Educated is proof that the power of the human spirit to achieve what it can’t even imagine to be possible does exist. This is a memoir of such a human – of a young girl growing up on an Idaho junkyard to a family of ultra-strict and conservative Mormon beliefs who don’t trust the government.
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If you love jewelry and a good mystery, Diving for Starfish is the perfect summer read. Author Cherie Burns investigates the dazzling women to own a prized possession, including Millicent Rogers (the Standard Oil heiress) and the sophisticated and stylish actress Claudette Coubert; the famous jewelers that have bought, sold and let the Starfish get away; and where the brooches are today.
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Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it shows two sides of a relationship and the secrets that are kept. With stunning revelations, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.
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This is a great, fast beach read about the complexity of family dynamics and the weight of secrets. Set in Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, this riveting novel traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Little Fires Everywhere was an instant New York Times best-seller and was quickly named 2017's Best Book of the Year by Amazon, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Guardian, Buzzfeed, and many more.
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