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Her first book, Coventry, was a number-one national bestseller and among the Globe and Mail Top 100 Books of the Year; three of her five previous novels have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year.

She has been long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublic Literary Award, one of the richest literary prizes — twice!

Charley’s Web by Joy Fielding

In early 1900s Paris, an illiterate baker who worships books and a disfigured girl who loves to read unwittingly wind their way toward each other — and love — with the help of mysterious strangers.

Jennie Fields fictionalizes Edith Wharton's scandalous extramarital affair and its detrimental effects on her relationship with Anna, her long-time maid and confidante.