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"A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop."— People"Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying." — Boston GlobeFrom award-winning, New York Times...

In the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth. Like Lewis and Clark's exploration of the American West, their...

"[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.)." —NPR"Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga."—O, The Oprah Magazine"Enveloping...Peebles understands...

"The story of an intense female friendship fueled by admiration and affection, envy and pride -- and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other" -- Provided by publisher.

For fans of Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette, an inventive, brilliant debut novel about the disappearance of a famous Brazilian novelist and the young translator who turns her life upside...