that lead Kate to a haunting and tragic secret. What she uncovers threatens to change everything she thought she knew about the family she’s fighting for, the Amish community as a whole—and her own beliefs.

As time to find the missing girl runs out, Kate faces a harrowing choice that will test her convictions and leave one family forever changed.]]> 294 Linda Castillo 1250142865 Lisy 0 to-read 4.06 2019 Shamed (Kate Burkholder, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Gathering of Secrets (Kate Burkholder, #10)]]> 36187085 A deadly fire exposes the dark side of Amish life in this harrowing new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series.

When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. At first, it looks like an accident, but when the body of eighteen-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside—burned alive—Kate suspects murder. Who would want a well-liked, hardworking young Amish man dead?

Kate delves into the investigation only to find herself stonewalled by the community to which she once belonged. Is their silence a result of the Amish tenet of separation? Or is this peaceful and deeply religious community conspiring to hide a truth no one wants to talk about? Kate doubles down only to discover a plethora of secrets and a chilling series of crimes that shatters everything she thought she knew about her Amish roots—and herself.

As Kate wades through a sea of suspects, she’s confronted by her own violent past and an unthinkable possibility.]]> 308 Linda Castillo 1250121310 Lisy 0 to-read 4.13 2018 A Gathering of Secrets (Kate Burkholder, #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder, #9)]]> 31450759
News of a murderer on the loose travels like wildfire, putting Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her team of officers on edge. But this is personal for Kate. She grew up with Joseph King. As a thirteen year old Amish girl, she’d worshipped the ground he walked on. She never could have imagined the nightmare scenario that becomes reality when King shows up with a gun and takes his five children hostage at their Amish uncle’s farm. Armed and desperate, he has nothing left to lose.

Fearing for the safety of the children, Kate makes contact with King only to find herself trapped with a killer. Or is he? All King asks of her is to help him prove his innocence—and he releases her unharmed. Kate is skeptical, but when the facts and the evidence don’t align, she begins to wonder who she should trust. Spurned by some of her fellow cops, she embarks on her own investigation only to unearth an unspeakable secret—and someone who is willing to commit murder to keep it buried.]]> 304 Linda Castillo 1250121280 Lisy 0 to-read 4.12 2017 Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[Among the Wicked (Kate Burkholder, #8)]]> 26031833
Kate's long time love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is dead set against her taking on such an unorthodox assignment, knowing she'll have limited communication - and even less in the way of backup. But Kate can't turn her back, especially when the rumor mill boils with disturbing accounts of children in danger. She travels to New York where she's briefed and assumes her new identity as a lone widow seeking a new life.

Kate infiltrates the community and goes deep under cover. In the coming days, she unearths a world built on secrets, a series of shocking crimes, and herself, alone... trapped in a fight for her life.]]> 10 Linda Castillo 1427273669 Lisy 0 to-read 4.17 2016 Among the Wicked (Kate Burkholder, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[After the Storm (Kate Burkholder, #7)]]> 23014711 New York Times bestseller Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder must uncover a family's long-hidden past to solve a brutal murder

When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself tasked with the responsibility of identifying the bones--and notifying the family. Evidence quickly emerges that the death was no accident and Kate finds herself plunged into a thirty year old case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.

Meanwhile, turmoil of an emotional and personal nature strikes at the very heart of Kate's budding relationship with state agent John Tomasetti. A reality that strains their fragile new love to the breaking point and threatens the refuge they've built for themselves--and their future.

Under siege from an unknown assailant--and her own personal demons--Kate digs deep into the case only to discover proof of an unimaginable atrocity, a plethora of family secrets and the lengths to which people will go to protect their own.]]> 320 Linda Castillo 1250061563 Lisy 0 to-read 4.13 2015 After the Storm (Kate Burkholder, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dead Will Tell (Kate Burkholder, #6)]]> 18404195
On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide—an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder and Kate finds herself chasing a singularly difficult and elusive trail of evidence that somehow points back to the tragedy of that long ago incident. Meanwhile, Kate has moved in with state agent John Tomasetti and for the first time in so long, they're both happy; a bliss quickly shattered when one of the men responsible for the murders of Tomasetti’s family four years ago is found not guilty, and walks away a free man. Will Tomasetti be pulled back to his own haunted past?

When a second man is found dead—also seemingly by his own hand—Kate discovers a link in the case that sends the investigation in a direction no one could imagine and revealing the horrifying truth of what really happened that terrible night thirty-five years ago, when an Amish father and his four children perished—and his young wife disappeared without a trace.

And, as Kate knows—the past never truly dies . . . in The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo]]> 304 Linda Castillo 1250029570 Lisy 0 to-read 4.14 2014 The Dead Will Tell (Kate Burkholder, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder, #5)]]> 16044965
A rainy night, an Amish father returning home with his three children, a speeding car hurtling toward them out of nowhere.

What at first seems like a tragic, but routine car accident suddenly takes on a more sinister cast as evidence emerges that nothing about the crash is accidental. But who would want to kill an Amish deacon and two of his children? He leaves behind a grieving widow and a young boy who clings to life in the intensive care wing of a hospital, unable to communicate. He may be the only one who knows what happened that night. Desperate to find out who killed her best friend's husband and why, Kate begins to suspect she is not looking for a reckless drunk, but instead is on the trail of a cold blooded killer amid the residents of Painter's Mill. It is a search that takes her on a chilling journey into the darkest reaches of the human heart and makes her question everything she has ever believed about the Amish culture into which she was born.]]> 320 Linda Castillo 0312658575 Lisy 0 to-read 4.14 2014 Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Gone Missing (Kate Burkholder, #4)]]> 13130847 Linda Castillo’s bestselling series continues with GONE MISSING—a deeply chilling novel about a rite of passage gone horribly wrong.

Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the rules. It’s an exciting time of personal discovery and growth before committing to the church. But when a young teen disappears without a trace, the carefree fun comes to an abrupt and sinister end, and fear spreads through the community like a contagion.

A missing child is a nightmare to all parents, and never more so than in the Amish community, where family ties run deep. When the search for the presumed runaway turns up a dead body, the case quickly becomes a murder investigation. And chief of Police Kate Burkholder knows that in order to solve this case she will have to call upon everything she has to give not only as a cop, but as a woman whose own Amish roots run deep.

Kate and state agent, John Tomasetti, delve into the lives of the missing teen and discover links to cold cases that may go back years. But will Kate piece together all the parts of this sinister puzzle in time to save the missing teen and the Amish community from a devastating fate? Or will she find herself locked in a fight to the death with a merciless killer?]]> 276 Linda Castillo 0312658567 Lisy 0 to-read 4.10 2012 Gone Missing (Kate Burkholder, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Breaking Silence (Kate Burkholder, #3)]]> 9954597 The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death—clearly, foul play was involved. But who would want to make orphans of the Slabaughs� children? And is this murder somehow related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish?

Having grown up Amish, Kate is determined to bring the killer to justice. Because the other series of attacks are designated hate crimes, the state sends in agent John Tomasetti, with whom Kate has a long and complex relationship. Together, they search for the link between the crimes—and uncover a dark secret at work beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.

]]> 302 Linda Castillo 0312374992 Lisy 0 to-read 4.07 2011 Breaking Silence (Kate Burkholder, #3)
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]]> Lejos de Luisiana 63025254 Después de años de colonización, la familia Girard acepta la controvertida decisión de su país, Francia, de ceder a España en 1763 parte de las indómitas tierras del Misisipi; sin embargo, sufrirá las consecuencias de las rebeliones de sus compatriotas contra los españoles, la guerra de norteamericanos contra ingleses por la independencia de los Estados Unidos y la lucha desesperada de los nativos indios por la supervivencia de sus pueblos. En unos tiempos tan convulsos, Suzette Girard e Ishcate, indio de la tribu kaskaskia, librarán su propia batalla: preservar su amor de las amenazas del mundo que les ha tocado vivir. Todo ello conforma una novela cautivadora y monumental que atraviesa las cuatro décadas en las que España poseyó las legendarias tierras de Luisiana.]]> 768 Luz Gabás 8408265601 Lisy 5 3.78 2022 Lejos de Luisiana
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]]> <![CDATA[The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)]]> 33865643 Ěý
World War II continues, and forces the small community to come together and rely on one another. Ada has never been interested in getting to know her friend’s family—especially Maggie’s mother, the formidable Lady Thorton. However, circumstances bring them in close proximity along with other unexpected characters.

Ada comes face to face with another German! This time she isn’t sure what she should do. How can she help the ones she loves and keep them safe?

Ada’s first story, The War that Saved My Life, won a Newbery Honor, the Schneider Family Book Award, and the Josette Frank Award, in addition to appearing on multiple best-of-the-year lists. This second, marvelous volume continues Ada’s powerful, uplifting story.]]> 387 Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 0525429204 Lisy 0 to-read 4.46 2017 The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)]]> 20912424 An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars.
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Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
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So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?
Ěý
This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making.]]> 316 Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 0803740816 Lisy 0 to-read 4.47 2015 The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
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]]> The Women 127305853 From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie� McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.]]> 471 Kristin Hannah 1250178630 Lisy 4 4.59 2024 The Women
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]]> The Story Collector 205899692 In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything�

One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very way of life.

In New York in the present day, Sarah Harper boards a plane bound for the West Coast of Ireland. But once there, she finds she has unearthed dark secrets � secrets that tread the line between the everyday and the otherworldly, the seen and the unseen.

With a taste for the magical in everyday life, Evie Woods's latest novel is full of ordinary characters with extraordinary tales to tell.]]> 358 Evie Gaughan 0008706662 Lisy 0 to-read 4.02 2018 The Story Collector
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]]> The Warm Hands of Ghosts 154462576 New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale

January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, she receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital. Soon after arriving, she hears whispers about haunted trenches, and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to something—or someone—else?

November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two men form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.

As shells rain down on Flanders, and ghosts move among those yet living, Laura’s and Freddie’s deepest traumas are reawakened. Now they must decide whether their world is worth salvaging—or better left behind entirely.]]> 325 Katherine Arden 0593128257 Lisy 0 to-read 3.97 2024 The Warm Hands of Ghosts
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]]> Plain Truth 14864
One hundred miles away, Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway has achieved an enviable, high-profile career. But her latest court victory has set the sands shifting beneath her. Single at thirty-nine and unsatisfied with her relationship, Ellie doesn't look back when she turns down her chance to make partner and takes off for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise. Fate brings her to Katie Fisher. Suddenly, Ellie sees the chance to defend a client who truly needs her, not just one who can afford her.

But taking on this case challenges Ellie in more ways than one. She finds herself not only in a clash of wills with a client who does not want to be defended but also in a clash of cultures with a people whose channels of justice are markedly different from her own. Immersing herself in Katie Fisher's life -- and in a world founded on faith, humility, duty, and honesty -- Ellie begins to understand the pressures and sacrifices of those who to live plain. As she peels away the layers of fact and fantasy, Ellie calls on an old friend for guidance. Now, just as this man from Ellie's past reenters her life, she must uncover the truth about a complex case, a tragic loss, the bonds of love -- and her own deepest fears and desires.]]> 416 Jodi Picoult 0743275012 Lisy 0 to-read 3.99 2000 Plain Truth
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]]> The Marriage Portrait 60353768 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

The author of award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de� Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court.

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 just as quick to accept on her behalf.

Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now enter an unfamiliar court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her new husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appeared to be before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?

As Lucrezia sits in constricting finery for a painting intended to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court’s eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferranese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess’s future hangs entirely in the balance.

Full of the beauty and emotion with which she illuminated the Shakespearean canvas of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell turns her talents to Renaissance Italy in an extraordinary portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.]]> 355 Maggie O'Farrell Lisy 5 3.97 2022 The Marriage Portrait
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]]> Las madres (Elena Blanco, #4) 61277726
Se abre así la investigación del nuevo y perturbador caso de la BAC. Mientras la relación entre Elena y Zárate se hace cada vez más complicada por los tormentos de él sobre la muerte de Chesca y la obsesión de ella por adoptar a la Nena, todos los indicios los acercarán a una misteriosa organización cuyos hilos manejan los poderosos e intocables del país y a la que nadie parece poderse acercar sin morir.]]> 464 Carmen Mola 8420456020 Lisy 0 4.12 2022 Las madres (Elena Blanco, #4)
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]]> The Things They Carried 133518
The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.

Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.]]> 246 Tim O'Brien 0767902890 Lisy 0 to-read 4.14 1990 The Things They Carried
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]]> The World Played Chess 56922052 400 Robert Dugoni 1542029384 Lisy 0 to-read 4.45 2021 The World Played Chess
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]]> <![CDATA[Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth]]> 55411740
Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett and a band of rebels went down in a blaze of glory fighting for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. However, that version of events, as Forget the Alamo definitively shows, owes more to fantasy than reality. Just as the site of the Alamo was left in ruins for decades, its story was forgotten and twisted over time, with the contributions of Tejanos--Texans of Mexican origin, who fought alongside the Anglo rebels--scrubbed from the record, and the origin of the conflict over Mexico's push to abolish slavery papered over. Forget the Alamo provocatively explains the true story of the battle against the backdrop of Texas's struggle for independence, then shows how the sausage of myth got made in the Jim Crow South of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As uncomfortable as it may be to hear for some, celebrating the Alamo has long had an echo of celebrating whiteness.

In the past forty-some years, waves of revisionists have come at this topic, and at times have made real progress toward a more nuanced and inclusive story that doesn't alienate anyone. But we are not living in one of those times; the fight over the Alamo's meaning has become more pitched than ever in the past few years, even violent, as Texas's future begins to look more and more different from its past. It's the perfect time for a wise and generous-spirited book that shines the bright light of the truth into a place that's gotten awfully dark.]]> 416 Bryan Burrough 1984880098 Lisy 0 to-read 4.24 2021 Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
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]]> When We Had Wings 60693378 From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival.

The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita Capel forge a friendship at the Army Navy Club in Manila, they believe they’re living a paradise assignment. All three are seeking a way to escape their pasts, but soon the beauty and promise of their surroundings give way to the heavy mantle of war.

Caught in the crosshairs of a fight between the U.S. military and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of the Philippine Islands, the nurses are forced to serve under combat conditions and, ultimately, endure captivity as the first female prisoners of the Second World War. As their resiliency is tested in the face of squalid living arrangements, food shortages, and the enemy’s blatant disregard for the articles of the Geneva Convention, the women strive to keep their hope—and fellow inmates—alive, though not without great cost.

In this sweeping story based on the true experiences of nurses dubbed the “Angels of Bataan,� three women shift in and out of each other’s lives through the darkest days of the war, buoyed by their unwavering friendship and distant dreams of liberation.]]> 424 Ariel Lawhon 0785253343 Lisy 0 to-read 4.10 2022 When We Had Wings
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]]> Un testigo llamado Cervantes 205317422 Antonio PĂ©rez Henares, escritor, periodista y presidente de la AsociaciĂłn Escritores con la Historia.

Basada en hechos reales, "Un testigo llamado Cervantes" narra una insólita historia donde el egoísmo, la envidia y los celos se conjugan ante una justicia que no atiende a razones. Solo la verdadera amistad y el ingenio se aliarán para buscar una justa sentencia.
En 1580 desaparece en Valencia Jeroni, un joven pescador. Dado por muerto, la detención de los presuntos culpables llevará a Pere de Pax, un mercader mallorquín, a averiguar la verdad para intentar salvar a sus amigos de la horca.
Durante el proceso criminal, cuando existe riesgo inminente para la vida de los acusados, el soldado del tercio Miguel de Cervantes llega a Valencia, tras sufrir unos penosos años de cautiverio en Argel. Por circunstancias del destino, su testimonio será crucial y desencadenará una serie de extraordinarias apuestas que perturbarán la paz de la ciudad.

(Imagen portada: "Cervantes en Lepanto" de Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau)]]> 660 Begoña Valero 8412751671 Lisy 0 to-read 4.28 Un testigo llamado Cervantes
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]]> The Secret Life of Sunflowers 61613291 A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.

When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.

Johanna inherited Vincent van Gogh's paintings. They were all she had, and they weren't worth anything. She was a 28 year old widow with a baby in the 1800s, without any means of supporting herself, living in Paris where she barely spoke the language. Yet she managed to introduce Vincent's legacy to the world.

The inspiration couldn't come at a better time for Emsley. With her business failing, an unexpected love turning up in her life, and family secrets unraveling, can she find answers in the past?]]> 356 Marta Molnar 1940627486 Lisy 0 to-read 4.10 The Secret Life of Sunflowers
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]]> Elizabeth Finch 59900690 From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography

This beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch. Neil, the narrator, takes her class on Culture and Civilization, taught not for undergraduates but for adults of all ages; we are drawn into his intellectual crush on this private, withholding yet commanding woman. While other personal relationships and even his family drift from Neil's grasp, Elizabeth's application of her material to the matter of daily living remains important to him, even after her death, in a way that nothing else does. In Elizabeth Finch, we are treated to everything we cherish in Barnes: his eye for the unorthodox forms love can take between two people, a compelling swerve into nonfictional material (this time, through Neil's obsessive study of Julian the Apostate, following on notes Elizabeth left for him to discover after her death), and the forcefully moving undercurrent of history, and biography in particular, as nourishment and guide in our current lives.]]> 192 Julian Barnes 059353543X Lisy 2 3.12 2022 Elizabeth Finch
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I pushed this one through. I thought even though it’s a short book, it felt long, boring and dragging. I only read it because it was selected as a book club choice. I took a lot of notes and learned a lot about Julian the Apostate, paganism vs. Christianity and monotheism, in addition about a misunderstood woman, who was obsessed with Julian the Apostate and the man/student who tried to do good by her, supported and believed in her. However, I still feel I didn’t get much out of the book.
]]> <![CDATA[Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II]]> 42963288
Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Alexievich’s collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. They had sometimes been soldiers as well as witnesses, and their generation grew up with the trauma of the war deeply embedded—a trauma that would change the course of the Russian nation.

Collectively, this symphony of children’s stories, filled with the everyday details of life in combat, reveals an altogether unprecedented view of the war. Alexievich gives voice to those whose memories have been lost in the official narratives, uncovering a powerful, hidden history from the personal and private experiences of individuals.

Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Last Witnesses is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the twentieth century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war.]]> 320 Svetlana Alexievich 0399588779 Lisy 0 to-read 4.44 1985 Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
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]]> <![CDATA[Running Behind Time (The Cotswolds Time-Slip Series #1)]]> 57317513
It’s the Summer of 1982, and Beth Sawyer is thrilled to have landed the title role in a play. It may only be in a fringe theatre in Shepherd’s Bush, but it’s the start she’s always dreamed of.

It’s the Summer of 2020, amid the global pandemic, and Tom Brookes is furloughed. Unable to face lockdown in a tiny city flat, he moves back to his mother’s cottage in the sleepy Cotswold village of Stoatsfield-under-Ridge.

Neither of them expects an everyday train journey to throw their normal lives so spectacularly off-course.

This is the story of an extraordinary encounter between two people who should never have met.]]> 332 Jan Turk Petrie Lisy 0 to-read 4.26 2021 Running Behind Time (The Cotswolds Time-Slip Series #1)
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]]> The Saints of Swallow Hill 57973844 It takes courage to save yourself...

In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners labor, hacking into tree trunks to draw out the sticky sap that gives the Tar Heel State its nickname, and hauling the resin to stills to be refined. Among them is Rae Lynn Cobb and her husband, Warren, who run a small turpentine farm together.

Though the work is hard and often dangerous, Rae Lynn, who spent her childhood in an orphanage, is thankful for it—and for her kind if careless husband. When Warren falls victim to his own negligence, Rae Lynn undertakes a desperate act of mercy. To keep herself from jail, she disguises herself as a man named "Ray" and heads to the only place she can think of that might offer anonymity—a turpentine camp in Georgia named Swallow Hill.

Swallow Hill is no easy haven. The camp is isolated and squalid, and commissary owner Otis Riddle takes out his frustrations on his browbeaten wife, Cornelia. Although Rae Lynn works tirelessly, she becomes a target for Crow, the ever-watchful woods rider who checks each laborer’s tally. Delwood Reese, who’s come to Swallow Hill hoping for his own redemption, offers “Ray� a small measure of protection, and is determined to improve their conditions. As Rae Lynn forges a deeper friendship with both Del and Cornelia, she begins to envision a path out of the camp. But she will have to come to terms with her past, with all its pain and beauty, before she can open herself to a new life and seize the chance to begin again.]]> 372 Donna Everhart 1496733320 Lisy 0 to-read 3.88 2022 The Saints of Swallow Hill
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]]> <![CDATA[The Medicine Woman of Galveston]]> 197522445
Readers of Ellen Marie Wiseman, Sandra Dallas, and Sara Donati will be captivated by this story of medical historical fiction by Amanda Skenandore, registered nurse and acclaimed author of The Nurse’s Secret and The Second Life of Mirielle West.

Once a trailblazer in the field of medicine, Dr. Tucia Hatherley hasn’t touched a scalpel or stethoscope since she made a fatal mistake in the operating theater. Instead, she works in a corset factory, striving to earn enough to support her disabled son. When even that livelihood is threatened, Tucia is left with one option—to join a wily, charismatic showman named Huey and become part of his traveling medicine show.

Her medical license lends the show a pretense of credibility, but the cures and tonics Tucia is forced to peddle are little more than purgatives and bathwater. Loathing the duplicity, even as she finds uneasy kinship with the other misfit performers, Tucia vows to leave as soon as her debts are paid and start a new life with her son—if Huey will ever let her go.

When the show reaches Galveston, Texas, Tucia tries to break free from Huey, only to be pulled even deeper into his schemes. But there is a far greater reckoning ahead, as a September storm becomes a devastating hurricane that will decimate the Gulf Coast—and challenge Tucia to recover her belief in medicine, in the goodness of others—and in herself.]]> 384 Amanda Skenandore 1496741684 Lisy 2 3.73 2024 The Medicine Woman of Galveston
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It’s a slow book and all the action of the hurricane doesn’t happen until towards the end of the book. Characters are one dimensional, the writing is very simplistic and lacks depth. Overall, disappointed.
]]> The Memory Keeper of Kyiv 60581739
In the 1930s, Stalin’s activists marched through the Soviet Union, espousing the greatness of collective farming. It was the first step in creating a man-made famine that, in Ukraine, stole almost 4 million lives. Inspired by the history the world forgot, and the Russian government denies, Erin Litteken reimagines their story.
In 1929, Katya is 16 years old, surrounded by family and in love with the boy next door. When Stalin’s activists arrive in her village, it’s just a few, a little pressure to join the collective. But soon neighbors disappear, those who speak out are never seen again and every new day is uncertain.

Resistance has a price, and as desperate hunger grips the countryside, survival seems more a dream than a possibility. But, even in the darkest times, love beckons.

Seventy years later, a young widow discovers her grandmother’s journal, one that will reveal the long-buried secrets of her family’s haunted past.

This is a story of the resilience of the human spirit, the love that sees us through our darkest hours and the true horror of what happened during the Holodomor.

"I never imagined the release of my novel on a past oppression of the Ukrainian people would coincide with such a parallel tragedy." Erin Litteken

A share of proceeds will be donated to DEC's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

May we never forget, lest history repeat itself.]]> 373 Erin Litteken 1804157589 Lisy 0 to-read 4.46 2022 The Memory Keeper of Kyiv
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]]> They Call Her Dirty Sally 60871959
He isn’t prepared for the resistance. Or for what appears to be a collective unwillingness to answer his questions.

Faced with one roadblock after another, Finn enlists the help of Billi Ellis, the young motel receptionist that everyone in the town seems to like. Maybe she can get them to open up to him. Maybe she can help him make sense of everything he keeps uncovering. Especially the unexpected tie this tragedy appears to have to his own life.

A tie that leads him directly to the old woman who seems to hold the key to everything. The woman everyone avoids…the woman they call “dirty”…the woman who hasn’t spoken a word to anyone since the day the hospital burned.]]> 376 Amy Matayo Lisy 0 to-read 4.39 2022 They Call Her Dirty Sally
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]]> <![CDATA[Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships]]> 60407689 Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Four years before Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for The National Observer, Nina was curious about Ruth’s legal brief, asking the Supreme Court to do something declare a law that discriminated “on the basis of sex� to be unconstitutional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant, often could not apply for credit cards or get a mortgage in their own names, Ruth patiently explained her argument. That call launched a remarkable, nearly fifty-year friendship. Dinners with Ruth is an extraordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story’s heart is one, special Ruth and Nina saw each other not only through personal joys, but also illness, loss, and widowhood. During the devastating illness and eventual death of Nina’s first husband, Ruth drew her out of grief; twelve years later, Nina would reciprocate when Ruth’s beloved husband died. They shared not only a love of opera, but also of shopping, as they instinctively understood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruth’s last year, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were “reserved for Ruth� in Nina’s house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together compelling, personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Nina’s life, including her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer; her beloved husbands; her friendships with multiple Supreme Court Justices, including Lewis Powell, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, and Nina’s own family—her father, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, and her “best friends,� her sisters. Inspiring and revelatory, Dinners with Ruth is a moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship.]]> 320 Nina Totenberg 1982188081 Lisy 0 to-read 4.03 2022 Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
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]]> <![CDATA[The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride]]> 39665277 234 Joe Siple Lisy 0 to-read 4.61 2018 The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth]]> 714583 302 Paul Hoffman 0786884061 Lisy 0 to-read 4.05 1998 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
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]]> The Glassmaker 202167720
It is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glass—but she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes.

Skipping like a stone through the centuries, in a Venice where time moves as slowly as molten glass, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague devastating Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure.

Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is as inventive as it is a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a family, and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.]]> 416 Tracy Chevalier 0525558276 Lisy 0 to-read 3.86 2024 The Glassmaker
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]]> Intensity 32439
Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first, her sole aim is to get out alive - until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess's next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl... as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.]]> 436 Dean Koontz 0553582917 Lisy 0 to-read 4.05 1995 Intensity
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]]> A Love Letter to Whiskey 31549837 This is not your typical love story.


It’s a story of almosts and could-have-beens.
Of friendship that teeters on the edge of something more.
Of passion so intoxicating, it burns.

Jamie and B are two hearts caught in the tangle of bad timing and unspoken words. Their connection defies labels—too deep for friendship, too tangled for love. Over a decade of moments, choices, and missed opportunities, they find themselves drawn together like a moth to a flame, even when the world—and their own mistakes—keep pulling them apart.

Is it obsession? Destiny? Or just self-destruction with a pretty face?

Sometimes, love isn’t about finding the right person—it’s about the moment when everything aligns. �
But what if that moment never comes?]]> 378 Kandi Steiner 1539082423 Lisy 0 to-read 4.06 2016 A Love Letter to Whiskey
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]]> Mr. God, This Is Anna 128764013 180 Fynn Lisy 0 to-read 4.30 1974 Mr. God, This Is Anna
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]]> The Garden 186872434
In 1948, Irene Willard, who’s had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and is now pregnant again, comes to an isolated house-cum-hospital in the Berkshires, run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure for her condition. Warily, she enlists herself in the efforts of the Doctors Hall to “rectify the maternal environment,� both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she also discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own powers and pulls. As the doctors� plans begin to crumble, Irene and her fellow patients make a desperate bid to harness the power of the garden for themselves—and must face the incalculable risks associated with such incalculable rewards.

With shades of Shirley Jackson and Rosemary's Baby, The Garden delves into the territory of motherhood, childbirth, the mysteries of the female body, and the ways it has always been controlled and corralled.]]> 304 Clare Beams 0385548184 Lisy 0 to-read 3.26 2024 The Garden
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]]> The September House 64623481 A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.

When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee.

Margaret is not most people.

Margaret is staying. It’s her house. But after four years Hal can’t take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.]]> 352 Carissa Orlando 0593548612 Lisy 0 to-read 3.87 2023 The September House
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> Klara and the Sun 54120408
In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?]]> 340 Kazuo Ishiguro 059331817X Lisy 0 to-read 3.71 2021 Klara and the Sun
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]]> The Stolen Queen 211025454 From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back.

Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. But after an unbearable tragedy strikes, Charlotte knows her future will never be the same.

New York City, 1978: Eighteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for iconic former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who’s in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the “party of the year.� Though Annie soon realizes she’ll have her work cut out for her, scrambling to meet Diana’s capricious demands and exacting standards.

Meanwhile, Charlotte, now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met’s celebrated Department of Egyptian Art, wants little to do with the upcoming gala. She’s consumed with her research on Hathorkare—a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most other Egyptologists as unimportant.

That is, until the night of the gala. When one of the Egyptian art collection’s most valuable artifacts goes missing . . . and there are signs Hathorkare’s legendary curse might be reawakening.

As Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, a desperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she’d never return: Egypt. But if they’re to have any hope of finding the artifact, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past—which may mean leading them both directly into danger.]]> 352 Fiona Davis 0593474279 Lisy 0 to-read 3.93 2025 The Stolen Queen
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]]> <![CDATA[La historia de los vertebrados]]> 89576744 Marta Sanz «El 20 de diciembre de 2015 me convertí en madre y enloquecí. [...] Ese mismo día, España votaba en las primeras elecciones en las que participaba un nuevo partido [...], y la esperanza del cambio planeaba sobre la jornada. Al anochecer, cuando yo contaba contracciones en la sala de dilataciones, el país contaba escaños. Y ambas cuentas confluyeron en una nueva vida para mí, porque uno de esos escaños iba a ser mío. El mismo día del nacimiento de mis hijos, me convertí en diputada del Congreso». El que debería haber sido el día más feliz en la vida de la narradora de esta novela se convierte en el inicio de una historia de locura. La ansiedad se apodera de ella y el peso del mundo cae sobre sus hombros por partida doble: debe cuidar a sus mellizos recién nacidos y dar voz a los que han confiado en ella. Esta historia indaga en una herida personal para conectar con luchas universales, y es un viaje a través del arte, la literatura, la mitología y la historia de la medicina. Con maestría, Mar García Puig convierte la experiencia personal en un relato que nos habla de todas las mujeres que alguna vez han sentido que la cordura las abandonaba y de todos los hombres que las han silenciado amparados por siglos de ciencia, mitos y política.]]> 291 Mar García Puig 8439741707 Lisy 3 4.09 La historia de los vertebrados
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]]> Alone 49202861
With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten.

As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie’s most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. Can Maddie’s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life?]]> 404 Megan E. Freeman 1534467564 Lisy 0 to-read 4.13 2021 Alone
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> Visiones tras el Velo 52859124 ¿Aceptarías la oportunidad de no ser normal? Rafael Keller es esquizofrénico y ve monstruos desde que tiene memoria. Tras un nuevo fracaso al salir del psiquiátrico, conoce a un doctor que sugiere abordar la enfermedad desde un nuevo ángulo: aceptar la posibilidad de no estar loco. A partir de entonces, Raf pasará a formar parte de la Sociedad del Velo y descubrirá todo un abanico de criaturas legendarias que convertirán su vida en una vorágine de estrés, carreras y explosiones. La soledad de no encajar en ninguno de los dos mundos lo llevará a aliarse con su peor enemigo, un elfo amante del heavy metal responsable de acompañarlo durante su formación en la Agencia para la Protección del Velo.

Una novela de corte policĂ­aco, dentro del gĂ©nero de la fantasĂ­a urbana para adultos, que atrapará al lector más exigente gracias a su estilo fluido, la evoluciĂłn de unos personajes complejos, grandes dosis de humor y una elaborada red de intrigas. AsĂ­ como magia, lujuria, pistolas y, por supuesto, orcos, trasgos y otras bestias.Ěý

]]> 453 Marta Edda Laiz 841202804X Lisy 0 to-read 4.76 2019 Visiones tras el Velo
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average rating: 4.76
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]]> <![CDATA[Te regalo lo que se te antoje: El Secreto que Conny Méndez ya había descubierto hace 50 años (Spanish Edition)]]> 30169402 94 Conny Méndez Lisy 4 4.23 2005 Te regalo lo que se te antoje: El Secreto que Conny Méndez ya había descubierto hace 50 años (Spanish Edition)
author: Conny MĂ©ndez
name: Lisy
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> El librito azul 2521857 60 Conny MĂ©ndez 9806114019 Lisy 5 3.91 2001 El librito azul
author: Conny MĂ©ndez
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average rating: 3.91
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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