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5821) Bee season
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Eliza Naumann is considered an unspectacular child -- until she surprises everyone by winning her school spelling bee. But just as Eliza begins to shine, her family starts falling apart.
5822) These things hidden
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Once the golden child of tiny Linden Falls, Iowa, Allison Glenn watches her reputation crumble as she is sent to prison for five years--convicted of a terrible crime. But what really happened that fateful night? Allison's younger sister is the only other person who knows the truth. Now out of prison, Allison is more desperate than ever to set the record straight, but the revelation of the truth could have far-reaching consequences.
5824) Old haunts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Large type ed.
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes the past refuses to remain sealed off from the present. In Old Haunts, Steve Dancy must deal with villains and locales from his early days exploring the Wild West. Years have gone by since violence was necessary to resolve problems, but his calm routines and growing family are shaken by dishonest characters intruding on his easy life. When Steve and his friend Jeff Sharp go to visit Joseph McAllen, former Pinkerton Captain, they don't expect...
5825) Wuthering Heights
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In this classic romance, Heathcliff, a young, destitute boy, is brought to the home of Mr. Earnshaw, on the Yorkshire moors. As Heathcliff grows, and slowly falls in love with Mr. Earnshaw's daughter, Catherine, he begins a series of events that will have implications for generations to come.
5827) Nightcrawling: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Hale Dunbar, former owner of the Piggly Wiggly, runs for mayor in his hometown of Second Creek, Mississippi with the help of Laurie Lepanto and her new husband, Powell Hampton who teach the "Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly" dance sessions.
5830) The displacements
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"An adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe. To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a lucrative career for Brantley, and the means for Daphne to pursue her art full-time. Their deluxe new Miami life has just clicked into place when Luna-the world's first category 6 hurricane-upends everything they have taken for granted. When the storm makes landfall,...
5831) Like water for chocolate
Author
Language
English
Description
Romantic and poignant tale of family life and cultural traditions in turn-of-the-century Mexico.
5832) An unwanted inheritance
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When their father dies unexpectedly, siblings Max, Ellie and Nathan can't even contemplate emptying his house; not least, because he spent his last decade curating what feels like a museum to his polished public image. So it is Max's wife, Caroline, who finds the suitcase under a bed. A suitcase stuffed full of an awful lot of cash. The source of the money is a mystery to them all, and each has a strong opinion about what to do with it. Ellie and...
5833) Together for Christmas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the town of Cape Light, the holiday season finds one treasured relationship about to be torn apart ... while another is just coming together"--
As Christmas approaches, business partners Molly Harding and Betty Bowman at Willoughby's Fine Food and Catering know the business is on shaky financial ground. When Betty must step back from work to care for her injured husband, Molly can't bring herself to burden her friend with her own bad news. Meanwhile...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From an internationally acclaimed novelist, the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart by secrets and driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences. Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong...
5836) Run
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with single parenthood and a scandal that cost him his political career, Bernard Doyle fights his disappointment with his adopted sons' career choices before a violent event forces the members of his family to reconsider their priorities.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
It's been seventeen years since the tragic summer the McAvoy sisters fell apart. Lindy, the wild one, left home, carved out a new life in the city and never looked back. Delia, the sister who stayed, became a mother herself, raising her daughters and running the family shop in their small Ohio hometown on the shores of Lake Erie. But now, with their mother's ailing health and a rebellious teenager to rein in, Delia has no choice but to welcome Lindy...
5839) Book Group Bag: Pachinko
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan....
5840) Eden in winte
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father on the island of Martha's Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's will to suture the deep wounds the tragedy has inflicted upon his family and himself. As the court inquest into Benjamin Blaine's death casts suspicions on those closest to him, Adam struggles to protect them from those who still suspect that his father was murdered by one of his kin.
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