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Ruby never disappoints with her big heart and outrageous sense of humor—and her resilient search for her own history.”—The New York Times Book Review “A passionate exploration of identity and belonging and a celebration of our universal desire to love and be loved.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers This is the story of a woman in search of herself, in every sense. When we first meet Ruby, a Métis woman in her thirties, her life is spinning out of control. She’s angling to sleep with her counselor while also rekindling an old relationship she knows will only bring more heartache. But as we soon learn, Ruby’s story is far more complex than even she can imagine. Given up for adoption as an infant, Ruby is raised by a white couple who understand little of her Indigenous heritage. This is the great mystery that hovers over Ruby’s life—who her people are and how to reconcile what is missing. 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The lives of the Parsi men and women who grew up together in Wadi Baug are revealed in all their complicated humanity: Adi Patel's disintegration into alcoholism; Dosamai's gossiping tongue; and Soli Contractor's betrayal and heartbreak. And observing it all is Rusi Bilimoria, a disillusioned businessman who struggles to make sense of his life and hold together a fraying community. \"[Umrigar's] heartfelt book . . . displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with lifelike emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks.\" — The Washington Post Book World \"Bombay throbs with the life and death, crowded, hot, dirty, and volatile . . . [This novel] is a warmhearted look at human nature, with all its strengths and flaws exposed.\" — The Cleveland Plain Dealer \"Thrity Umrigar has an acute ear for dialogue, and a gift for unmasking the complexities of personal relationships. Wise and nuanced, the narrative grips the reader's attention.\" —Bapsi Sidhwa, author of Cracking India \"With the unflinching gaze of a Diane Arbus protégé, Umrigar pulls each of [her characters] into and out of focus to reveal the definitive—at times profoundly intimate—events of their respective lives . . . 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As Shadow is drawn deeper into the conflict, secrets about Wednesday, about the coming battle, and about Shadow himself begin to surface.\n\nWinner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Awards, Neil Gaiman's modern classic is a genre-blurring blend of fantasy, mythology, road novel, and Americana — strange, violent, funny, and haunting.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kjrmj2esq1cz2zq8vmff0dw2.jpg","LHIU*xOYMHR%}IW=oIo0ROo1KQbH",2,576,[517],{"id":518,"slug":519,"name":520},"01kjq7mqgv9pzgwqz89s3e2kwn","neil-gaiman-mbkg","Neil Gaiman",[522,523,524,528,532,535],{"id":261,"name":262,"slug":263,"is_fiction":18},{"id":121,"name":164,"slug":165,"is_fiction":18},{"id":525,"name":526,"slug":527,"is_fiction":18},21,"Urban Fantasy","urban-fantasy",{"id":529,"name":530,"slug":531,"is_fiction":18},11,"Mythology","mythology",{"id":116,"name":533,"slug":534,"is_fiction":18},"Folklore","folklore",{"id":514,"name":536,"slug":537,"is_fiction":18},"Fantasy","fantasy",[],{"pace":120,"complexity":7,"audience":122,"mood":540,"themes":542,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[191,541,124],"mysterious",[129],{"id":544,"slug":545,"title":546,"description":547,"primary_cover_url":548,"cover_blurhash":549,"first_publish_year":550,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":13,"page_count":551,"authors":552,"genres":557,"series":562,"enrichment":563},"01krtr25gt7g0dgw7xaysx3ew5","ebola-in-texas-pja4","Ebola In Texas","An emergency room doctor is thrust into an Ebola pandemic after a failed vaccine causes the disease to spread. Dr. McCarthy makes a desperate stand against the virus in an overwhelmed Dallas emergency room, but when normal procedures fail, she flees the city with her family and a nurse. As society collapses around them, they face a perilous journey to East Texas, encountering more victims, unexpected allies, and a violent gun battle against desperate survivors. 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When Tessa Harris finds herself stranded and without options, she enters a marriage of convenience with Stephen Griffith, a former British Cavalry officer. Together with Stephen’s two young brothers, they must navigate the dangers of the frontier while relying on their faith to survive the journey.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kvr9rtwgr14cpj22kyagghmf.jpg?v=c7c8c6124b","LTFX-$ENN1%2-@W=a$W?0i%1bYIo",2024,314,[610],{"id":611,"slug":612,"name":613},"01kvr9rtwv8fgdj0s1xe8mz320","susan-f-craft-vlwg","Susan F. 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He brings with him his young, spirited wife, Isabel, and for a while the isolation is a kind of peace — until two miscarriages and a stillbirth leave Isabel hollowed by grief.\n\nThen, weeks later, a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a living infant. Isabel is certain the baby is a gift; Tom, bound by duty and conscience, knows they should report it. The choice they make in that moment will bind them to a lie, and to another grieving family on the mainland, in ways that can only end in heartbreak.\n\nM.L. Stedman's luminous debut is a moral drama about love, loss, and the impossible arithmetic of doing wrong for the right reasons.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kkfjhjqphzecgtvsxpsvg8zj.jpg","LH4E1.VtPEoguOVsR3j@u4V@ROoz","3.50",362,[645],{"id":646,"slug":647,"name":648},"01kkfjhjqf8yn43wy6dt4ywpwe","ml-stedman-iirr","M.L. 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