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Caroline's Daughters
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Alice
Adams
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Secret of the Villa Mimosa
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Elizabeth
Adler
When Phyl, a successful psychiatrist, tries to help an amnesia victim reconstruct her past, they travel back in time in a journey marked by murder, intrigue and romance.
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Invitation to Provence
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Elizabeth
Adler
When Fanny is offered an all-expenses-paid trip to a reunion of her estranged family in Provence, she discovers dangerous family secrets.
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654
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2004
Blackground
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Joan
Aiken
English actress Cat Conwil finds herself reverting ever more often to her glamorous persona as a femme fatale on television, until she meets and marries a wealthy philanthropist with murderous intentions.
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Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch
Albom
Killed in a tragic accident, an elderly man who believes he had an uninspired life awakens in the afterlife and discovers that heaven consists of having five people explain the meaning of his existence.
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322
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2003
Dream Train
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Charlotte Vale
Allen
In accepting an assignment to ride the Orient Express and spend five days in Venice, photojournalist Joanna James begins a dramatic journey in which lasting friendships are made, hearts are broken, and love is found.
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Sounder
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William H.
Armstrong
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young African-American boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and enjoying the companionship of his devoted dog Sounder.
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End of Eternity
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Isaac
Asimov
Andrew Harlan, one of the operatives who help control human history, breaks the rules to help Noys Lambent, the woman he loves, escape a reality change.
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Robber Bride
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Margaret
Atwood
The critically acclaimed Canadian novelist unfolds the lives of three college friends who meet at the funeral of a flamboyant, popular, dangerous woman from their past who proves very much alive.
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Wilderness Tips
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Margaret
Atwood
This collection of stories takes the reader to familiar, strange and ssecret places of the imagination.
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Honorable Men
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Louis
Auchincloss
Chip Benedict, a rich, successful, socially secure, and handsome man, is haunted by dark guilt and is consequently driven to excl and to embrace a righteousness that he fails to perceive as hypocrisy.
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Wish You Well
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David
Baldcacci
Tragedy forces Lou, her little brother Ox, and their invalid mother to move to the mountains of southwestern Virginia to live with their great-grandmother where a courtroom battle could determine the fate of the entire family.
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611
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2000
Loving Voice
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Rizzo, Jannis
Banks, Carolyn
A delightful selection of read-aloud stoires for caregivers to read to patients and loved ones.
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Portrait of a Scoundrel
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Nathaniel
Benchley
James Greenleaf was famous enough to have his picture painted by Gilbert Stuart -- and infamous enough to be labeled a scoundrel.
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Miss Mapp
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E. F.
Benson
Miss Mapp faces the challenges of two suitors and the appearance of a rival, a charming contessa, in the social world of Tilling.
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Open House
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Elizabeth
Berg
When Samantha's husband leaves her and her eleven-year-old son, she has to emerge from her grief and find a way to make her own happiness.
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Glass Lake
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Maeve
Binchy
In the charmed Irish village of Lough Glass, very little gets past the watchful eyes and open ears of its residents. But young Kit McMahon holds a secret about her beautiful mother, who was lost one night in a storm on Glass Lake.
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Scarlet Feather
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Maeve
Binchy
Fresh from cooking school, Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet are hot new additions to the Dublin scene with their new catering company, but some people are not keen on their success.
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Echoes
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Maeve
Binchy
The enthralling story of Clare and David, separated by money,family and upbringing in Irish society, but united in love.
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Evening Class
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Maeve
Binchy
An evening class in Italian becomes a catalyst in the lives of its participants, students and teacher alike, as they come together, becoming absorbed in one another's lives and experiencing changing and growing relationships as their class culminates in a magical trip to Italy.
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Light a Penny Candle
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Maeve
Binchy
Elizabeth and Aisling live in a world where the old ways no longer work and it is no longer enough to light a penny candle.
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London Transports
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Maeve
Binchy
Twenty-two of Binchy's short stories.
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Quentins
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Maeve
Binchy
Ella Brady wants to film a documenary about a restaurant called Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. However, as she uncovers more and more of Quentin's history, she begins to wonder whether some stories are too sacred to be told and some secrets must be kept secret.
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608
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2002
Tara Road
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Maeve
Binchy
Thanks to a chance phone call, Ria from Dublin and Marilyn from New England switch houses for the summer with extraordinary results when they are drawn into lifestyles vastly different from their own.
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Return Journey and Other Stories
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Maeve
Binchy
A collection of original stories of sadness and joy set in Ireland.
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Copper Beech
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Maeve
Binchy
In the Irish town of Shancarrig, everything is not as placid as it seems.
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Moon Over Morocco
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Hermina
Black
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Dances with Wolves
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Michael
Blake
The story of Lieutenant John Dunbar who lived on an abandoned Army post with only a wolf and Indians for company.
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Bridge Over the River Kwai
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Pierre
Boulle
Re-creates events surrounding the building of a Japanese supply bridge over the River Kwai during World War II by British prisoners.
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Women in His Life
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
When billionaire Maximillian West's world collapses, he is forced to confront his relationships with the women in his life.
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Her Own Rules
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
Forced to see a psychiatrist when she falls seriously ill, Meredith Stratton traces her past, discovering that she had been placed in an orphanage when she was four years old. She follows her roots to England to find her mother, and meets a man who holds the key to her past--and her future
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Dangerous to Know
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
This story of family loyalty and betrayal features a journalist who tries to discover the truth about her murdered ex-husband, a wealthy philanthropist.
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Remember
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
Certain that the face she has seen on a news broadcast from Rome is that of her dead lover, English aristocrat Charles Devereaux, television war correspondent Nicky Wells embarks on a quest to discover the truth.
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Love in Another Town
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
Estranged from her lawyer husband and out of touch with her grown children, forty-three-year-old Maggie Sorrell moves to Connecticut to begin a new life as an interior designer and finds new love with a younger man.
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Secret Affair
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
From the romantic canals of Venice to the streets of New York and the beaches of East Hampton, two very different people--a respected American TV newsman and a talented young artist--struggle to come to terms with their complicated lives after they embark on an illicit but fateful love affair.
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Sudden Change of Heart
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
Friendship between two best friends faces a challenge when Laura's investigation into stolen artwork leads to Claire's ex-husband's family.
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Where You Belong
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
In the wake of a tragic shooting in Kosovo, a young American photojournalist discovers that her lover -- a British journalist killed in the attack-- was married.
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Power of a Woman
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Barbara Taylor
Bradford
A family tragedy forces successful career woman Stephanie Jardine to come to terms with her past and a stormy relationship.
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Private Life of Cat Who…
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Lilian Jackson
Braun
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125
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Caddie Woodlawn
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Carol Ryrie
Brink
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Western Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Family and Friends
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Anita
Brookner
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Exclusive
by
Sandra
Brown
Asked by her old friend, the First Lady, to investigate the supposed SIDS death of her baby, broadcast journalist Barrie Travis delves into the private lives of the president and his wife and uncovers dark and terrible secrets that could change the course of history.
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Da Vinci Code
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Dan
Brown
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739
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2003
Incredible Journey
by
Sheila
Burnford
Two dogs and a cat sustain each other through hardships, hunger, and danger as they travel two hundred and fifty miles to reach home.
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Bel Ria
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Sheila
Burnford
Follows the wanderings of a little performing dog in France, England, and at sea during World War II.
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Cold Sassy Tree
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Olive Ann
Burns
Modern times comes to the small Southern town of Cold Sassy Tree.
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Leaving Cold Sassy Tree
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Olive Ann
Burns
This unfinished sequel to COLD SASSY TREE tells the tale of the grown-up Will Tweedy and the feisty young schoolteacher who captures his heart. Burns, who died of cancer, was unable to totally finish this novel.
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Friendly Air
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Elizabeth
Cadell
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Answer as a Man
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Taylor
Caldwell
An honest man faces personal disgrace and intimate betrayal as his marriage becomes a scandal, as he sees greed prevail over generosity, and as he resists the corruption that has engulfed his town.
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Where Pigeons Go to Die
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R. Wright
Campbell
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Come With Me Home
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Gladys Hasty
Carroll
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Man on the Mountain
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Gladys Hasty
Carroll
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Sing Out the Glory
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Gladys
Carroll
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Next of Kin
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Gladys Hasty
Carroll
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World Apart
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Jean
Chapman
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Tracy
Chevalier
A poor seventeenth-century servant girl knows her place in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, but when he begins to use her as model, nasty rumors circulate throughout their town.
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Circle of Quilters
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Jennifer
Chiaverini
When the departure of two Elm Creek Quilts founding members prompts an influx of new applicants, the artists' retreat considers several candidates, including a history lover, a chef, and a gifted teacher.
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507
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Awakening
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Kate
Chopin
Edna Pontellier, a young married woman with two small children in this story from 1899, gradually awakens to her individuality and sexuality and experiences love outside of her passionless marriage.
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Flesh and Spirit
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Elizabeth
Christman
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Beans of Egypt, Maine
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Carolyn
Chute
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Family Occasions
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George R.
Clay
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Guppies for Tea
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Marika
Cobbold
Between attempting to sneak her grandmother out of a retirement home and dealing with her husband's disloyalty, Amelia finds a new capacity for adventure and friendship.
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Foe
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J. M.
Coetzee
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Gramercy Park
by
Paula
Cohen
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431
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Rock Star
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Jackie
Collins
Three of the world's biggest rock stars--brash English singer Kris Phoenix, Black soul singer Bobby Mandella, and beautiful blues singer Rafaella--attend the Malibu fund raiser of billionaire promoter Marcus Citroen, with shattering results.
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Mrs. Bridge
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Evan S.
Connell
Wife of a successful lawyer in 1930s Kansas City, India Bridge tries to cope with her dissastisfaction with an easy, though empty, life. This widely acclaimed novel tha became a popular film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
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Mr. Bridge
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Evan S.
Connell
A successful lawyer in 1930's Kansas City, Walter Bridge has difficulty understanding his wife's dissatisfaction and his children's rebelliousness
This widely acclaimed novel tha became a popular film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
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Three Wives
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Laura
Conway
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Crisis
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Robin
Cook
Shocked and humiliated by a medical malpractice lawsuit, physician Craig Bowman receives help from his estranged brother-in-law, medical examiner Jack Stapleton, who uncovers more trouble after exhuming the body of Craig's alleged victim.
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735
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2006
Year of the Virgins
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Catherine
Cookson
Struggling to maintain a facade of family harmony for the sake of their religious beliefs and three grown children, Winifred and Daniel Coulson begin a legacy in which their youngest son must choose between the values of the past and present.
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Chocolate War
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Robert
Cormier
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Firestorm
by
William
Coyle
World War II is the backdrop for the personal drama of Bernard and Teresa Reardon, brother and sister separated by half a world. A young Australian tail gunner in the British Royal Air Force, Bernard faces his own mortality in the perilous missions over Nazi Germany. Teresa, who became a nun as a result of a childhood pact with God for saving her brother's life, remains in Australia serving as a nurse. As Bernard struggles to survive the war, Teresa questions her faith.
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457
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1989
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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Margaret
Craven
With only two years to live, a young missionary is sent to an Indian village in British Columbia where he learns to face death without fear.
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Disclosure
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Michael
Crichton
An accusation of sexual harassment threatens a man's career in the cutthroat computer industry, and when he attempts to defend himself, he uncovers some damaging company secrets
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Hours
by
Michael
Cunningham
A novel about three very different women--Virginia Woolf, Clarissa Vaughan, and Laura Brown, whose lives and destinies become intertwined--spans the nation from New York to Los Angeles, and follows them to a haunting and surprising conclusion.
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Kazan
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James Olier
Curwood
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Notorious
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Janet
Dailey
A determined woman fights to protect her family's land in the wild ranch country of northern Nevada.
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Edwidge
Danticat
At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from the impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York to be reunited with her mother, where she gains a legacy of shame that can only be healed when she returns to Haiti, to the woman who first reared her. An Oprah selection.
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Flirting with Pete
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Barbara
Delinsky
A daughter's struggle to win the approval of the father she never knew becomes a journey of self-discovery.
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481
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2002
General's Daughter
by
Nelson
DeMille
When Paul Brenner, a member of the Army's elite undercover investigative unit, is assigned a difficult case involving the death of the beautiful Captain Ann Campbell, he finds out just how far he can push his power.
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Spencerville
by
Nelson
DeMille
Back from the Cold War, intelligence officer Keith Landry gets involved with his first love.
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Shawno
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George
Dennison
Shawno may be a mongrel, but he's no ordinary dog. Handsome, intelligent, noble, he means more to the family who cares for him than many folks mean to one another. This is a compelling story about the force of love and the nature of responsibility. Wise and tender, it will touch the hearts and minds of every reader.
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107
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1985
Last Days of Dogtown
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Anita
Diamant
Diamant tells the story of a community of castoffs -- widows, prostitutes, orphans, African-Americans and ne'er-do-wells – who are eking out a harsh living in the barren terrain of early 1800s Cape Ann, Massachusetts.
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427
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2005
Billy Bathgate
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E. L.
Doctorow
During the Depression, Billy receives an extraordinary education in crime, love, life and death.
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Land of Mist
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Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
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Lost World
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Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
When four Englishmen and their guides venture into a "prehistoric," remote plateau in the South American jungle, they must rely on their cunning and intellect to escape from the plateau and its carnivorous inhabitants.
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House on the Strand
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Daphne
du Maurier
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Lover
by
Marguerite
Duras
An autobiographical novel Set in pre-WWII Indochina of Duras' childhood, The Lover recounts a a beautiful, doomed affair between an adolescent French girl and her wealthy young Chinese admirer. Their union is secret; their forbidden passion, a blend of sadness and unrestrained joy. Penned by the heroine in the twilight of her life, the narrative takes its form from thoughts, impressions, and events that are pivotal in the young girl's coming of age.
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126
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1986
Gingerbread House
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Alice
Dwyer-Joyce
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Incident at Hawk's Hill
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Allan W.
Eckert
A young girl with an uncanny ability to handle animals spends an incredible summer in the wilds under the care and protection of a female badger.
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Memory Keeper's Daughter
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Kim
Edwards
A doctor who had delivered his newborn twins during a snowstorm rashly decides to protect his wife from their baby’s Down Syndrome by turning the child over to his nurse.
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711
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Love Medicine
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Louise
Erdrich
Three generations of Chippewa Indians recount telling segments of their separate but entangled lives, in lyrical voices that alternately ring with spirited pride and defeat. Despite poverty, illegitimacy, alcoholism and aborted dreams they perservere, fortified by mystical powers with which their ancestors were born.
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348
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1986
Horse Whisperer
by
Nicholas
Evans
After her teenage daughter and the girl's horse are injured in a tragic accident, Annie Graves journeys across the continent in search of Tom Booker, the Horse Whisperer, in the hope that he can use his ancient gift to help both the horse and the maimed girl.
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Locket
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Richard Paul
Evans
Working at a rest home after caring for his mother during her terminal illness, Michael accepts the deathbed request of an elderly woman to return her cherished locket -- given to her by a long-lost love-- to her old hometown.
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Loop
by
Nicholas
Evans
A pack of savage wolves returns to the ranching town of Hope, Montana, where a century ago they were slaughtered by the thousands. Since they are now shielded by law as an endangered species, wolf biologist Helen Ross is sent alone into the hostile countryside to protect the wolves against the ancient hatred of the townspeople.
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White Oleander
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Janet
Fitch
The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of Astrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother, who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murder. Oprah's Book Club Selection.
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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
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Fannie
Flagg
Flagg brings back the 1950s with the story of Daisy Fay, a heroine who is bound to capture your heart.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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Fannie
Flagg
Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.
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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
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Fannie
Flagg
The story of Dena Nordstrom, TV anchorwoman, whose future is full of promise, whose present is rich with complicaitons, and whose past is marked by mystery.
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Too Late! Too Late! The Maiden Cried
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Joan
Fleming
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
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E. M.
Forster
An account of the collision of two cultures, an English widow on a grand tour of the continent surprises her stodgy relatives by marrying a penniless Italian.
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Genevieve and Alexander
by
Marjorie
Franco
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Shem Creek
by
Dorothea Benton
Frank
Desperate for a simpler life, Linda Breland packs up her family and drives from New Jersey to her native South Carolina where she learns to jumpstart her life, make friends, and forge a deeper mother/daughter bond with her daughters
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541
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2004
Sullivan's Island
by
Dorothea Benton
Frank
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566
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Presence of Mind
by
Anitea
Fraser
As her daughter grows up and changes, her mother is faced with a terrible decision that could destroy her family's life.
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273
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1997
Fairytales
by
Cynthia
Freeman
An Italian-American family in San Francisco rise to prominence as a political dynasty that rivals the Kennedys.
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Saving Graces
by
Patricia
Gaffney
A mesmerizing story about true friendship that follows the lives of four very different women.
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Circle of Three
by
Patricia
Gaffney
Investigates the complexity of women's relationships through the story of a grandmother, mother, and daughter in rural Virginia, revealing the layers of tradition and responsibility, commitment and passion shared by the three women.
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Edge of Town
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Dorothy
Garlock
Julie Jones knows what she is: a country girl, not beautiful but presentable, in skirts too long to be fashionable. Secretly, she wishes for someone to find her special enought to come courting. When Evan Johnson, aquiet boy, returns from fighting the Great War, he works to win Julie's heart until he is suddenly charged with murder.
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561
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1982
After the Parade
by
Dorothy
Garlock
Story of the era after WWII when men and women had to rebuild their marriages and lives after years apart.
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Virtuous Woman
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Kaye
Gibbons
In alternating voices, Jack and his wife Ruby tell the story of their years together.
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Old Girl
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Joshua
Gidding
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Nathan's Run
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John
Gilstrap
Twelve-year-old Nathan Bailey, an escapee from a juvenile detention center who has been accused of killing a guard, becomes the center of a national dialogue on violent youth crime, the object of a nationwide manhunt, and the target of a professional killer.
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That Year of Our War
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Gloria
Godreich
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Finishing School
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Gail
Godwin
Forty-year-old actress Justin Stokes recalls the summer she turned fourteen and her relationship with Ursula DeVane, the older woman who made that summer memorable.
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Good Husband
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Gail
Godwin
A portrait of two marriages that travels beyond the usual quesitons of love and domestic comfort.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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Arthur
Golden
The "memoirs" of one of Japan's most celebrated geishas describes how, as a little girl in 1929, she is sold into slavery; her efforts to learn the arts of the geisha; the impact of World War II; and her struggle to reinvent herself to win the man she loves.
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Trail of Secrets
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Eileen
Goudge
Three women whose lives have been changed by pregnancy and lost children find their fates colliding.
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Second Silence
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Eileen
Goudge
When her only child is stolen from her by her estranged husband, a powerful real-estate developer, Noelle Van Doren and her long-estranged parents struggle to unravel the secrets of his past.
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Waterloo Station
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Emily
Grayson
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Search for Maggie Ward
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Andrew M.
Greeley
Soon after Jerry meets a hauntingly beautiful girl who helps him deal with the demons that trouble his spirit, she vanishes.
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St. Valentine's Night
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Andrew M.
Greeley
A high school reunion turns TV correspondent and celebrity Neil Connor's life upside-down.
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Angel Fire
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Andrew M.
Greeley
Sean Desmond, a biologist abandoned by his wife and two sons, sets out for Stockholm to accept a Nobel Prize and finds himself tracked by would-be assassins and protected by a beautiful guardian angel, who teaches him to love again
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Wages of Sin
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Andrew M.
Greeley
A Chicago entrepreneur with a troubled soul struggles to find the truth about his heritage, his lover and himself.
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Ascent into Hell
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Andrew M.
Greeley
Hugh Donlon, a lonely, troubled priest, falls in love with a nun, leaves the clergy, and returns to the temptations of the secular life.
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Of Such Small Differences
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Joanna
Greenberg
John, who is blind and deaf, leads a life of isolation until he meets Leda on the job, and as their accidental involvement deepens into love, they must both accept his limitations and their unique relationship.
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Simple Gifts
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Joanne
Greenberg
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When a government agency persuades the Fleurises, a poor family who live unchangingly on a Colorado ranch, to turn their ranch into a tourist attraction, they learn that authentic does not necessarily mean real.
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End of the Affair
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Graham
Greene
An adulterous love affair turns into a relationship filled with hate and jealousy.
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Captain and the Enemy
by
Graham
Greene
This evocative novel centers on a young boy growing up in odd and touching circumstances and on his relationships with various unusual and poignant people.
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Our Man in Havana
by
Graham
Greene
Follows the plight of Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them.
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Cardinal Sins
by
Graham
Greene
Follows thirty years in the lives of Kevin and Patrick, two Irish Catholic boys from the west side of Chicago, who grow up together and enter the seminary to become priests.
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Foul Matter
by
Martha
Grimes
Grimes, author of the popular Richard Jury mysteries, ventures from Scotland Yard, this time to examine the cutthroat world of contemporary New York book publishing.
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2004
Last Juror
by
John
Grisham
The story of a convicted murderer who could be out to seek revenge against the jurors who sent him to prison nine years earlier.
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581
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2004
King of Torts
by
John
Grisham
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Hardcover
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580
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2003
Bleachers
by
John
Grisham
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Hardcover
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239
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Firm
by
John
Grisham
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Hardcover
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581
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1991
Painted House
by
John
Grisham
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2003
Water for Elephants
by
Sara
Gruen
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them both hope.
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561
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2006
Errands
by
Judith
Guest
After the death of her husband, Annie and her children struggle as they learn how to be a family without a father and husband in the house.
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More Than You Know
by
Beth
Gutcheon
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Snow in August
by
Pete
Hamill
The story of an unusual friendship between an 11-year-old Irish Catholic boy and a rabbi refugee from Prague.
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Distant Shores
by
Kristin
Hannah
Elizabeth makes a fateful decision and risks everything she has for a second chance at happiness.
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481
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2002
Plainsong
by
Kent
Haruf
A new vision of life and family emerges from the unsettled lives of a small-town teacher struggling to raise two boys alone, a pregnant teenage girl with nowhere to go, and two elderly bachelor farmers.
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Upstairs, Downstairs
by
John
Hawkesworth
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Small Town, A
by
Shelby
Hearon
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484
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Winter of the White Seal
by
Marie
Herbert
Written in the form of a journal, this novel is the account of a young man abandoned on an Antarctic island in the nineteenth century. Jonathan Horn, the unfortunate member of a British sealing expedition, painstakingly describes the events that led to his abandonment, the perils he endures, and the methods he used in order to survive. But best of all, he tells of his relationship with Scruff, the orphaned baby seal he adopts and raises, who sustains him through periods of despair, and brings him a new understanding of the wild.
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Mrs. De Winter
by
Susan
Hill
The sequel to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" returns to the world of Manderley and the haunting presence of Rebecca in the lives of Maxim de Winter and his young bride.
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Turtle Moon
by
Alice
Hoffman
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Blue Diary
by
Alice
Hoffman
The revelation of a dark secret about Ethan Ford's true identity and his past threatens to turn a small Masachusetts town upside down.
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Leaves on Grey
by
Desmond
Hogan
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Dark Shore
by
Susan
Howatch
When Sarah Hamilton arrives at Cloughy House as the bride of wealthy Jon Towers, she begins to believe her life is being threatened.
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Absolute Turths
by
Susan
Howatch
Bishop Charles Ashworth finds his faith and morality shaken by his grief over the death of his wife and embarks on a spiritual quest for the absolute truths that have shaped his life.
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Lily White
by
Susan
Isaacs
Attorney Lee White's life spins out of control when a case she's investigating becomes interwoven with betrayals in her own life.
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Red, White and Blue
by
Susan
Isaacs
On a mission to infiltrate an armed, anti-Semitic, white supremacist group, FBI agent Charlie Blair--who possesses a deeply buried Jewish heritage--meets journalist Lauren Miller, hired by the "Jewish News" to investigate the group and seeking answers toher own questions about her own Jewish legacy.
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Remains of the Day
by
Kazuo
Ishiguro
An English butler reflects--sometimes bitterly, sometimes humorously--on his service to a lord between the two world wars and discovers doubts about his master's character and about the ultimate value of his own service to humanity.
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On Secret Service
by
John
Jakes
Set during the Civil War, this is the story of two couples who discover that love doesn't take sides and a fascinating account of how the Secret Service began.
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Haunting of Sara Lessingham
by
Margaret
James
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Sea Story
by
Ronald
Johnston
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Runaway
by
Terry
Kay
Set in the rural South in the late 1940s, the story of the relationship between a Black boy and a white boy examines the joys, sorrows, conflicts, and racial disharmony of their historically biased environment.
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Kidnapping of Aaron Greene
by
Terry
Kay
When a nondescript young man is kidnapped on the way to his job at a large city bank, which refuses to pay the millions demanded in ransom, the abduction sets off a nationwide debate over the value of an average life.
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Shadow Song
by
Terry
Kay
Befriending a retired Jewish man during the summer of 1944, Catskill waiter Bobo Murphy finds his life changing in the wake of Avrum's philosophies and his experience of a doomed first love with the beautiful Amy Lourie.
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Happy to Be Here
by
Garrison
Keillor
The popular Minnesota Public Radio host's collection of short stories satirize all aspects of American society and popular culture.
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Love Me
by
Garrison
Keillor
Larry Wyler heads east from Minnesota to New York in pursuit of the celebrated life of writers he admires. After some failures, he returns home to write for an advice column, through which he learns unexpected life lessons.
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2004
Flowers for Algernon
by
Daniel
Keyes
When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius, dull-witted Charlie Gordon wonders if it might also work for him.
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Shadow of Death
by
William X.
Kienzle
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Hardcover
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401
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1983
Poisonwood Bible
by
Barbara
Kingsolver
The family of a fierce evangelical Baptist missionary begins to unravel after they embark on a 1959 mission to the Belgian Congo, where they find their lives transformed over the course of three decades.
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Prodigal Summer
by
Barbara
Kingsolver
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Matthew Ratton
by
Anne
Knowles
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Peace Breaks Out
by
John
Knowlesb
In 1945, veteran and former POW Pete Hellam returns to his alma mater, Devon School, to teach and finds his students are concerned about what will happen when peace is declared.
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Queenie
by
Michael
Korda
Queenie Kelley, a half-caste Indian girl from Calcutta, whose past is her most dangerous secret, rises to Hollywood's apex as the glamorous Dawn Avalon.
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995
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Historian
by
Elizabeth
Kostova
After discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a young woman becomes the latest in a series of historians to investigate the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler.
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Hardcover
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2005
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1172
Spring Collection
by
Judith
Krantz
Three unknown American models, one of whom will win a multi-million dollar contract, are chosen to model for bad-boy designer Marco Lombardi in Paris and embark on two glamorous weeks of discovery and love affairs that will change their lives forever.
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Princess Daisy
by
Judith
Krantz
Alone, innocent, betrayed by an adored half-brother, her fortune gone, and burdened by a shocking secret, Princess Marguerite Alexandrovna Valensky makes her own way to the glamorous pinnacle of the cosmetics industry.
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Till We Meet Again
by
Judith
Krantz
Follows the three headstrong beauties: Eve, a music hall star who marries into a champagne dynasty, and her two daughters--Delphine, a renowned actress, and Freddy, a daredevil pilot.
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Eclipse Bay
by
Jayne Ann
Krentz
In a rugged Oregon town torn apart by a long-time family feud, wedding consultant Hannah Harte receives an unexpected inheritance that reunites her with Rafe Madison, but their attraction is complicated by the hostilities that divide their families.
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No Regrets
by
Fern
Kupfer
Two middle-aged friends take a long trip together and reflect on their lives and the satisfaction of their friendship.
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Burning Hil
by
Elizabeth
Kyle
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Tall Pine Polka
by
Lorna
Landvik
When a Hollywood movie crew shows up in Tall Pine, Minnesota, two friends find their relationship tested as one of them lands a major part in the film and both fall for the same man.
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City of Joy
by
Dominique
Lapierre
French journalist-historian Lapierre gives a fascinating account of how four people overcame incredible adversity in the City of Joy -- the poorest and most over-populated district on earth.
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Pledge of Allegiance
by
Mark
Lapin
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Eye of the Heron
by
Ursula K.
LeGuin
On an alien planet inhabited by two communities exiled from the Earth, a courageous young woman flees her prison-like existence among the vicious denizens of the City to lead the free-spirited Shanty Towners in building a new colony.
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Silver Chair
by
C. S.
Lewis
Eustace and Jill travel back to Narnia where they are charged by Aslan the lion to search for Prince Rilian. Chronicles of Narnia #6.
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Prince Caspian
by
C. S.
Lewis
Four children return to Narnia to help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts battle the evil forces that have seized the kingdom. Chronicles of Narnia #4
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Horse and His Boy
by
C.S.
Lewis
A boy prince and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of an impending invasion by the barbarian Calormenes. Chronicles of Narnia #3.
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Lion Witch and the Wardrobe
by
C.S.
Lewis
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardobe to the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in triumphing over the White Witch.Chronicles Of Narnia #2.
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Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by
C. S.
Lewis
Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism. Chronicles of Narnia #5.
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Magician's Nephew
by
C.S.
Lewis
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech. Chronicles of Narnia #1
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All I Need is You
by
Johanna
Lindsey
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515
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1997
Isabel's Bed
by
Elinor
Lipman
On a whim, Harriet Mahoney answers an ad to share a cottage on Cape Cod and ghostwrite a book.
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Day of the Butterfly
by
Norah
Lofts
Without becoming a prostitute herself, lovely but impoverished Daisy Holt dances for the patrons of a brothel, and, when her Monet radiance attracts the eye of a painter, she experiences her first love and her first sorrow.
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Aunt Pleasantine
by
Ruth Doan
MacDougall
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Sarah, Plain and Tall
by
Patricia
MacLachlan
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Montana
by
Debbie
Macomber
Moving to Montana to stay with her terminally ill grandfather, Molly has serious doubts about ranch worker Sam Dakota, the man her grandfather wishes her to marry.
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Hardcover
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527
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1997
Moon Over Water
by
Debbie
Macomber
Lorraine Dancy embarks on a life of adventure, danger, and passion when she finds her long-lost father, gets framed for stealing an invaluable relic, and flees to Mexico.
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Hardcover
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408
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1988
Shadow of Yesterday
by
Audrie
Manley-Tucker
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351
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Bad Girl Creek
by
Jo-Ann
Mapson
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Wind at Morning
by
James Vance
Marshall
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Spence + Lila
by
Bobbie Ann
Mason
A farm couple married forty-six years look back on their long relationship during Lila's extended hospitalization.
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Anything Considered
by
Peter
Mayle
A rollicking caper about an English expatriate with champagne tastes who finds himself broke in Provence, France.
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Hotel Pastis
by
Peter
Mayle
When Simon Shaw takes a vacation in southern France, he meets an enchanting French woman and ends up buying a hotel with her.
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Nop's Trials
by
Donald
McCaig
When his sheep dog, Nop, is stolen from Lewis Burkholder's farm and sold to a ruthless dog handler, Lewis struggles to recover the dog.
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Ladies of Missalonghi
by
Colleen
McCullough
Facing a quiet life of near poverty as the less attractive daughter from a tiny homestead in Australia's Blue Mountains, shy Missy Wright sets all the local tongues wagging when she targets a mysterious and mistrusted stranger.
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Thorn Birds
by
Colleen
McCullough
A saga of three genrerations of the indomitable Cleary family begins in the early 1900s when Paddy Cleary, a poor New Zealand farm laborer, moves his wife and children to the Australian sheep station owned by his wealthy sister, in an anniversary edition of the classic novel of forbidden love.
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon
by
K. C.
McKinnon
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Waiting to Exhale
by
Terry
McMillan
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Paperback
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546
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Buffalo Girls
by
Larry
McMurtry
McMurtry captures the Wild West by breathing life into memorable characters like Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok.
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Comanche Moon
by
Larry
McMurtry
In a story set against the bitter frontier strife between Texas settlers and the Comanche, Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow McCall battle Buffalo Hump, the enigmatic war chief, and Gus's long-time nemesis, Blue Duck.
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I Was Amelia Earhart
by
Jane
Medelsohn
In a novel about a real-life mystery, Amelia Earhart describes what happened after she and her navigator disappeared off the coast of New Guinea in 1937 and discusses her love of flying, memories of her past, and her life with G.P. Putnam.
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Sleeping Beauty
by
Judith
Michael
Back in her hometown for her grandfather's funeral, high-powered divorce lawyer Anne Garnett resolves a conflict with her Uncle Vincent begun twenty-four years earlier when both vied for control of the family empire.
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Inheritance
by
Judith
Michael
When Laura Fairchild goes to work for the wealthy Salingers of Boston, she finds love and luxury, only to lose everything when the secret of her past is revealed.
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Walker in Shadows
by
Barbara
Michaels
A chilling novel about a haunted love that refuses to die.
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Theory of Relativity
by
Jacqueline
Michard
When his beloved sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident, Gordon McKenna assumes he will help raise their orphaned baby daughter, until the child's paternal grandparents launch a scandalous custody battle.
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Mexico
by
James A.
Michener
An American journalist travels to Mexioc to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors and is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestors.
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For Love
by
Sue
Miller
Three childhood friends reunite after years of separation and, when tragedy strikes, they must face their pasts
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While I Was Gone
by
Sue
Miller
An exquisitely suspenseful novel about how casually a marriage can be destroyed.
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Distinguished Guest
by
Sue
Miller
In this moving story of a mother and son, the Maynard family tries to understand the meaning of life while confronting loss and change.
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Family Man
by
Joseph
Monninger
For Peter, an accountant, commuter, and suburbanite, who feels bored with his wife and estranged from his children, the tension of ennui gives way to a terrible tragedy.
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Anne of Avonlea
by
L. M.
Montgomery
In this sequel to Anne of Green Gables, teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.
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Summer of the Seals
by
Geoffrey
Morgan
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View from Prospect
by
Geoffrey
Morgan
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Gap Creek
by
Robert
Morgan
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Beloved
by
Toni
Morrison
This Pulitzer Prize-winning book tells the story of Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, who is haunted by the ghost of her dead baby girl.
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Oklahoma Crude
by
Marc
Norman
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My Friend Flicka
by
Mary
O'Hara
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Anil's Ghost
by
Michael
Ondaatje
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2000
How to Make an American Quilt
by
Whitney
Otto
As members of a women's quilting group work their art, their stories of grief, passion, youth, and age are played out in a multigenerational, multi-layered narrative.
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Dive From Clausen's Pier
by
Ann
Packer
When her fiance Mike is left paralyzed following a tragic accident, Carrie Bell begins to question her familiar world, from her everyday life in Wisconsin to her relationships, as she sets out to rediscover her own identity.
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High Roof
by
Joy
Packer
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Plucking the Apple
by
Elizabeth
Palmer
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Patron Saint of Liars
by
Ann
Patchett
Rose, a beautiful and mysterious woman living at St. Elizabeth's home for unwed mother, has no intention of telling her mother or her husband about her pregnancy, until a healing spring near the home changes her mind.
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Bridge to Terabithia
by
Katherine
Paterson
Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community. A Newbery Medal winner.
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Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
by
James
Patterson
Katie Wilkinson belileves she has found the perfect man, until he vanishes, leaving behind a dairy penned by a woman named Suzanne who wrote it for her baby boy Nicholas.
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Voyage of the Frog
by
Gary
Paulsen
When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.
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Vanishing Acts
by
Jodi
Picoult
Single mother Delia Hopkins was happily anticipating her upcoming nuptials, until a series of unsettling flashbacks threatened to devastate her life and the lives of those she loves.
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Hardcover
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2005
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610
Shell Seekers
by
Rosamunde
Pilcher
The fate of a painting called The Shell Seekers threatens to tear a family apart.
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Coming Home
by
Rosamunde
Pilcher
From an elegant British boarding shcool in the 1930s to a continent ravaged by World War II, Judith Dunbar comes of age and learns about love, courage, and loss.
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Hardcover
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1161
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1995
September
by
Rosamunde
Pilcher
A cast of memorable characters from Europe and America converges on the Scottish town of Strathcroy for a birthday celebration, where intertwining tales of romance, excess, and heartbreak unfold.
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