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Coming Up for Air Coming Up for Air George Orwell,Marina MacKay Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small c… OL1168021W
Neighbors Neighbors Thomas Berger The adventures of Earl Keese, a pudgy homeowner living on a dead-end road in the country. A younger couple moves in next door and begins to harass Earl in a fashion that is by turns sinister and fetc… OL137296W
Magnolia Wednesdays Magnolia Wednesdays Wendy Wax From the author of The Accidental Bestseller comes a wonderfully entertaining book about what to do when life comes at you full swing. At forty-one, Vivian Armstrong Gray's life as an investigative j… OL14963958W
The man in the gray flannel suit II The man in the gray flannel suit II Sloan Wilson 1963. Tom Rath, finds his dream of suburban bliss turning into a kind of genteel craziness. Tom is not alone - the rest of the world seems to be going crazy too. John Kennedy is assassinated. Tom's w… OL15162505W
Fear of frying Fear of frying Jill Churchill Suburban Chicago widow Jane Jeffry hates cooking, but loves food. She can't think of a worse fate than a rustic outing in a Wisconsin resort where she discovers a corpse, seemingly bludgeoned by a fr… OL15212914W
Grime and punishment Grime and punishment Jill Churchill With three kids to raise on her own, Jane Jeffrey sometimes needs a hand with the housework. But many of her complaining neighbors believe that the "Happy Helper" cleaning lady they all share wouldn… OL15212917W
The infinite tides The infinite tides Christian Kiefer "Set in depleted, post-recession suburbia, with its endlessly interlocking cul-de-sacs, mega-parking lots and big box stores, The Infinite Tides tells the story of star astronaut Keith Corcoran's ret… OL16308147W
What the grown-ups were doing What the grown-ups were doing Michele Hanson Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip during the 1950s - a Metroland of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials. Yet this shopfront of respect… OL16593261W
All we ever wanted was everything All we ever wanted was everything Janelle Brown Over the course of an eventful summer, the three Miller women--Janice, abandoned by her wealthy husband for her tennis partner; daughter Margaret, facing bankruptcy; and teenage daughter Lizzie, deal… OL17739538W
Mama gone geek Mama gone geek Lynn Brunelle Science is the ultimate parenting tool. After all, it's really about observing, asking questions, solving problems, making mistakes, and trying again and again and again -- just like being a mom or d… OL17927819W
The house next door The house next door Anne Rivers Siddons Their lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. Bu… OL1810248W
Little house in the suburbs Little house in the suburbs Deanna Caswell Aims to help homeowners live self-sufficiently, including growing their own food, cooking meals from scratch, keeping animals, making homemade cleaning and skin-care products, and making homemade gif… OL19960063W
Covet Covet Tracey Garvis Graves What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else? OL19967877W
Savage Lane Savage Lane Jason Starr In a suburb of New York City, Mark Berman and his wife, Deb, deal with their unhappy marriage in different ways, while their neighbor, recently-divorced Karen Daily, becomes the unwanted focus of mor… OL20010469W
The night the lights went out The night the lights went out Karen White Moving to an Atlanta suburb after her divorce, Merilee forges tenacious bonds with a town matriarch and a wealthy supermom before terrible secrets throw the lives of all three women into turmoil. Re… OL20052692W
Time out of joint Time out of joint Philip K. Dick Time Out of Joint is a dystopian novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in novel form in the United States in 1959. An abridged version was also serialised in the British science fi… OL2172523W
The rise and fall of the Queen of Suburbia The rise and fall of the Queen of Suburbia Sarah May This is a darkly comic portrayal of marriage, relationships, neighbours and suburbia. Do you know what your neighbours get up to behind closed doors? And more to the point, do you want to know? OL24295790W
The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green Joshua Braff It's 1977. Jacob Green, a Jewish kid from suburban New Jersey, sits on the stairs during his family's housewarming party, waiting for his father, Abram--charming host, everyone's best friend, and ama… OL5728184W
Wonderboy (Red Dress Ink Novels) Wonderboy (Red Dress Ink Novels) Fiona Gibson Ghastly new home. Potentially adulterous husband…. Not quite the fresh start in the country she was promised. A fixer-upper in the sticks was the last place city girl Ro Skews expected to liv… OL5801491W
Bad move Bad move Linwood Barclay In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom...and new homeowner Zack Walker isn't feeling lucky. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay'… OL771890W
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