Allegra Goodman

• Feb-2026
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family -- steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving -- from the bestselling author of Isola"Wise, witty . . . a deliciously readable book [about] the delicate minutiae of fami...

• Feb-2025
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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history." -- Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name "A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordina...

• Jan-2023
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There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind her daughter that her life should be different. Sam doesn't fit in at schoo...

• Jun-2017
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Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk. Collin's art captivates passersby with its vibrant colors...

• Jul-2010
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Heralded as "a modern day Jane Austen" by USA Today, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman has compelled and delighted hundreds of thousands of readers. Now, in her most ambitious work yet, Goodman weaves ...

• Sep-2008
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From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel about love, loss, and the power of human choice. Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there?th...

• Mar-2006
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Sandy Glass, a charismatic publicity-seeking oncologist, and Marion Mendelssohn, a pure, exacting scientist, are codirectors of a lab at the Philpott Institute dedicated to cancer research and desperately in need of a grant. Both mentors and supervis...

• Mar-2001
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Allegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections Total Immersion and The Family Markowitz, and her celebrated first novel, Kaaterskill Falls, which was a national bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. Abandoned...

• Aug-1998
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It is 1976. And the tiny upstate New York town of Kaaterskill Falls is bustling with summer people in dark coats, fedoras, and long, modest dresses. Living side by side with Yankee year-rounders, they are the disciples of Rav Elijah Kirshner. Elizabe...

• Oct-1997
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • From the author of The Chalk Artist, this beloved collection of linked stories is "one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while" (The Boston Globe). In th...

• May-1989
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In "The Succession," the members of a prosperous Hawaii synagogue agree on almost nothing. But when the president of the synagogue absconds with a small fortune, far deeper -- and more troubling -- rifts emerge...In "The Closet," Evelyn's sister flee...