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Young Lucrezia is lucky enough to exist outside of palazzo scrutiny, free to follow her own imagination Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student

more Bossy reviews of book set in Maine. 02 There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak In 1840 London, young

The long-ago brutal death of a young woman in the town was introduced early but faded in weight in what

Williamson In an alternate 1923 London, a young woman inadvertently disturbs the peace between humans

In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge terrible crime: killing his mother, a mean, reviled lunch lady long perceived as an enemy of the town's young But the young man, a self-taught artist, is counting on Bob and an unorthodox approach to figuring out

May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend."

Jane is a young single mother and a librarian at the New York Public Library.

Time Is a Mother , and other books. 03 The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker Jane is a young

The day young Celia's oldest brother Argent left the house in their war-torn homeland, determined to

When a local young woman goes missing, Chloe fights her rising panic. Is there another killer who preys on young women, one paying homage to the twentieth anniversary of her

with it in an unorthodox, secret, wonderful fashion that serves to advance her cause for two specific young

We could go back further still and try it all over again with what we know; try to be young together Young and foolish and happy. But I have an easier solution: Just take the ordinary time machine.

She's examining the shape of her childhood and young adulthood: the evangelical church she grew up in A scholar of the occult, his assistant, a young woman with ghostly experiences, and the future heir of

In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial

Tuesdays in Winter, Lily King's newest collection of stories; Jessica Anya Blau's 1970s-set story of a young Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside Blau In Blau's gleefully 1970s-set novel, Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from emotional innocence to young adulthood, she comes into her own, and it's a joy to watch it all unfold.

Bug Hollow  spans decades, tracking grief and then the life paths of Ellis's sisters (particularly young

Adunni is a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and Adunni is a young teen growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off by age She's a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and she's

In Erlick's debut novel, each adult in the world can know the length of their life if they choose to. In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with

Barker's novel features Janet, a misunderstood, mocked, badly treated young woman coming of age in a

reveals disturbing, ongoing abuse and frightening misuse of power while positioning Britney as a strong young

Young Ollie finds people confusing. novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is

Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young and Germany during the war; their wonderfully brave, practical, creative routes to survival as single young Then Abriel introduces another enormous shift that shakes things up enormously yet again for both young Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young

She cares for her captivating young cousin, finds peace in the natural world around her, and retreats believe in "magic" connected to the dismantled, carefully arranged elements of clocks by an independent young

I love a spy book, a book about Russia, and a feisty, strong young female protagonist, and The Traitor

during the past month: The Princess Diarist, by Carrie Fisher, based upon the diaries she kept as a young month: Maggie Shipstead's interconnected stories about two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young the natural world and in everyday tasks; The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's story about a young by Alexandra Andrews When young, ambitious Florence implodes her burgeoning publishing career during book, please see An Altar in the World. 07 The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré Adunni is a young

Mason's characters range from a young couple in love, escaping their rigid Puritanical community; to

of our female narrator's senior year in college, she becomes friends with Sam and Yash, two vibrant young

The young people feel the weight of the world on their shoulders--and it really does seem to be up to Bossy review of this book, check out The Golden Enclaves. 04 The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy--loosely set in

Catalina is a high-energy coming-of-age novel about a spirited young woman trying to save everyone she

Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside

In just a few of the stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience

Victor LaValle's Lone Women begins in 1915 with a determined young woman, Adelaide Henry, covering her

singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister, recording artist Shelby Lynne, were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

couple staying nearby seem to have dark secrets, the rumors they had heard on the mainland of missing young

Young Vivian's carousing in 1940s New York City is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's coming of age in 1940s New York City and traces Young Vivian's carousing is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism and freedom in an

Signal Fires begins with three teenagers drinking in 1985, a car accident, a young doctor Ben Wilf, who Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Their astronomy-obsessed young son Waldo befriends the retired Dr.

She's young and hungry--and thrilled that she's about to get her first really big client.

With plenty of youthful explorations of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, plus young women striving to strike I very much enjoyed her vulnerability as a young woman and especially the glimpses we got into her self-assured

The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential

In the stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being a mischievous child raised by his older brother and hadn't yet become the convicted criminal of his adulthood

I loved the father-daughter bond, and Opal is a wonderfully quirky, self-possessed young person.

Green is just an ordinary young guy, dancing, drinking, living it up.

larger-than-life characters ranging from activists to performers and murderers to idealists; a memoir about a young her hometown leads her into the middle of a missing person case there: the disappearance of a local young But when she arrives, she finds out that a young local woman has gone missing.

This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic A Passage North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes

Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian

hoping for anonymity and an escape to the woods to grieve and be alone, but she quickly finds out that a young Old friends resurface, pulling Anna out of herself, and when other young girls go missing, the pull of

But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and

from Henry Fry about a young man resolving complicated questions about his romantic life, career, and Jen married young and is about to become a mother, while Riley is poised to become one of the first Black

through a tragedy that befell her family at the hands of someone they knew, Rena reflects: All of her adult In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a young woman wears a gifted confederate flag bikini, is careless about her It was the winter after the most depressing election of my adult life, a low point for my faith in the

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Nadia Hashimi's story of a young woman in Afghanistan during 01 Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978.