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book cover In the Land of
No Right Angles

A Novel

by Daphne Beal

AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL

ABOUT THE BOOK:
"An unpredictable journey of the spirit and the flesh.... [An] enchanting, at times perilous, tale of love, magic, and illusion."
--Elle

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book cover What You Call Winter
Stories

by Nalini Jones

ABOUT THE BOOK:
"Elegant [and] stylish.... Captivating.... When you turn that last page, you'll be left wanting more."
--San Francisco Chronicle

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book cover A Mirror Garden
A Memoir

by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
and Zara Houshmand

ABOUT THE BOOK:
"Captivating.... Farmanfarmian's sumptuously detailed recollections are a rare, insidery look at two lost words."
--Vogue

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