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Dance with me
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Luanne Rice |
Acclaimed for her insightful depiction of the magic and mystery in everyday life and relationships, Luanne Rice is one of today's most gifted novelists. Now the author of eight consecutive New York … |
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The Shell Seekers
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Rosamunde Pilcher |
The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people--mothers… |
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The Time of Our Singing
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Richard Powers |
"On Easter Day, 1939, at Marian Anderson's epochal concert on the Washington Mall, David Strom, a German Jewish emigre scientist, meets Delia Daley, a young Philadelphia Negro studying to be a concer… |
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There will never be another you
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Carolyn See |
In the near future, the global threat of terror has cultivated rage, apathy, and panic. People fear that "anybody could be armed, or have a bomb. Or a disease. Or all three." For Phil, a dermatologis… |
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Buffalo lockjaw
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Greg Ames |
James Fitzroy travels home to Buffalo for the Thanksgiving holiday?and to assist his mother in committing suicide. Ellen, only 56 and a nurse, author, and patients-rights activist, has Alzheimer?s. S… |
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Riot
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Shashi Tharoor |
More than a dozen characters present contradictory accounts in this novel about the mysterious death of an American student who comes to India to volunteer in women's health programs. |
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Family re-union
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Robert Kuttner |
Explores relationships between parents and adult children, offering advice and insight on ways to develop a new adult-to-adult connection and maintain trust and communication. |
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The doctor's daughter
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Hilma Wolitzer |
Alice Brill struggles to come to terms with the hidden truths of her life--her unrealized aspirations as a writer, her lackadaisical marriage, her troubled younger son, and her father, who is slippin… |
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Tangled lives
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Lillian B. Rubin |
As the author "lies in a hospital bed recovering from a nearly fatal blood clot," she recalls her immigrant Jewish family's struggle, her relationships with her mother and her daughter, and her own a… |
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Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
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Roz Chast |
In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and document… |
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The smart one
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Jennifer Close |
The Coffey siblings are having a rough year. Claire has broken up with her fiance and is hiding from her debts. Martha's in a career crisis and even her therapist is losing patience with her. And Max… |
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The Sun Road
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Hannah MacDonald |
Starting in the 1970s and spanning three decades, this novel begins with a tragedy that reverberates through the lives of two neighbouring families. When 30-year-old Beth meets childhood friend Dan a… |
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If not for you
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Debbie Macomber |
"If not for her loving but controlling parents, Beth Prudhomme might never have taken charge of her life and moved from her native Chicago to Portland, Oregon, where she has reconnected with her spir… |
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The end of Eve
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Ariel Gore |
At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life's happ… |
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Invisible ink
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Griffith, Bill |
"Fifteen minutes after Bill Griffith's father died from a bicycle accident in 1972, his mother turned to him and said, "If I don't tell you this now, I'll never be able to tell you. I had a long and … |
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Happy Family
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Tracy Barone |
Cheri Matzner, a former cop-turned-disgruntled academic, tries to come to terms with her adoptive and biological families as she struggles to become pregnant herself. |
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Secret storms
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Julie Mannix von Zerneck |
"A pregnant, upper class nineteen-year-old Philadelphia Main Line debutante is confined, against her will, to a state mental hospital. She spends her pregnancy surrounded by the mentally challenged a… |
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Parenting prodigals
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Phil Waldrep |
Christain Library of Lancaster Collection. |
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When Parents Hurt
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Joshua Coleman |
This unique book supports parents who are struggling with the heartache of having a teenager or an adult child who is troubled, angry, or distant. Such rifts can cause unspeakable sorrow that parents… |
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Navigating the journey of aging parents
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Cheryl A. Kuba |
Many books address the issue of caring for one's aging parents, but this will be the first book to consider the topic from the parents' perspective. Cheryl A. Kuba proposes an entirely unique approa… |
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