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Doting
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Henry Green |
"Written almost completely in dialogue, Henry Green's final novel is a biting comedy of manners that exposes the deceptive difference between those who love and those who "dote." Arthur Middleton is … |
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Aloft
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Chang-rae Lee |
"Aloft offers a reexamination of the American dream from the inside out, through the voice of Jerry Battle, a suburban middle-aged man who has lived his entire life on Long Island, New York." "Battle… |
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Lamb
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Bonnie Nadzam |
She was coming toward him in a crooked purple tube top and baggy shorts and brassy sandals studded with rhinestones. She carried a huge pink patent leather purse and was possibly the worst thing he'd… |
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The beginner's goodbye
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Anne Tyler |
"Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearance… |
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Warlock
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Jim Harrison |
"Johnny Lundgren, a.k.a. Warlock, is an unemployed foundation executive whose life is about to become unhinged. After surviving a midlife crises, Warlock finally decides to get a job. He soon disco… |
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Nose down, eyes up
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Merrill Markoe |
Gil is a bit of a schlub. Nearing 50, he lives rent-free as a handyman in an elderly couple's Los Angeles vacation home. His girlfriend, Sara, works as an animal communicator. Consequently, he can no… |
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The Whole Man Program
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Jed Diamond |
"The perfect gift for every man over 40." -Michael Gurian "Rich with solutions to becoming a whole man." -Warren Farrell, Ph.D., author of Why Men Are the Way They Are "In The Whole Man Progr… |
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MAIN STREET
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Sinclair Lewis |
The first of his major novels of the 1920s, Sinclair Lewis's Main Street satirizes the manners of the American Middle West. Here is the story of Carol Kennicott, who, to be accepted, must adapt to th… |
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The wedding
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Nicholas Sparks |
With The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and his other beloved novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has given voice to our deepest beliefs about the power of love. Now he brings… |
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The Memory of Running
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Ron McLarty |
This debut novel is the story of Smithson Ide who grieves the death of his parents by getting on a Raleigh bicycle in his funeral suit and pedalling across America. |
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Air burial
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Jean Shields |
"Grief opens doors, sometimes unexpected ones, as Caroline Davies, a 29-year-old event planner, is about to discover. In Chicago to bury her father, Caroline has orchestrated the funeral down to the … |
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