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Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth. But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
266 pages : map ; 23 cm
Description
"Emilio thinks he is living the American Dream: his parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, sacrifice daily to make sure of it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers, Emilio is determined to get his driver's license-however, his mother dissuades him from doing so. When Emilio asks why, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. Emilio adjusts to his new normal. Under the Dreamers'...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
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Description
Sophie Heller's family emigrated from Germany to Victory, a small town in Illinois, before World War II began. Now that the war has affected the town, the townspeople discriminate against Sophie and her family. When a train derails by accident, the Heller family is blamed. A teacher from the local high school comes to Sophie's rescue, and despite their cultural differences, a romance starts to bloom.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
192 pages
Description
The stories in Natural History are set largely in a small community in central New York state and portray some of Andrea Barrett's most beloved characters, spanning the decades between the Civil War to the present day. In 'Henrietta and Her Moths,' a woman tends to an insect nursery as her sister’s life follows a different path. In 'Open House,' a young man grapples with a choice between a thrilling life spent discovering fossils and a desire to...
5) Commencement
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Celia, Bree, Sally, and April first meet as college freshmen and over a period of six years experience both happiness and disappointment as they find fulfilling love relationships, deal with changes within their families, and pursue successful careers.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the '60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day. The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s-history holds many surprises, and lives are changed...
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