Novel & Short Story

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The Most Beautiful Monday in 1961: A Novel
        Ruth F. Brin
164 pages
ISBN 9780977712199
Lerner Publishing Group

Six Jewish people on a boat ride down the Mississippi River in July.
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Remnants of Shadow and Light
        Sias Bryant
104 pages
ISBN 978097595558
Bedazzled Ink Publishing

Women face the humorous and terrifying crossroads of life.
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Hopes and Dreams: Stuck on AutoDrive
        Eric Davis
592 pages
ISBN 9780979609800
AutoDrive LLC

Inventing the self-driving car, learning to live happily-ever-after, and getting into trouble
without really trying.

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Journey From Frog Creek
        Valerie Guimarães
240 pages
ISBN 9781419647215
self published

A story of hope about a young bride who escapes a violent husband only to become a suspect
in his murder.

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Signaling for Rescue
        Marianne Herrmann
193 pages
ISBN 9780898232356
New Rivers Press

Short stories of dangerous lessons taught within the family.
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The Mulligan
        Nathan Jorgenson 
586 pages
ISBN 9780974637020
Flat Rock Publishing

Dentist Joe Mix walks away from his life to find his life.
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Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
        Garrison Keillor
256 pages
ISBN 9780670063567
Viking Press

Fifth Lake Wobegon book but first Lake Wobegon novel, Pontoon is about the people
of Lake Wobegon and Debbie Detmer's wedding on a pontoon boat.

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Shimmer and Other Stories
        Lori L. Lake
136 pages
ISBN 9781932300956
Regal Crest Enterprises, LLC

Stories of women, facing potential turning points in difficult lives.
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The View from Mount Joy
        Lorna Landvik
368 pages
ISBN 9780345468376
Ballantine Books

High school hockey player Joe Andreson falls for cheerleader Kristi Casey and never gets over her.
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The Wisdom of Yawdy Rum
        Micheal Lane
216 pages
ISBN 9781931945707
Expert Publishing Inc

A marketing executive meets an old New Orleans jazz musician and learns about jazz, hurricanes,
and what's important in life.

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Living on Bar Time
        Jim Lavigne
236 pages
ISBN 9781425791483
Xlibris Corporation

Families, betrayals, the American Dream, and setting up bar in devasted locations.
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Brendan Wolf
        Brian Malloy
289 pages
ISBN 9780312359768
St. Martin's Press

Brendan Wolf may be a lover, reluctant conspirator, counterfeit Christian, or an unemployed daydreamer obsessed with a dead man.
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Pretty Little Mistakes
        Heather McElhatton
512 pages
ISBN 9780061133220
HarperCollins Publishing

Life is a do-over -- with choices that can lead to 150 endings.
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Esther's Race
        Mark Munger
285 pages
ISBN 9780972005098
Cloquet River Press

An African American nurse confronts race, religion, and tragedy in her search for love.
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Good Ice
        Forrest Peterson
400 pages
ISBN 9780878392605
North Star Press of St, Cloud 

In the late 1950s, Maria Ruiz and her son face Midwestern bigotry and intolerance.
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The Last Communist Virgin
        Wang Ping
204 pages
ISBN 9781566891950
Coffee House Press

Stories of love, land, pride, and industrialization in Beijing, New York, and rural China.
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The Ocean in the Closet
        Yuko Taniguchi
255 pages
ISBN 9781566891943
Coffee House Press

Helen Johnson reaches across an ocean to heal three generations from the aftermath of war.
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