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• The Road Trip

  O'Leary, Beth,

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  "Four years ago, Dylan and Addie fell in love under the Provence sun. Wealthy Oxford student Dylan was staying at his friend Cherry's enormous French villa; wild child Addie was spending her summer as the on-site caretaker. Two years ago, their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carrying Albert Home

  the Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator

  Hickam, Homer H., 1943-

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  "Tells the story of a young couple and their special pet alligator on a 1000 mile journey to return Albert to his home. A testament to that strange an marvelous emotion we call love. The story is based on the relationship of the author's parents…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lost Children Archive

  Luiselli, Valeria, 1983-

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  "A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new Polaroid camera--the family is heading for the Apacheria: the region the Apaches once called home, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wangs Vs. the World

  Chang, Jade, 1975-

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  "Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he's just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You Listening?

  Walden, Tillie, 1996-

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  "Bea is on the run—and then she runs into Lou. This chance encounter sends them on a journey through West Texas, where strange things start to happen. A lost cat becomes a kindred spirit, the weather shifts from sun to snow within minutes, and they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lake Success

  a Novel

  Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-

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  "When his dream of the perfect marriage, the perfect son, and the perfect life implodes, a Wall Street millionaire takes a cross-country bus trip in search of his college sweetheart and ideals of youth. Myopic, narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We All Loved Cowboys by Carol Bensimon

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  "After a falling out, Cora and Julia reunite for a long-planned road trip through Brazil. As they drive from town to town, the complications of their friendship resurface. By the end of the trip, they must decide what the future holds, in a queer,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lauras

  a Novel

  Taylor, Sara, 1988-

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  "After a fight with Alex's father, Ma pulls Alex out of bed and onto a pilgrimage of self-discovery through her own enthralling past. Guided by a memory map of places and people from Ma's life before motherhood, the pair travels from Virginia to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• America for Beginners

  Franqui, Leah,

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  "A widow from India travels to California to learn the truth about what happened to the son who was declared dead shortly after he revealed his sexual orientation to their traditional family."

• One Night in Georgia

  a Novel

  Norfleet, Celeste O.,

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  "At the end of a sweltering summer shaped by the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, race riots, political protests, and the birth of Black power, three coeds from New York City--Zelda Livingston, Veronica Cook, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bird Summons

  Aboulela, Leila, 1964-

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  "When Salma, Moni, and Iman - friends and active members of their local Muslim Women's group - decide to take a road trip together to the Scottish Highlands, they leave behind lives often dominated by obligation, frustrated desire, and dull…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Remainder

  Trabucco Zerán, Alia,

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  "Santiago, Chile. The city is covered in ash. Three children of ex-militants are facing a past they can neither remember nor forget. Felipe sees dead bodies on every corner in the city, counting them up in an obsessive quest to square these figures…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heroes of the Frontier

  a Novel

  Eggers, Dave,

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  "Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Flying Troutmans

  Toews, Miriam, 1964-

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  "When Hattie returns to take care of her niece and nephew, she's rapidly freaked out by the realization that the responsibility is in fact far greater than she'd expected, and she decides to take the kids in the family van to find their father, last…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catfish and Mandala

  a Two-wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

  Pham, Andrew X., 1967-

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  "A young Vietnamese-American man shares the story of his solo bicycle journey around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam and discusses his search for cultural identity in the Vietnam of his childhood."

• We Came, We Saw, We Left

  a Family Gap Year

  Wheelan, Charles J.,

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  "What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre-COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family decided to find out; leaving behind work, school, and even the family dogs to travel the world on a modest budget. Equal parts "how-to" and "how-not-to"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dog Named Beautiful

  a Marine, a Dog, and a Long Road Trip Home

  Kugler, Rob,

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  "When US Marine Rob Kugler returns from war he had given up not only a year of his life in service to his country, but he had also lost a brother in the fighting as well. Lost in grief, Rob finds solace and relief in the one thing that never fails…Read moreRead more of this annotation