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Sylvia\'s Lovers  Complete Sylvia\'s Lovers Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell A powerfully moving novel of a young woman caught between the attractions of two very different men, Sylvia's Lovers is set in the 1790s in an English seaside town. England is at war with France, and… OL1103152W
Dance Upon the Air Dance Upon the Air Nora Roberts When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband--and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months a… OL111597W
The optimist's daughter The optimist's daughter Eudora Welty The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel, a widow who returns to Mississippi when her father is ill and witnesses his death and funeral. From there, she embarks on a deeply personal journey to … OL113982W
Dark Paradise Dark Paradise Tami Hoag New Eden, Montana, is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it’s up to ex-court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend’s death. But… OL134447W
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer in Yongming County, and to her family is just another mouth to feed until she can be married off. But when she is six years old she is brought before the ambit… OL14927217W
American Women Writers American Women Writers Edith Wharton,Louisa May Alcott,Kate Chopin,Edna Ferber [The Awakening][1] / Kate Chopin -- A whisper in the dark / Louisa May Alcott -- Selected stories / Edna Ferber -- The house of mirth (an extract) / Edith Wharton. [1]: https://openlibrary.… OL14943618W
The Awakening & Other Stories (Athenaise / At the 'cadian Ball / Awakening / Belle Zoraide / Desire… The Awakening & Other Stories (Athenaise / At the 'cadian Ball / Awakening / Belle Zoraide / Desire… Kate Chopin Contains: [The Awakening][1] Wiser than a god. -- A point at issue! -- A shameful affair. -- Miss McEnders. -- At the 'Cadian Ball. -- [Desiree's Baby][2] Madame Celestin's divorce. -- A L… OL16551541W
Candles on Bay Street Candles on Bay Street K. C. McKinnon A woman who left her high-school sweetheart to marry another, returns 15 years later as a single mother, becoming best friends with his wife. It happens in Maine where she opens a candle shop. OL167337W
The Summer Before the Dark The Summer Before the Dark Doris Lessing With her children grown and her husband away in America for several months, Kate Brown finds herself alone for the first time in twenty years. OL31249W
The Enchantress of Florence The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie A tall, yellow-haired, young European traveler calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the Emperor Akbar, lord of the great Mughal empire, with a tale to tell … OL457166W
Tathea Tathea Anne Perry Ta-Thea, an empress, whose mother was of the sea and her father of the dessert, lost her husband, child and the throne in a brutal killing. She had to leave her homeland, and everything she knew, to … OL48853W
A Sundog Moment A Sundog Moment Sharon Baldacci In Baldacci's deeply moving debut novel, a woman with multiple sclerosis faces a new journey fraught with wrenching pain, enduring wisdom, and authentic joy. OL6031933W
The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (At the 'Cadian Ball / Awakening / Beyond the Bay… The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (At the 'Cadian Ball / Awakening / Beyond the Bay… Kate Chopin Contains: [The Awakening][1] [Beyond the Bayou][2] Ma'ame Pélagie [Désirée’s Baby][3] A respectable woman The kiss [A Pair of Silk Stockings][4] The locket A reflection At the 'Cadian ba… OL65434W
Virgins of Paradise Virgins of Paradise Barbara Wood Inside a beautiful mansion on Virgins of Paradise Street in post-World War II Cairo, Jasmine and Camelia Rasheed grow to womanhood under the watchful eyes of their grandmother and the other women of … OL8047372W
When Joy Came to Stay When Joy Came to Stay Karen Kingsbury Maggie Stovall is trapped inside a person she's spent years carefully crafting. Now the truth about who she is--and what she's done--is bursting to the surface and sending Maggie into a spiral of des… OL94285W