Macomber, Debbie
Summary: Joan Sample is not living the life she thought she would. Now a widow and an empty nester, Joan is content being something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to get back out into the world. With her encouragement, Joan makes big strides, taking care of her overgrown lawn, making new friends through a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2023
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Summary: Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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Summary: "Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen, married the boss's son at twenty, and was only twenty-five when her husband was killed in a motorcycle accident. Determined to continue the business, she takes the life insurance money, buys a small house, flips it, then puts the money into her next project. But that house is a disaster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2022
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Summary: "Young widow Lilian Girvan can't see the garden for the weeds... It's been three years since her husband was killed in a car accident and Lilian is still getting used to being sane--after that one early breakdown. She's happy just being able to get her two girls to school every morning, keep her illustrating job, and catch up on her favorite TV shows with her sister. She's not exactly in a rut;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION WAXWharton, Edith
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHACarr, Robyn
Summary: "Anna McNichol is at the peak of her career and ready to focus on her future. But when her husband dies suddenly, Anna's carefully constructed world falls apart. The mysterious young woman at the memorial service confirms her husband had been keeping secrets, and Anna is determined to get to the truth. For once, she doesn't have the answers. Her kids are struggling with their grief, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: "Suley, Georgia, is home to Lost Lake Cottages and not much else. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly-widowed Kate and her eccentric eight-year-old daughter Devin to heal. Kate spent one memorable childhood summer at Lost Lake, had her first almost-kiss at Lost Lake, and met a boy named Wes at Lost Lake. It was a place for dreaming. But Kate doesn't believe in dreams anymore, and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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Summary: A woman falls in love with a much younger man, igniting a storm of disapproval and dismay among the inhabitants of their unique California valley in which families have deep and tangled roots and hide dangerous secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOUSmith, Deborah
Summary: Hush McGillen, a young widow and single mother running a successful family orchard, finds her life turned upside down when her college student son Davis elopes with and marries the rebellious daughter of the President of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIHarbison, Elizabeth M.
Summary: After the sudden death of her husband, Ben, Willa's grief made her an absentee mother to her young son, Jamie. Years later it's time to put their Ocean City, Maryland beach house on the market. But the house is in worse shape than she could have imagined, and the memories of her time with Ben are overwhelming. She sees him around every corner-- literally. Ben's ghost keeps trying to start...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2001
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Summary: The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was on a postcard, half a life ago. Now it's about to slip into Eby's past. Her husband George is long passed away and most of her demanding extended family are gone. All that's left is a once-charming collection of lakeside cabins succumbing to the Southern Georgia heat and an assortment of faithful misfits drawn back to Lost Lake year after year by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island-a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay-is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her beloved husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OAKIrvin, Kelly.
Summary: It's been seven years since her husband died, but Helen Crouch is doing just fine. She's selling her jams and canned goods at the bakery and making a tidy living. But her whole world goes topsy-turvy when a new family moves to town. Gabriel Gless has brought his children to Bliss Creek to escape the worldly influences in Indiana. Helen and Gabriel have so much in common -- the loss of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: When an accident claims her husband of eighteen years, Liz Sutherland must grieve, console her five children, and learn to get on with her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2000
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Summary: "Best friends Unity and Ellen are in serious ruts. High school teacher Ellen, whose son's dream of going out of state for college is arousing financial anxiety, hasn't dated since she became pregnant on the night of her junior prom. Unity, a successful handyman, is grieving after her soldier husband was killed three years ago. Each woman goads the other to venture out of her restrictive comfort...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2000
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Summary: Widowed young, Genevieve Prentice dedicated her life to raising her four children. Now, though, they're all grown and scattered to the wind, and Genevieve is ready for a change. In a flash of inspiration, she puts her home on the market and heads to Lake in the Clouds, Colorado, to renovate a rustic waterfront lodge with her sister. But just as they begin, Genevieve gets the shock of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2023