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1) Sipsworth
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the critically-acclaimed novelist and essayist, the hilarious, heartwarming story of the Milanis-an Iranian American family who live in wealth and whose recent foray into the spotlight will force them to divulge long-kept family secrets and bring them closer than ever before When Ali and Homa Milani first immigrated from Iran to the United States, they struggled to make ends meet. Now multimillionaires and self-proclaimed American Fast-Food...
Author
Publisher
Brindle & Glass
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Harold Walker is desperately average and listless at mid-life, stemming in part from the abrupt death of his one-time best friend, Tom. Harold's wife Audrey, an increasingly frustrated housewife and mother to their two teenage sons, is a control freak silently harbouring an explosive secret. Things go flying in the Walker household when Harold's long-deceased mother comes back to haunt them. He finds he has her gift for opening the door to the past-and...
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When his new wife and her daughter disappear, widower Luke Driskell, with no trace of their whereabouts, discovers the woman he loves is not who she seems as he sets out on a cross-country pursuit of the truth, soon discovering that finding her could destroy all their lives.
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Hace años, un solitario y exitoso autor dejó de escribir bajo extrañas circunstancias. Pero, de repente, reaparece con un nuevo libro y un concurso único, cuyo premio cambiará la vida del ganador. PIDE UN DESEO. Lucy Hart sabe mejor que nadie lo que es crecer sin unos padres que la amen. Con una infancia marcada por el abandono y la soledad, encontró refugio en los libros, en concreto en la saga de La isla del reloj de Jack Masterson....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school.
Author
Publisher
Inkshares, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In May 1941, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, hums with talk of spring flowers, fishing derbies, and the growing war in Europe. And for the Blackwell sisters, who reside in a quiet neighborhood boarding house, the winds of change are blowing. Bessie Blackwell, copy room manager at Phillips Petroleum and faithful churchgoer, is the reluctant owner of a new pair of glasses. The young women in the office swear by Bessie's romantic advice, despite the fact she's...
8) Heart finds
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old loner, Mabel, only feels like herself when she is extreme treasure hunting with her grampa, but when her friendships start to crumble and her grampa suffers a stroke, she must learn to let go of the past and embrace the future.
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