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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
Fatal tide Fatal tide Iris Johansen A high-stakes treasure hunt...A twisted trail of murder...A secret one woman may die to discover...Number one New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen last electrified readers with Dead Aim an… OL115408W
The world according to Garp The world according to Garp John Irving "A Henry Robbins book." OL14858722W
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
Middlemarch Volume I Middlemarch Volume I George Eliot Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in the years 1830-32, has several interlocking storylines blended effortlessly together to form a fully coherent… OL15210571W
Kate Chopin Kate Chopin Kate Chopin A precursor of the twentieth century's feminist authors, Kate Chopin (1850–1904) wrote short stories and novels for children and adults. The St. Louis native lived in New Orleans for a dozen years an… OL17882776W
The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan,Ronald Bass,Jordi Fibla,Tsai Chin,Wayne Wang,Gwendoline Yeo Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet we… OL1843720W
Caesar's Women Caesar's Women Colleen McCullough The story of Julius Caesar and his rise to fame in Rome_ OL1882575W
Summer house Summer house Nancy Thayer After years of wandering from whim to whim, thirty-year-old Charlotte Wheelwright seems to have at last found her niche. The free spirit enjoys running an organic gardening business on the island of … OL34854W
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
The witches of Eastwick The witches of Eastwick John Updike Three friends get more what they wish for when the guy of their dreams shows up in their sleepy little town. Then Darryl van Horn starts dating all three of them and reveals that they're witches. But… OL463831W
Agatha Webb Agatha Webb Anna Katharine Green The dance was over. From the great house on the hill the guests had all departed and only the musicians remained. As they filed out through the ample doorway, on their way home, the first faint strea… OL4885701W
Plantation Plantation Dorothea Benton Frank The New York Times bestseller—in trade for the first time.Pat Conroy called Dorothea Benton Frank's debut, Sullivan's Island, "hilarious and wise," while Anne Rivers Siddons declared that it "roars w… OL5725728W
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 / Athénaïse / Awakening / … The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (At the 'cadian Ball / Athénaïse / Awakening / … Kate Chopin Contains: [The Awakening][1] Wiser than a god. A point at issue! A shameful affair. Miss McEnders. At the 'Cadian Ball. [Désirée's Baby][2] Madame Celestin's divorce. A lady of Bayou St. J… OL65429W
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
The murder stone The murder stone Charles Todd Charles Todd's critically acclaimed novels featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge have been hailed by The Washington Post Book World as "one of the best historical series being written today.… OL98838W
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