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Memory Piece, the new novel from National Book Award finalist Lisa Ko, kicks off in the 1980s with three teenage girls who find a deep connection to one another. Into the1990s and eventually the 2040s ...

In this bittersweet account, culinary historian Ziegelman (A Square Meal) introduces readers to a remarkable but little-known artifact of the Jewish diaspora: yizkor books, or memory books. When the ...

“I learned early on that stories could feel like both escape and home, and this novel grew from that love,” the author says Meg Anderson's debut novel is an ode to the power of libraries PEOPLE can ...