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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Manon Lescaut Manon Lescaut Abbé Prévost Set in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, the story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from noble and landed family, but forfeits … OL1132652W
Cold day in July Cold day in July Stella Cameron Toussaint, Louisiana, is a sleepy bayou town where people know their neighbors and everyone feels safe--until the shattered body of a young woman is found at the base of St. Cecil's belfry stairs. Bu… OL115448W
Stand-in groom Stand-in groom Kaye Dacus Falling in love with a client could cost this wedding planner her business. Learning the true identity of the groom could cost her heart. OL13745564W
Alligator bayou Alligator bayou Donna Jo Napoli Talullah, Louisiana. 1899.Calogero, his uncles, and cousins are six Sicilian men living in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana. They work hard, growing vegetables and selling them at their stand an… OL14912169W
Property Property Valerie Martin Valerie Martin’s **Property** delivers an eerily mesmerizing inquiry into slavery’s venomous effects on the owner and the owned. The year is 1828, the setting a Louisiana sugar plantation where Manon… OL15866359W
The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines "This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this wo… OL2547244W
Death by the Light of the Moon Death by the Light of the Moon Joan Hess Things that go bump in the Bayou... For bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy getting a root canal beats going to a Malloy family reunion. But it is time her fifteen-year-old daughter Caron vi… OL41928W