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Author
Series
Beach House volume 3
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
A tale exploring themes of class, women's rights and domestic abuse in the 1970s American South shares the story of The Beach House's Lovie Rutledge, who reflects on a summer during which a beach vacation to escape her unfaithful, disdainful husband culminates in a fateful romance with a handsome biologist.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
One of America's most important novelists (New York Times), the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The History of Love, conjures an achingly beautiful and breathtakingly original novel about personal transformation that interweaves the stories of two disparate individuals, an older lawyer and a young novelist, whose transcendental search leads them to the same Israeli desert. Jules Epstein, a man whose drive, avidity, and outsized...
24) Winners: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
When a horrific chairlift accident leaves seventeen year old competitive skier Lily Thomas paralyzed, she must come to grips with the fact that she'll not only be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life, but will never fulfill her lifelong dream of winning Olympic gold. But just as all hope seems lost, Lily meets Teddy, a young man even more badly injured than she, but as doggedly determined to live an enriching life.
25) Waves of mercy
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates its anniversary. Reluctant at first, she soon uncovers memories and emotions hidden all these years, including the story of her one true love. At the nearby Hotel Ottawa Resort on the...
Author
Series
Travis McKinley volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear: go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home--Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A richly moving new novel--the first since the author's Booker Prize-winning, internationally celebrated debut, The God of Small Things, went on to become a beloved best seller and enduring classic. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. It takes us deep into the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety--in search of meaning, and of love. In...
28) Memory piece
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City, their fortunes quickly diverge. Giselle Chin is a performance artist, pushing the boundaries of the form while socializing with...
29) Big girl panties
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Logan Montgomery, a personal trainer to the country's most famous pro athletes, offers to help her get back in shape, young widow Holly Brennan, deciding to make at least one positive change in her life, throws herself into exercise and into Logan's arms.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
302 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learning of the infidelity of her husband, Nora Cunningham packs up her daughters--Annie, seven; and Ella, twelve--and takes refuge on Burke's Island, a craggy spit of land off the coast of Maine where her mother disappeared at sea long ago. Just as Nora begins to regain her balance, her daughters embark on a reckless odyssey of their own--forcing Nora to finally face the truth about her marriage, her mother, and her long-buried past.
32) The Secret
Author
Publisher
Atria Books/Beyond Words Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st Atria Books/Beyond Words hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 198 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Argues that The Secret, a way of thinking, has been found in oral traditions throughout history and that by understanding it and using it in every aspect of life, money, health, and happiness will follow.
33) On the rocks
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A funny, bittersweet, yet heartwarming novel about friendship, family, and finding love in the Facebook age--not to mention the perils, pitfalls, and dubious pleasures of life as a modern young single woman--from Erin Duffy, the author of the acclaimed Bond GirlEver since she was a little girl, Abby Wilkes dreamed of her wedding, the day when she'd wear a pretty white dress and look like a princess.But that was before her life fell apart for the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's...
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"[This novel] tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance. The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era of what Forbes...
36) Time of my life
Author
Publisher
Shaye Areheart Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
A TarcherPerigee Book
Physical Desc
xx, 266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life's challenges. For others, it's a source of pain, hurt, and conflict that can feel like a lifelong burden. In this empowering guide, licensed therapist and bestselling relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab offers clear advice for identifying dysfunctional family patterns and choosing the best path to breaking...
38) Return to sender
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nineteen years after giving birth to a son that she raised by herself, Lin Townsend crosses paths with her son's father, now a millionaire, and begins to plot her revenge.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest placesand shows you how to apply these lessons to your own life. In this inspiring guide, youll find game-changing tools drawn from global research and expert insights for achieving maximum fulfillment. Along the way, you'll: Discover the three strands of happinesspleasure, purpose, and pridethat feature prominently in the world's...
40) The summer's end
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mamaw and the three sisters confront loss and transition after realizing that they will have to sell their beloved Sullivan's Island estate.