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Last night in Montreal Last night in Montreal Emily St. John Mandel Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she finds it impossible to stop. … OL13683810W
Searching for Tina Turner Searching for Tina Turner Jacqueline Luckett,Jacqueline E. Luckett On the surface, Lena Spencer appears to have it all. She and her wealthy husband Randall have two wonderful children, and they live a life of luxury. In reality, however, Lena finds that happiness is… OL13691725W
Big Girl Big Girl Danielle Steel In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. A ch… OL14873343W
Dish & tell Dish & tell Patricia San Pedro Six everyday divas, the self-proclaimed Miami Bombshells, gather every few weeks to kick off their power pumps and dish about the costs of having it all (or not): husbands or lovers, children, money,… OL15159871W
Slicker Slicker Lucy Jackson Raised with the privileges of her Manhattan family, Yale student Desiree flees an unpromising relationship to start over in a tiny Kansas community, where her efforts to fit in are challenged by her … OL15973872W
Nightfire Nightfire Lisa Marie Rice "SHE WAS LOST BUT NOW SHE'S FOUND Chloe Mason spent half her childhood in and out of hospitals. She has no memory of her early years and feels a gaping hole in her life. But now she's well and can go… OL16014496W
City of slaughter City of slaughter Cynthia Drew Fourteen-year-old Carsie Akselrod and her younger sister, Lilia, flee the Russian pogroms to live with relatives on New York's teeming, dangerous Lower East Side. Like many Jewish immigrant Americans… OL16117250W
Y Y Marjorie Celona Why would a mother give up her daughter? Can abandonment ever be an act of love? And could you ever forgive her? 'My life begins at the Y ... ' Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA a… OL16564633W
Faith Bass Darling's last garage sale Faith Bass Darling's last garage sale Lynda Rutledge Faith Bass Darling, the richest woman in Bass, Texas, and a twenty-year recluse, holds a garage sale on the last day of the millennium, sparking curiosity and protectiveness throughout her Texas comm… OL16618638W
More Than You Know More Than You Know Melissa Malouf Alice Clark has been trying to avoid an acute state of “not-knowing” about what’s happened and what’s happening. Whatever happened has much to do with why three of her friends died early and she did … OL16818092W
Bittersweet Bittersweet Colleen McCullough,Colleen McCullough "Returning to the sweeping romantic saga, Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia. Because the… OL17101801W
Christmas At Tiffanys Christmas At Tiffanys Karen Swan,Swan, Karen (Writer) "What do you do when the man you pledged your life to breaks your heart and shatters your dreams? You pack your bags and travel the big, wide world to find your destiny--and your true love. Ten years… OL17460515W
Decadence Decadence Eric Jerome Dickey Sequel to Pleasure. Nia Simone Bijou embarks on a quest to enhance her artistic gifts through heightened sensory experience, Hollywood-style. Four years have passed since the events of Pleasure, and … OL17824897W
The lodger The lodger Louisa Treger "Dorothy Richardson is existing just above the poverty line, doing secretarial work at a dentist's office and living in a seedy boarding house in Bloomsbury, when she is invited to spend the weekend … OL17924344W
Oh, thank goodness it's not just me Oh, thank goodness it's not just me Lisa Hammond "This book is a celebration of the circle of strength women share---the common experiences in all our lives. The undeniable fact is that there is comfort and reassurance in knowing we are not alone."… OL18174642W
A Paris apartment A Paris apartment Michelle Gable "When April Vogt's boss tells her about the discoveries in a cramped, decrepit 9th arrondissement apartment, the Sotheby's continental furniture specialist does not hear the words "dust" or "rats" or… OL19709411W
It ain't over-- till it's over It ain't over-- till it's over Marlo Thomas Presents inspiring and empowering stories of women who have reinvented themselves in extraordinary ways, proving to women of all ages that the best is yet to come. Meet sixty amazing women who are p… OL19709434W
The sugarhouse blues The sugarhouse blues Mariah Stewart "As strangers linked only by their DNA try to become a family, the Hudson sisters also try to come to terms with the father they only thought they knew. In the process, each woman discovers her own c… OL19741399W
The perfect letter The perfect letter Chris Harrison Leigh Merrill, a successful young editor at a New York publishing house, returns to her home state of Texas for a writers' conference, where her plans for a quiet retreat are disrupted when she disco… OL20005601W
Don't let my baby do rodeo Don't let my baby do rodeo Boris Fishman When their adopted eight-year-old son Max suddenly turns feral, Maya Shulman convinces her husband, Alex, to embark on a cross-country trip to Montana to track down Max's birth parents, which results… OL20021310W
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