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The lost saints of Tennessee The lost saints of Tennessee Amy Franklin-Willis After losing his twin to a drowning accident and his wife to divorce, Zeke Cooper leaves his mother and two daughters behind in Tennessee and travels to Virginia horse country, where he considers his… OL17679676W
What you have left What you have left Will Allison Thirty years after being abandoned by her father on the day of her mother's funeral, Holly struggles with her grandfather's suicidal tendencies, a pioneering woman racer, and other eccentrics while s… OL17744256W
My unsentimental education My unsentimental education Debra Monroe "A misfit in Spooner, Wisconsin with its farms, bars, and strip joints, Debra Monroe leaves to earn a degree, then another, another, and builds a career--if only because her plans to be a Midwestern … OL20015398W
Incendiary Incendiary Chris Cleave A distraught woman writes a letter to Osama bin Laden after her four-year-old son and her husband are killed in a massive suicide bomb attack at a soccer match in London. She tries to convince Osama … OL20940564W
Sons and lovers Sons and lovers David Herbert Lawrence Paul Morel is the focus of his disappointed and fiercely protective mother's life. Their tender, devoted, and intense bond comes under strain when Paul falls in love with Miriam Leivers, a local girl… OL20983252W
A lesser evil A lesser evil Lesley Pearse 'You will live to regret this!' is Clara Brown's opinion when her headstrong daughter Fifi secretly marries Dan Reynolds, a handsome but itinerant bricklayer. Dan and Fifi move to London and a seedy … OL21807838W
The Red Heifer The Red Heifer Leo Haber "In the melting pot of Manhattan's Lower East Side, the elder son of religious, Yiddish-speaking parents narrates The Red Heifer, which takes place in the period from the late 1930s, when he is five,… OL221885W
Hot metal boys Hot metal boys Nick Garafola When a corporate restructuring specialist shows up at the steel mill threatening to slash wages and fire a third of the workforce, Buck and many of his fellow workers vote to strike. Previously unint… OL24161805W
Mist over the Mersey Mist over the Mersey Lyn Andrews The Chatterton family is far too posh for the Liverpool slums where they've ended up. Nancy Butterworth and Abbie Kerrigan, lifelong residents of the place, tried to befriend Dee Chatterton, but her … OL24286403W
The metamorphosis The metamorphosis Franz Kafka Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa,… OL498556W
The ragged trousered philanthropists The ragged trousered philanthropists Robert Tressell The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. Owen's spirited attacks on the gre… OL5723730W
Incendiary Incendiary Chris Cleave A distraught woman writes a letter to Osama bin Laden after her four-year-old son and her husband are killed in a massive suicide bomb attack at a soccer match in London. In an emotionally raw voice … OL5845212W
Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers David Herbert Lawrence <p><i>Sons and Lovers</i>, a story of working-class England, is <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/d-h-lawrence"><abbr>D. H.</abbr> Lawrence’s</a> third novel. It went through various drafts,… OL81295W