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|  | The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Pearl gradually comes to understand her mother Jiang Weili (Winnie) as a heroic survivor, not a troublesome anachronism, as they begin to reveal secrets about themselves to one another. Winnie tells the story of how she escaped a horrible marriage to a cowardly fighter pilot in the Sino-Japanese war and how he may or may not be Pearl's father. Meanwhile Pearl gathers the strength confide her great secret, that she has multiple sclerosis, to her mother. AUTHOR: Amy Tan
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | North in the World by Roger Greenwald, Rolf Jacobsen
This volume, translated for readers of English, samples the work of Jacobsen (1907-1994), one of Norway's most important modernist poets. AUTHOR: Roger Greenwald, Rolf Jacobsen
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Water Around Him by Elizabeth Richards
Paige Austin has interesting work, a stable marriage, and a circle of women friends who help soothe the empty spot she would have filled with the child she's unable to conceive. Then the tall, handsome, worldly stepson she hardly knows walks into her life. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Richards
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Language of Good-Bye by Maribeth Fischer
Now barren after several miscarriages, Annie leaves her husband and resolves to devote herself to teaching. Soon, however, she falls in love with a married man--one who, like Annie, is plagued with guilt about the life he has left behind. Simultaneously, one of her students, a Korean girl named Sungae, is haunted by her own past. AUTHOR: Maribeth Fischer
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Meet Danitra Brown by Floyd Cooper, Nikki Grimes
Thirteen poems tell the story of the friendship of two girls, Zuri Jackson and Danitra Brown. The poems, in Zuri's voice, celebrate Danitra's bravery, spunk, and kindness. Oil-wash illustrations accompany the verses. AUTHOR: Floyd Cooper, Nikki Grimes
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Illuminated Rumi by Coleman Barks, Michael Green
Description not available.A magical journey through some of Rumi's most astonishing poems describing the reaffirmation of life, enlightenment, and the meaning of life is accompanied by vibrant and compelling artwork that is a combination of typography, original art, photographs, and prints. AUTHOR: Coleman Barks, Michael Green
PUBLISHER: Broadway Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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