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Gossamer by Lois Lowry

Gossamer by Lois Lowry

Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears?

In a haunting story that tiptoes between reality and imagination, two people—a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy—face their own histories and discover what they can be to one another, renewed by the strength that comes from a tiny, caring creature they will never see.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Domestic abuse
Alcohol consumption mentioned

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.

Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism & racist language
Domestic abuse
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Miscarriage
Blood depiction
Cancer
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a son

The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith

The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith

Junior year for Brooke Winters is supposed to be about change. She’s transferring schools, starting fresh, and making plans for college. But all of her dreams are shattered one hot summer afternoon when her mother is arrested for killing Brooke’s abusive father. No one really knows what happened that day, if it was premeditated or self-defense, whether it was right or wrong. And now Brooke and her siblings are on their own.

In a year of firsts—the first year without parents, first love, first heartbreak, and her first taste of freedom—Brooke must confront the shadow of her family’s violence and dysfunction, as she struggles to finds her true place in the world, and learns how to let go.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Queermisia
Domestic abuse & violence
Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Overdose discussed
Death of a father
Murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Incarceration (parent)
Bullying

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

It’s hard to be a 13-year-old girl. But it’s even harder when your father’s a drunk. It adds an extra layer to everything — your family’s reactions to things, the people you’re willing to bring home, the way you see yourself and the world. For Samantha, it’s something that’s been going on for so long that she’s almost used to it. Only, you never get used to it. Especially when it starts to get worse…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Racism
Fatmisia & body shaming
Sexual harassment
Domestic abuse
Depression
Attempted suicide mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Miscarriage mentioned
Death of a mother
Murder
Whipping
World War Two

The Betrothed by Kiera Cass

The Betrothed by Kiera Cass

When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is shocked—and thrilled. After all, she’s grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king’s attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. Capturing his heart is a dream come true.

But Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and being crowned queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. And when she meets a commoner with the mysterious power to see right into her heart, she finds that the future she really wants is one that she never thought to imagine.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Classism
Misogyny
Antiziganism (g slur)
Arranged marriage discussed
Domestic abuse
Cheating, grey-area
Miscarriage
Pregnancy discussed
Death of a parent
Death of a husband
Death of a son
Murder
Fire
Home invasion
War themes
Bullying, recounted

I Shall Wear Midnightby Terry Pratchett

Maskerade Terry Pratchett

The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork . . . a huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar eveil mastermind in a hideously-deformed evening dress . . .

At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld’s most famous witch, is in the audience. And she doesn’t hold with that sort of thing.

So there’s going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evenin’s entertainment with murders you can really hum…)

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Domestic violence
Attempted suicide
Alcoholism
Miscarriage

The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton

The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton

Everyone journeys to Key West searching for something. For the tourists traveling on Henry Flagler’s legendary Overseas Railroad, Labor Day weekend is an opportunity to forget the economic depression gripping the nation. But one person’s paradise can be another’s prison, and Key West-native Helen Berner yearns to escape.

The Cuban Revolution of 1933 left Mirta Perez’s family in a precarious position. After an arranged wedding in Havana, Mirta arrives in the Keys on her honeymoon. While she can’t deny the growing attraction to the stranger she’s married, her new husband’s illicit business interests may threaten not only her relationship, but her life… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Domestic violence
Suicide mentioned
Murder
Gun violence
Hurricane

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

One of the most revered novelists of our time – a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life – Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Slut shaming
Rape (theme)
Domestic violence
Child abuse
Alcohol consumption
Murder
Car accident

Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough

Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough

Marcie’s affair with Jason Maddox catapulted her into the world of the elite. Old money, old ties, old secrets. Marcie may have married into this world — but she’ll never be part of it.

Then Jason’s boss brings back a new wife from his trip to London. Young, attractive, reckless — nobody can take their eyes off Keisha. Including Marcie’s husband.

Some people would kill for the life Marcie has—what will she do to keep it?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Fatmisia & body shaming
Misogyny
Classism
Slut shaming
Sex work shaming
Rape (on-page)
Domestic abuse
Child abuse
Cheating recounted
Drug addiction
Nightmares
Suicide
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy
Murder

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The very married man from the bar… who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.

And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. As Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fatmisia & body shaming
Rape by coercion
Adult-minor relationship recounted
Domestic violence
Cheating
Abortion
Sleep disorder & night terrors
Substance addiction
Recreational drug use
Overdose
Alcohol consumption
Psychiatric hospital
Burns
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a wife
Death of a mother
Murder & attempted murder
Stalking
Fire recounted
Graphic animal death & death of a pet