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Sandcastles Sandcastles Luanne Rice Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughters--Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia--at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent… OL106216W
Boone's Lick Boone's Lick Larry McMurtry In the Missouri town of Boone's Lick, a colorful cast of characters stands on the edge of the Western frontier ready to push west to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. OL134595W
Biting The Bullet Biting The Bullet Frank Vickery Ted, undergoing a mid-life crisis, leaves the house he and home-loving wife Beryl have shared for thirty-two years. At first Beryl is shattered, but gradually works back from the edge of despair, hel… OL15672938W
Instructions For A Heatwave Instructions For A Heatwave Maggie O'Farrell When a recently retired family patriarch clears out his bank account and disappears during a sweltering summer in 1976, his three children converge on their mother's home for the first time in years … OL17533260W
204 Rosewood Lane 204 Rosewood Lane Debbie Macomber,Sandra Burr Dear Reader,If you've been to Cedar Cove before we've probably met. You can usually find me either at home or at the public library, where I work. I've lived in this town all my life and raised two d… OL1911537W
Women's intuition Women's intuition Dee Henderson Recluse Lark Summerville is forced to return to her childhood home after a fire to live with her grown daughter, her socialite mother, and the family housekeeper, where she must face her own lies and… OL19820903W
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark Muriel Spark’s timeless classic about a controversial teacher who deeply marks the lives of a select group of students in the years leading up to World War II "Give me a girl at an impressionable … OL26437W
Broken promises Broken promises Chrissie Loveday The greatest day of Carolyn's life has arrived: she is to marry her beloved Henry. But when she gets to the church, it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong. The groom has disappeared! Devas… OL28952239W
Steep drop Steep drop Kevin Richard White A troubled young man in search of a new life has decided to ruin his old one - by leaving his wife with no explanation, and seemingly at first, no reason. However, through flashbacks and memories, he… OL29230133W
Grace Grace Jane Roberts Wood "In the east Texas town of Cold Springs in 1944, the whole populace seemed to wait, collective breath held, for the War to end. In this place where certain boundaries were not breached, in a time whe… OL3461141W
All's Well That Ends Well All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the… OL362676W
Mayor of Casterbridge Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected… OL44997W
About Grace About Grace Anthony Doerr David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen—a man carrying a hatbox will … OL5727894W
Just one look Just one look Harlan Coben An ordinary snapshot causes a suburban mother’s world to unravel in an instant. When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, there is a picture that doesn’t belong — a phot… OL79334W
Walking into the Night Walking into the Night Olaf Olafsson,Olafur Johann Olafsson From back cover: As butler to William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon castle, Christian Benediktsson lives quietly, almost invisibly. He completes his tasks efficiently and with aplomb catering to the … OL8036162W