Deb, Sopan
Summary: "From a New York Times reporter and memoirist Sopan Deb comes a heartwarming and charmingly funny debut novel about a box in the attic that leads one Bengali-American family down a path toward rediscovering family love, even when splintered. Shantanu Das is living in the shadows of his past. In his 60s, he finds himself iced out of his traditional Bengali community after an uncouth divorce from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEBSagan, Françoise
Summary: Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old CÃcile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her fatherâa handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eyeâfor a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress, Elsa. CÃcile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket 2009
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SAG FRENCHBailey, Susanna
Summary: When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster-care family on a remote Exmoor farm in the midst of a very cold winter, she is full of hurt, anger and a deep mistrust of everyone around her. Until one day, when she rescues a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow and Addie discovers that perhaps she's not so alone after all. And as adventure and unexpected friendship blossom, Addie is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAIFinkbeiner, Susie
Summary: "Pearl Spence has been through more in her young life than most folks could handle. But through it all, her family has been by her side. They may not be perfect, but they love her and they all love each other, come what may. That's one thing Pearl no longer questions. But the end of her beautiful day signals the beginning of the end of her secure life. Now her family is fleeing their Oklahoma...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kregel Publications 2017
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Summary: Caroline Shelby left Oysterville, Washington ten years ago to launch a career in the fashion world of Manhattan. Scandal and tragedy have forced her back, with Addie and Flick, the two orphans she is legal guardian for. But Oysterville-- and her family -- has changed. Will Jensen, a decorated Navy SEAL wounded overseas, has also returned. His wife Sierra, Caroline's best friend, is also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wiggs 2019Mallery, Susan
Summary: "After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless she learns to let go. If Sophie relaxes her grip even a little, she might lose everything. Or she might finally be free to reach for the happiness and love that have eluded her for so long.Kristine has become defined by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2020
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Summary: Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister--Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Summary: Laurie's mother is the famous " Dr. Liz." An elegant perfectionist. She travels the world with a matched set of suitcases. When Laurie invites her mother on a trip to Paris and Norway, she sees an unexpected sparkle in her mother's eyes. Laurie and Dr. Liz are the female version of The Odd Couple. Authors Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo were inspired to write their moving novel by the shared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATWiggs, Susan.
Summary: Set to inherit half of Bella Vista, a one hundred-acre apple orchard in a town called Archangel, along with a half-sister she's never heard of, Tess Delaney, who makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners, discovers a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Mira 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wiggs 2013Barker, Susan
Summary: Dark themes of colonial misconduct, racial prejudice, and doomed love resonate throughout this novel, yet it is infused with characteristic humor and warmth. It opens in Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection when a young Englishman, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girl. The book then moves to 1969 where Frances, Christopher's Eurasian teenage daughter, is seduced by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Swan 2009
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Summary: Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects, and a past. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister--Malcolm, who grew up with wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2018
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Summary: Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister - Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2018
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Summary: At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby returns home to Oysterville, Washington, a tiny coastal hamlet, a place she thought she'd left forever. With her are two orphaned children for whom she is now legal guardian, a role she's not sure she's ready for. But the town has changed. For solace, Caroline returns to her favorite place: the sewing shop owned by Mrs. Lindy Bloom, where she discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2019
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Summary: Beloved New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale of an idyllic California beach town forced to reckon with scandal when a high school valedictorians speech reveals secrets that shake the town to its core. Every town has its secrets... In idyllic Alara Cove, a California beach town known for its sunny charm and chill surfer vibe, its graduation day...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: When Elsey's husband, Lukas, hands her a brochure for a weeklong mountain retreat, he is really giving her an ultimatum: Go, or we're done. Once a successful painter, Elsey set down roots in China after falling for Lukas, the tall, Danish MC at a warehouse rave in downtown Beijing. Now, with two young daughters and unable to find a balance between her identities as painter, mother, and wife,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Conley 2018Wiggs, Susan
Summary: There is a book for everything. Somewhere in the vast Library of the Universe, as Natalie thought of it, there was a book that embodied exactly the things she was worried about. In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes a caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2020
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Summary: "Natalie Harper feels she must sell the bookshop she's inherited to pay for her grandfather's care, but he refuses to acquiesce, and renovation of the store and its studio apartment push her life in a whole new direction. Besides, she loves the store and its books provide welcome solace for her overwhelming grief. After she moves into the small studio apartment above the shop, Natalie carries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wiggs 2020Wiggs, Susan
Summary: Forced by scandal and tragedy to return to her Pacific coast childhood home, Caroline assumes guardianship over two orphans and bonds with a circle of fellow seamstresses before an unexpected challenge tests her courage and heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby returns home to Oysterville, Washington, a tiny coastal hamlet, a place she thought she'd left forever. With her are two orphaned children for whom she is now legal guardian, a role she's not sure she's ready for. But the town has changed. For solace, Caroline returns to her favorite place: the sewing shop owned by Mrs. Lindy Bloom, where she discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Every town has its secrets... In idyllic Alara Cove, a California beach town known for its sunny charm and chill surfer vibe, it's graduation day at the elite Thornton Academy. At Thornton, the students are the worldly and overindulged children who live in gated enclaves with spectacular views. But the class valedictorian is Nikki Graziola, a surfer's daughter who is there on scholarship. To...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WIGLewis, Susan
Summary: "Angie Watts used to have everything. A new home. A beloved husband. Three adored children. But Angie's happy life is shattered when her son Liam falls in with the wrong crowd. And after her son's bad choices lead to the murder of her husband, it's up to Angie to hold what's left of her family together. Her son is missing. Her daughter is looking for help in dangerous places. And Angie is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "Finley McGowan is determined that the niece she's raising will always feel loved and wanted. Finley reacted to her chaotic childhood by walking the straight and narrow -- nose down, work hard, follow the rules. Her sister Sloane went the other way. Now Sloane is back, and she wants a relationship with her daughter. She says she's changed, but Finley's heart has been burned once too often for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: "Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage's mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it. Sage didn't have Daisy's smarts--she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Once upon a time, when her dad married Sages mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it. Sage didn't have Daisy's smarts-she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira, an imprint of Harlequin books 2021