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"  Dudes, it&amp;#039;s been getting kind of heavy in the Marie Claire books department lately, and we&amp;#039;re not just talking about the piles upon piles of fall and winter review copies that have been rolling in. What with all the memoirs and the super-literary short stories and the feminist tomes we&amp;#039;ve been checking out lately (great as they all were), we&amp;#039;re kinda ready to just, like, read a novel. Specifically, a lady-novel. You know what we mean: It&amp;#039;s not necessarily chick lit, but you know your boyfriend probably isn&amp;#039;t going to pick it up anytime soon. Lucky for us, the books world has brought us just that this week. If You Lived Here, You&amp;#039;d Be Home By NowAuthor: Claire LaZebnik, author of The Smart One and the Pretty OneGenre: Arrested-development mom lit (and no, we don&amp;#039;t mean Lucille Bluth)What Happens: Twenty-something mother Rickie moves back in with her parents and sends her son to the same private school she attended as a kid \u2014 which would be all well and good, except now she struggles to fit in with the perfect blond Stepford moms who can&amp;#039;t help but wonder why the pierced, tattooed, young Rickie has a six-year-old and doesn&amp;#039;t live on her own. Confusion, drama, and (of course) love ensue.When to Read It: Whenever you&amp;#039;re fed up with the &amp;quot;popular mommies&amp;quot; on the playgroundDetails: 5 Spot, $13.99, September 27 PricelessAuthor: Nicole Richie. Yes, that Nicole Richie.Genre: Scandal-meets-soul-seekingWhat Happens: When 22-year-old rich girl Charlotte Williams&amp;#039; Wall Street dad is arrested for embezzlement, her life becomes a living hell, and she flees to New Orleans where her childhood nanny takes her back in. Life in Nawlins is very different from what she&amp;#039;s used to \u2014 she even has to wash dishes in a restaurant \u2014 but the new lifestyle leads to great changes in Charlotte&amp;#039;s outlook on life and (yes) love.When to Read It: Anytime you&amp;#039;re wondering whether Nicole Richie can actually write (hint: it seems she can!) \u2014 or if you just want to be sucked in for a couple of hours.Details: Atria, $24.99, September 28 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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