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1) Isaac's song
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Isaac is at a crossroads in his young life. Growing up in Missouri, the son of a caustic, hard-driving father, he was conditioned to suppress his artistic pursuits and physical desires, notions that didn't align with a traditional view of masculinity. But now, in late '80s Chicago, Isaac has finally carved out a life of his own. He is sensitive and tenderhearted and has built up the courage to seek out a community. Yet just as he begins to embrace...
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When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary - just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other...
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Speakeasy murder volume 1
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"The first mystery in Susanna Calkins' captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy"-- Provided by publisher.
Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father, and to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicago's most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. It's a glamorous world of sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktails, rowdy...
4) Mob queen
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Virginia Hill escaped her abusive father by marrying a man who took her to Chicago, only to end up divorced and destitute. Virginia joins her new friend Madeline working as a waitress in one of the Mob's favorite hangouts. When Madeline disappears after getting involved with the wrong Mafia man, Virginia vows to find her friend no matter what. But to do that, she'll have to follow Madeline into the heart of the Chicago Mob.
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Davenports volume 2
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The anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller featuring escapist romance and a wealthy Black family in 1910s Chicago. Like the blazing Chicago sun, the drama is heating up for the Davenports and their social set. Before the summer of 1910 drops its last petal, the lives--and loves--of these four young women will change in ways they never could have imagined: Newly engaged Ruby Tremaine is eagerly planning her wedding to the love...
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Halina, a volunteer aide at the hospital, sings Polish folk songs to patients who are too sick to notice. She lives in a neighborhood of Polish immigrants, all entrenched in Old Country ways, all as stubborn as she is. While her befuddled parents struggle with haunting war-era tragedies, Halina is saving her poker winnings for a train ticket to Anywhere. She wants to study nursing and get away from this stinking place. She's done scrubbing laundry...
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