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Book clubs (Discussion groups) Fiction Family secrets Fiction Female friendship Fiction FICTION / Coming of Age FICTION / Family Life / Siblings FICTION / Historical / General Large type books Maine Fiction New York (N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction World War, 1939-1945 United States FictionEphron, Amy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EPHGreen, Amy Lynn
Summary: In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. As the women in the book club face personal challenges and band together in the face...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC GREGreen, Amy Lynn
Summary: "In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn't be more different -- a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRENathan, Amy Sue
Summary: When her mother-in-law signs her up for etiquette lessons conducted by tutor Lillian Diamond, Ruth Appelbaum rebels against convention, inviting Lillian and the Diamond Girls to challenge what others expect from them, discover what they expect from themselves and do whatever it takes to protect one of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction NathanAlexander, Alma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALEBurdick, Serena
Summary: Not far from Luella and Effie Tildon's large family mansion looms the House of Mercy, a workhouse for wayward girls. When the sisters accidentally learn a secret about their father, the brazen older sister, Luella, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. But then one morning she is mysteriously gone. Effie suspects her father has sent Luella to the House of Mercy, and the only way to free...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020