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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the...
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Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore. She’s moving back north, to the city of her dreams—with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with martinis in hand . . .
When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she’s shocked and...
When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she’s shocked and...
3) Take Two
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"A brilliant, funny new novel from the bestselling, beloved Danielle Hawkins
'Take Two is that rare and special thing, a novel that is effortless to read - I sped through it in a day - but is also emotionally genuine and original. Danielle Hawkins is a natural storyteller with a light touch and she doesn't shy away from the gritty and the real. She is New Zealand's very own version of Marian Keyes.' - Nicky Pellegrino
Sometimes you have to revisit...
4) The Pawn
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In 1879, Josefina Taylor's ambitions are shattered by the Elders of their strict society. To escape she breaks their rules, then faces a life of desperation and fear. The pawn in a plot to destroy everything she values, she fights for her dream.
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Scarlet Sister Mary is set among the Gullah people of the Low Country in South Carolina. The date is never clearly established, but appears to be around the beginning of the twentieth century. The title character, Mary, was an orphan on an abandoned plantation who was raised by Auntie Maum Hannah and her crippled son Budda Ben. The description of Mary as "Scarlet Sister" reflects the basic conflict in the novel as Mary is torn between her desire to...
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Two single mothers, Brenda and Maureen established friendships when shopping in the city one day. As normal London families, they shared ideas and helped each other out. They both had daughters who automatically became friends too. Events enfold when Tyler the nephew of Maureen began to blackmail his cousin Emilia, Maureen's daughter leading her to sexually groom Maria for Tyler, Brenda's daughter.
Maureen suffered depression and was sectioned upon...
7) Dusk
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When he was entering into his 100th year, instead of feeling happy, Sundar felt quite irritated and sorrowful. He requested his granddaughter Rupa not to make any arrangements for the celebration of his birthday. Without bothering with his protestations, Rupa made the arrangements for the celebration of his birthday and made it a success. Sundar felt so much happy when his friend Somaraj a 96 years old man came to his home to stay with him for few...
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Adam never had a good childhood; his father was an alcoholic and his mother was scared to stand up to her husband. Adam is put into care, but the abuse he suffered as a child has scarred him and he is unable to control his anger and behaviour - leading him to bounce between foster homes and engage in fights.When he's 21 he discovers that his father is dying and goes to visit him in the hospital. His father gives him a wooden box and tells him that...
9) The Will
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Arylk, Judich Pam and Shirley were all childhood friends. They had been through a lot together, and as life takes them on a journey of ups and downs it takes them a while to get it right. Atylk especially reflects quite often on the naivety and innocence of youth, the folly of adulthood and the mercy and awesome goodness of her Father. A Father that she thought was never there for her. As her journey through life shows her what it takes to become...
10) Blood Relations
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How can Mick break free from a family that won't let him go? In the second book in the Blue-Eyed Son trilogy, Mick's brutal brother, Terry, prepares for his annual May Day party. But this is no ordinary party-it's two full days of disgusting pranks and drunken violence. Terry throws the bash to prove that if you aren't in his circle, then you're in his sights. Mick's parents would rather not know what goes on, so they clear out and leave their sons...
11) The Promise Tree
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What provokes one child down a dangerous path, while her cousin takes a less tortuous direction in life? A mere six months apart in age, the girls were born near the end of World War Two, when a war tragedy set the stage for Ginger Drake's calamitous life. Ginger's 'sister at heart', cousin Glory Clayborne, has all she can do to protect the incorrigible Ginger from herself, to say nothing of the many evils lying in wait.
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"This Man Called Bunk" follows a man who went to work in Baltimore City in 1926 and never returned, leaving his wife and four young children with no explanation. His wife raised the children with the help of her brother and sister and never remarried. Years later, his granddaughter Jenny Lynn became curious about what caused her grandfather to leave. There were many theories in the family about his reason for leaving. Some dismissed his disappearance...
13) Secret Star
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When a strange and wild boy walks into her life, Tess is forced to confront a past she had long ago forgotten Fourteen-year-old Tess can't remember the first ten years of her life-and if they were anything like her life now, she'd prefer that they stay forgotten. Since her mother's death, she and her disabled stepfather have lived without a phone, electricity, or even much food on the table. At school, her classmates think she's weird, but she's bigger...
15) The Cutters
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Bess Streeter Aldrich has made a big place for herself among novel readers by her wholesome, happy and truthful stories of American small-town life. In The Cutters she takes a family that is typical of many thousands of homes and portrays it with humor and sympathy.
16) Marly the Kid
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Sometimes you just have to pack a suitcase and walk out the door Marly knows her older sister, Kit, is tall, beautiful, and outspoken-everything Marly isn't. But does everyone have to remind her of it all the time? Since her parents' divorce, her mom hasn't had a single nice thing to say-and even if she did, she's always working. So Marly packs her bags and catches the bus to stay with her dad. She knows he'll want her, and hopefully his new wife...
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In this romantic comedy, a bartender on the brink of a new relationship is confronted by her estranged mother, a celebrity who deserted her.I was seven years old when I realized my mother was not a great person
Since Savvy was abandoned by her rockstar mother, she has craved a normal life. But after years of financing her boyfriend's lacklustre career, he leaves her when he hits the bigtime.
Savvy's friends at the burlesque club where she serves...
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"A Mother's Tale of Financial Triumph" follows the journey of Sarah, a dedicated mother dealing with the daunting undertaking of handling excessive debt while residing with her in-legal guidelines. Despite the overpowering occasions, Sarah is determined to offer a higher lifestyles for her youngsters. As she navigates the complexities of familial relationships and economic strain, Sarah discovers her very own resilience and resourcefulness. Through...
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A tale of two brothers, one lucky hat, and a whole lot of style Ben and Charlie are utterly preoccupied with fashion: Older brother Ben thinks he represents the cutting edge of what's hip, and younger brother Charlie tags along. Chief among Ben's treasure chest of dapper duds is his good-luck Bogie hat, a fedora that makes him look like Humphrey Bogart. But when Ben starts dating a girl named Penny, his notion of what's cool and what isn't gets thrown...
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A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age: How do you define family? Jenny Fitzgerald is an artist who never fit in with her sports-obsessed parents and siblings. Still, she loves her family-even if she doesn't relate to them. Even if, unlike her younger siblings, Jenny's father is Donor 142. She's always known the truth, but before now, it hasn't seemed to matter much. But this summer-her sixteenth-is different. Where does Jenny really belong?...
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