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Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 25 cm
Description
In the wake of her husband Adam's death, Sarah, with a daughter and a baby on the way-and left with no money-moves in with Adam's mother, whom he always said was dead, but soon discovers why Adam lied as she becomes trapped in a house with a madwoman.
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food. Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernard's health declines, and her friends' lives become focused on their grandchildren--which Jenny never had--Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. Whisked into...
3) So big
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2010, c1924
Physical Desc
252, 28 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
The winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1925. After losing her father and her husband, Selina Peake is left to raise her only son on the farm that was left to her. Dirk Peake, a tenacious boy who grows up to be a successful bond salesman, must come to terms with his own regrets later in life after he decides not to pursue architecture, a passion that both he and his mother shared. This classic novel about family, immigration, and the role of...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Elvira Carr believes in crisp schedules, clear guidelines, and taking people at face value. She lives at home with her overbearing mother, who has deemed her unfit to interact with the rest of society. But when her mother has a stroke, Ellie is suddenlyforced to look after herself. She quickly comes up with an ingenious way of coping with the world: the seven social rules spreadsheet. Unfortunately, Ellie soon discovers that most people don't live...
Author
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 24 cm
Description
In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club-devoted entirely to romance novels-and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
426 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary award makes her American debut with an epic, multigenerational poem about a Saami family's quest to stay together across a century of migration, violence, and colonial schooling"--
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 21 cm
Description
When an at-home DNA test reveals the truth about her father, Summer Sutherland, meeting him for the first time, settles into his Carmel home, ready to get to know her instant family-and pursue a romance with his business partner, which could tear their lives apart.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Now 94 and living a quiet life, Cecily Larson, when her family surprises her with an at-home DNA test, finds the unexpected results not only bringing to light the tragic love story she's kept hidden for decades but also calls into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own.
11) The echo chamber
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds--and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
Contains the riveting historic report by the Congressional committee investigating the plot to overthrow American democracy, and the president's involvement, as well as tells the inspiring stories of the many people who stepped in to stop the attack on the White House.
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