Meg Little Reilly's We Are Unprepared is a novel about the superstorm that threatens to destroy a marriage, a town, and the entire Eastern seaboard. But the destruction begins early, when fear infects people's lives and spreads like the plague.

Jennifer Close's The Hopefuls is a brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses. It tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to Washington, DC, a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among the young aspiring elite.

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