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• Thanksgiving

  Dibdin, Michael

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  "...a teasing, lacerating fable about a new widower maddened by grief ...Dibdin's title turns out to be accurate after all: a tribute to the power of grace and gratitude to transform even the most blasted lives." - Kirkus

• American Boy

  Watson, Larry, 1947-

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  " It is Thanksgiving 1962. Kennedy is president but all that is Willow Falls is evocative of Eisenhower and Father Knows Best. The Dunbars, with Matt, are celebrating when word comes that young Louisa Lindahl has been shot by her boyfriend…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thanksgiving Night

  a Novel

  Bausch, Richard, 1945-

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  "Bausch elevates familial squabbling to an art form, offering a funny, tender look at a small group of small-town Virginians whose lives intersect, collide, and regroup around the 1999 Thanksgiving holiday." - Library Journal.

• The Ghost at the Table

  Berne, Suzanne

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  "Rivaling sisters search for family truths over a Thanksgiving holiday ... Berne cooks up a literary feast. Her tactile descriptions and enigmatic characters saturate the story and provide a filling repast. The plot can be frustrating at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lay of the Land

  Ford, Richard, 1944-

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  "Frank Bascombe, previously seen in he Sportswriter (1986) and the Pulitzer-winning Independence Day (1995), finds the beleaguered everyman in the "Permanent Period" of his life, where he's trying mightily to deal with present…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dolce Agonia

  Huston, Nancy, 1953-

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  "God Himself delivers the prolog, chuckling at the representatives of humankind getting together for a Thanksgiving dinner below in New Hampshire...A compelling read." - Library Journal.

• Buffalo Lockjaw

  Ames, Greg

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  "In this beautifully observed debut, a son wrestles with the possibility of assisted suicide for his mother, stricken with Alzheimer's ... Back home for Thanksgiving, he is thinking seriously about a mercy killing, but his father Rodney, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Strangers at the Feast

  a Novel

  Vanderbes, Jennifer

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  "No one would expect the Olsons to be involved in a bloody crime dubbed the Thanksgiving Day Massacre. ... an absorbing and suspenseful story about the dynamics of family, generational misunderstandings, and the desperate ways one copes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Friday

  Kava, Alex

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  "...an attack on Minnesota’s Mall of America during Black Friday, the big retailing day after Thanksgiving, ... peppers the breathless action with enough intel to make the premise scarily real." - Publisher's Weekly.

• Scary Stories

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  Included here for Joyce Carol Oates' story "Thanksgiving," featuring the most horrifying shopping trip you'll ever take.

• The Thanksgiving Visitor

  Capote, Truman, 1924-1984

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  " Capote's brilliantly polished reminiscence makes a moving holiday read-aloud for older children." - Publisher's Weekly.