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Drawing on the little-known true story of one tragic night at an Ozarks dance hall in the author's Missouri hometown, this beautifully written, endearingly nostalgic novel picks up 50 years later for afolksy, character-driven portrayal of small-town life, split second decisions, and the ways family secrets reverberate through generations.
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness,...
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness,...
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In a world where success is defined by grades and failure is villainized, a twelve-year-old boy is struggling to find his place. He dreams of playing professional soccer, but his teachers and even some of his friends discourage him, telling him it's just a dream and that he needs a backup plan. Despite this, he remains determined to pursue his passion. As a struggling student, he finds solace on the soccer field, where he becomes the hero, the villain,...
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First published in 1928, now public domain in the US. When Martha accepts a place at university, her decision is met with a mixture of hostility and pride by her uncomprehending family. This is the story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence, struggling to cope with the intellectual and emotional challenges that surround her, at a time when such space was rarely given freely to women. In The Quarry Wood,Nan Shepherd's subtle prose...
4) Ties
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When a shiny new convertible arrives for her twenty-first birthday, Hattie Beckett has had enough of her absent dad trying to buy a place in her life. It's time for him to face her--or get out of her life forever.She tosses some clothes in a bag, looks up her father's last known address, and sets her GPS for Silver Stand, California.When she arrives at a beach-bum paradise that's totally foreign to her New England upbringing and finds nothing but...
5) Riptides
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Enzo Rodriguez doesn't take much seriously--unless it involves waves, boards, or good beer.When too-hot-to-handle Jessica Mills strolls into his life, Enzo is willing to forego all of those things for every second he can spend with her.But Jessica has a huge secret--and when it's revealed, it not only crushes Enzo, but has the last person he wants to ask a favor of--his brother-in-law Adam--bailing him out of jail.Enzo is convinced that the only way...
6) Ghost Years
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An American master of the unsettling side of the American male psyche, Barry Gifford is also noted for the depth of feeling of his female characters-from Lula in Wild at Heart (immortalized in the Lynch movie by Laura Dern), to Big Betty Stalcup and Miss Cutie Early in Night People, to Mom in Wyoming (a Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year), to Ava Varazo in The Sinaloa Story. Fellow novelist Jim Harrison once described Gifford as "a stylist in the...
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From #1 international bestselling author Ami McKay comes The Virgin Cure, the story of a young girl abandoned and forced to fend for herself in the poverty and treachery of post-Civil War New York City.
McKay, whose debut novel The Birth House made headlines around the world, returns with a resonant tale inspired by her own great-great-grandmother's experiences as a pioneer of women's medicine in nineteenth-century New York.
One summer night in...
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Step into the magical world of the Althuria Chronicles...DAGGERS AND DESTINYA strange stone. A pursuit for power. A new beginning.An orphan with no job, no home, and no last name, sixteen-year-old Mala scrapes along day by day with her younger brother, Baz, in their small village.But when she discovers a mysterious stone, her whole world comes crashing down.Suddenly, she faces massive adversity, a quest for bloody revenge, and a power so great she...
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***2013 InD'Tale RONE Award Finalist*** A little lie can change the course of everything. . . Like every other eighteen-year-old in love, Olivia has dreams of spending forever with the love of her life. Luke is all she's ever wanted – until she overhears something she was never meant to. In a matter of seconds, Olivia's heart is shattered. Olivia handles it the only way she knows how - she runs- leaving behind her family, friends and the boy she...
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Billy grew up in a foster home run by a Dad who treated the elderly women like he was a cruel madam of a whorehouse. He was even more abusive to Billy than the ladies. To survive, Billy strives to be an artist who creates a perfect painting of a perfect woman as if he is a crack addict without any lack of product. But he falls for Bitea; perfectly imperfect in love, in emotions, in her faith in him. She rattles his conscience about how he watches...
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In the small town of Bellwether, where prejudice and judgment prevail, five harrowing life paths collide and a saga of survival, defiance, and unyielding human spirit unfolds.Winner of the Amity Literary Prize, 2023 Broughman has created an American epic, a grand story that stretches across land and water, time and race, gender and religion. ... as characters go off to war, flee to cities, and escape the terrors of slavery, we encounter the awesome...
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Seventeen-year-old Nessa Clarkson is full of questions and confusion. How does she fit into the new household Dad is forging with his partner, Cindy, and Cindy's son? What will being a lesbian mean in practice? And why is their neighbour so reluctant to talk about her past?Moira Cavendish had been famous for a while, in the 1980s. Then she fled the bright lights of London, leaving only a mystery behind her.Moira and Nessa shouldn't have anything in...
13) Cusp
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Diego Zulla is all grown up. Or mostly. On the verge of adulthood, with the choices that come along with it staring him right in the face, Diego has a decision to make. Risk everything to chase a dream all the way across the country or take the safer route that everyone else would choose for him. He thinks he knows what he wants.But does he really? Life always has a lesson to teach. When balancing on the cusp of something great … jump. Headfirst.And...
14) Down the Valley
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Though James finds it a challenge being the oldest boy in a large extended family, he longs for something more exciting. Then, he and his cousins Isaiah and Kevin venture down the valley behind their grandmother's backyard fence, and embark on a stomach-turning voyage to times long ago and far away. Though they hope to keep their magical visits a secret from their older sisters, they discover that sometimes help is welcome. Join the three boys, their...
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THIS MUCH IS TRUE - Truth In Lies Book 1 by KATHERINE OWENShe just wants to escape her tragic story. He just wants to learn her name. This much is true.Tally Landon just wants to escape her tragic story if only for just one night. She doesn't count on meeting Stanford's baseball wonder, Lincoln Presley. But now, she just plans to add him to her long list of one-night stands. That's the plan.Lying to the guy about virtually everything is her sure way...
16) Forever in Love
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From bestselling author Susane Colasanti comes the bittersweet ending to the City Love trilogy, featuring three girls sharing an apartment in New York City the summer before college begins. Forever in Love captures the essence of summer love, self-discovery, and sisterhood, a perfect fit for fans of Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, and Jennifer E. Smith.
Sadie is trying to find the strength to confront a past family trauma and forgive the boy who broke her...
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Une île en Méditerranée, trait d'union entre terre et ciel, lieu de l'exil et de tous les possibles. Certains natifs de génération en génération, perpétuent les traditions, les autres choisissent la liberté. Parallèlement, une autre île lointaine, parmi des milliers en jeux de miroirs éclatés, révèle la fragilité de l'existence. Vanina quelques décennies plus tt décidera de fuir l'héritage mortifère, tandis que Kimiko aujourd'hui...
18) Shattered
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He's trouble. She's falling apart.LIZZYI should have known he was trouble when I watched him drive his motorbike onto campus, leaving a trail of people whispering as he made his way into the Art Building.Word around here is, he doesn't date. So why do his eyes keep following me? Why does he want to talk to me?Rumor has it, Hunter's good at two things: making art, and getting into fights. I love art, but I can't stand violence. I've been on the receiving...
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Meet Tilda Wright…
Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No longer the girl who was scared of everything, whose family pushed her away, who hit rock bottom. Now she runs her life – as she does her successful business – with the utmost organization. As long as she keeps everyone at arm's length, she will be fine. She will be safe.
But then a chance encounter with a man who's fallen on hard times changes everything....
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The complete Sovereign Era story of Nate Charters! 162,000 words, including Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era Revised and Expanded Edition and Pilgrimage -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era.About The Books In This Omnibus CollectionBrave Men RunApril 18, 1985 – A startling revelation shocks a world already wound tight by the desperate tensions of the Cold War: super-humans exist... and they demand autonomy.Until that day, high school sophomore...
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