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• A Novel Idea - Deschutes Public Library

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• Accordion Eulogies

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  Searching, propulsive, and deeply spiritual, Accordion Eulogies is an odyssey to repair a severed family lineage, told through the surprising history of a musical instrument Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez never knew his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where There Was Fire

  Arias, John Manuel

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  In John Manuel Arias's lush and lyrical debut, a Costa Rican family wrestles with the aftermath of neocolonialism, a deadly secret, and an all-consuming fire. Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cactus Country

  a Boyhood Memoir

  Bossiere, Zoë, 1992-

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  A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that captures the author’s experience coming of age in a Tucson, Arizona, trailer park.

• The Ministry of Time

  Bradley, Kaliane

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  An ingeniously imagined, hilarious romp through time, space, and the human heart... The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house?" -- In the near future, a civil servant is offered the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Headshot

  Bullwinkel, Rita

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  An electrifying debut novel about the radical intimacy of physical competition.

• 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers

  Chang, Abraham

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  Young is an American Born Chinese (ABC) growing up in Queens and has been told by his beloved Su Su (uncle) that one has only seven great loves in a lifetime. Young's childhood is marked by an obsessive love of comics, music, and movies. .…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tomb Sweeping

  Stories

  Chang, Alexandra, 1988-

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  Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting parents,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mott Street

  a Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming

  Chin, Ava

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  Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history-and uncovers a legacy of exclusion and resilience that speaks to the American experience past and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ocean's Godori

  Cho, Elaine U.

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  Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fox Wife

  Choo, Yangsze

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  A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Extinction of Irena Rey

  Croft, Jennifer (Translator)

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  Eight translators search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a Polish forest.

• Such Kindness

  Dubus, Andre, III, 1959-

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  After a bad fall, Tom, in constant pain and addicted to painkillers at the cost of his relationships with his wife and son, realizes he can never work again and ends up in subsidized housing, where he hatches a scheme to commit…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good for a Girl

  a Woman Running in a Man's World

  Fleshman, Lauren

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  Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes Lauren Fleshman has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Laughter

  Fruchter, Temim

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  A rich and riveting debut marrying centuries-old folklore to twenty-first-century queer literary fiction, City of Laughter spans four generations of Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anita De Monte Laughs Last

  Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-

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  Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten - certainly by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• True North

  Graff, Andrew J.

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  From the author of Raft of Stars comes an epic novel of adventure and river rafting, following a couple whose future depends on finding a way to navigate the changing currents of family, community, and the river itself.

• The Great Divide

  Henríquez, Cristina, 1977-

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  A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Other Valley

  Howard, Scott Alexander

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  Set in an unnamed valley--surrounded by other valleys, each twenty years apart in time--a masterful, moving literary speculative novel in which the Conseil determines if a bereaved resident can cross the border to the past or the future on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Feeding Ghosts

  Hulls, Tessa, 1984-

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  Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife.