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1) 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.
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Why is Elvin such a lightning rod for people trying to improve him?For as long as Elvin can remember, it's been just him and his mom, the only blood relative he knows. But out of the blue, his supposedly dead uncle, Alex, shows up. Elvin learns that years ago, Alex stole the money his dad had left to him and his mom-but now Alex wants to make amends with Elvin. He wants to improve all sorts of things, offering to fix Elvin's hair and get him a gym...
3) Ash
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Thea lives under a mountain – one that' s ready to blow.A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she has been called back during maternity leave and is coping – just – with the juggle of meetings, mealtimes, farm visits, her boss' s search for legal loopholes and the constant care of her much-loved children, Eli and Lucy.But something is shifting in Thea – ...
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3 Short stories - all different! A woman finds her husband in bed with her friend. She kicks them out and then he steals all their money and leaves the country. Follow her as she rebuilds her life. The car races away from her with her baby girl in the car seat! A man stops to help and they give chase, rescuing the daughter and arresting the cuplrits. She sets up a new happy life there in that town - until her ex-husband breaks out of jail! A lawyer...
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The reclusive Harriet Wolf, revered author and family matriarch, has a final confession-a love story. Years after her death, as her family comes together one last time, the mystery of Harriet's life hangs in the balance. Does the truth lie in the rumored final book of the series that made Harriet a world-famous writer, or will her final confession be lost forever?
Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders tells the moving story of the unforgettable...
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A woman envies her sister's glamorous world-until she becomes part of it-in a novel of loss and self-discovery by the author of Local Knowledge. After a lifetime in the shadow of the incomparable Miranda, Cassie believes she can never measure up to her sister. Rather than compete, she withdraws, and the two remain estranged-until a phone call from Miranda changes everything. At Miranda's insistence, Cassie flies to New York City for a visit, where...
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Escape the rat race by heading to the Yorkshire Moors in Jane Lovering's funny, warm and magical new novel.
Needing an escape, Dora swapped city living for life as a shepherdess on her grandad's Yorkshire farm. More than a decade later Dora is still there, now farming the fifty acres and caring for the one hundred rare sheep by herself. She never hears the call of the city, but instead relishes the peace and simplicity of life on the Moors.
When Dora's...
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In the quiet town of Meadowbrook, the lives of two siblings, Oliver and Lily Thompson, take an unexpected turn as Oliver discovers his passion for fashion design. Faced with being different from his peers, Oliver finds solace in experimenting with his sister's clothes. Lily becomes his confidante, keeping his secret and offering unwavering support. The narrative unfolds with a secret fashion show organized by Lily to celebrate Oliver's unique talent....
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What happens when families stop being polite and start being real?In a world where reality is stranger than fiction, Viktor Sniperbone's inspired idea takes you on a hilariously wild ride filled with near-death antics, secrets, and the crazy dynamics of one unforgettable family.Meet Viktor Sniperbone, a guy who seems to have it all - youth, good health, independence, and a promising future. But something's missing. When he meets Mandi Hindleg, the...
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In the small Colombian mountain village of Mariquita, a band of guerrillas storms in to protest the country's ruling government. They arrive with propaganda and guns, and when they depart they have forcibly recruited all the town's men, leaving behind only a few-the priest and a young, fair-skinned boy disguised as a little girl.
In their wake, Mariquita becomes a sinking wasteland filled with women who quickly resign themselves to food shortages,...
11) The Maybe Tree
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In June of 1930, when Maybe Rose Tucker is five years old, her mother is murdered, her father is a suspect, and if looks as if the murderer is after Maybe. Much of Maybe's time is spent on a swing hanging from a limb in the old pecan tree in the front yard of the Tucker mansion in Blue Valley, Mississippi. Maybe struggles to fit into the nightmare world she occupies. She daydreams, worries and eavesdrops and all the while is a little girl eager...
12) We Are Family
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Al Santamaria is a child prodigy, maybe a genius. It is not out of the realm of possibility that he, alone, will save the human race. But first, he has to solve a far more urgent problem: finding a home for his family.
He exists, like many kids, in a realm located somewhere between reality and fantasy, enjoying time with imaginary friends and wielding his magical powers. He has a wonderful relationship with his father, Mario Elvis, and his mother,...
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Two women who, living one hundred years apart, face similar sacrifices to make the life they deserve in this perfectly moving debut novel. With the unexpected news of her pregnancy, Molly's suddenly responsible husband Corey persuades her to leave her job as a sous chef in a bustling Washington, DC, restaurant and move to an old-fashioned, run-down house in small-town Pennsylvania. Stuck with a colicky newborn and a husband who loves the creaky steps,...
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In this dramatic debut novel about relationships, six individuals' complicated lives are intertwined after a chance reunion.
A successful environmental lawyer is forced to take himself to task when he realizes that everything about his work has betrayed his core beliefs. A high school English teacher asks her former high school love to take up her environmental cause. A transgender adolescent male raised by his grandparents struggles to excel in...
15) A Second Spark
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When the light of your life flickers out, can a compassionate electrician reignite the spark? One tragic day brings Becca Staveley to her knees, her beloved husband gone. But her nightmare is just beginning as secrets from his past threaten everything she's ever known. Callum Waite has secrets of his own. Closed off from love, he feels more comfortable rewiring houses than fixing hearts. But he can't forget the girl he met years ago, and as Becca...
16) The Last App
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Mick wants to know when he's going to die. Luckily-or unluckily-there's an app for that . . .
Dr. Mick Strong has bought himself something unusual for his seventy-fifth birthday: a LifeTime projection. This new tech crunches data including your medical history, diet, and lifestyle to predict how much-or little-time you've got left.
That's all well and good, but he's also bought them for his daughter, his grandchildren, and even his eleven-year-old...
17) The Childkeeper
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Roger Maxwell was a successful banker. He was the new owner of a beautiful old house in the country. He was the loving husband of a captivating and sensual woman. He was the proud father of four "great kids."Then, on one long holiday weekend at his isolated home, Roger Maxwell began to learn the truth about his children, his wife, and himself-as his whole world of illusion came apart in bloody pieces…
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For years, Mims buries the horrid memory of a rape and her father's ultimate betrayal. When she becomes a wife and mother, her shame and guilt ignite with a latent anger to inspire gruesome thoughts of inflicting violence on her loved ones. One night, she stands beside her baby's crib, her rosary in one hand, and in the other, a ribbon with which she would strangle her baby. Will she succumb to the power of her anger, or will the God of her father...
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Cada uno de los intrincados actos que generan amor u odio, felicidad o tristeza, pueden ser explicados por la psicología… y también por la experiencia de sus protagonistas. "Zapatitos de cristal" es una recopilación de relatos que se inmiscuye en el terreno del desamor, las aventuras sexuales, el aborto, el femicidio, el ateísmo, y un sin número de situaciones donde el humano es analfabeto.Se vive en un mundo hipócrita, donde tratar de "encajar"...
20) Taylor's Law
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Tell me a secret and I'll tell you a lieElla Anderson adores her niece. Despite struggling to make ends meet, accepting her dying sister's request she raise Tessa as her own is a no brainer. Until she receives a summons from a legal goliath on behalf of a wealthy stranger claiming paternity and, potentially, custody of her child. Jake Taylor has been ripped off one too many times. Yet the letter from a woman claiming his cousin fathered her child...
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