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Thorndike Press large print core seriesHeley, Veronica.
Summary: After 24 years, she's learning the truth that was hidden from her as a child. Now the fate of many people depends on what she will do with it. At the age of four, Araminta "Minty" Cardale was exiled from Eden Hall on the wings of a scandal. Twenty years later, summoned by her half-sister, she has returned to see her dying father. But her hopes of a warm family welcome are shattered, and she is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELHenry, Veronica
Summary: "Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers--a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Henry 2016Healey, Jane
Summary: "In the summer of 1973, Ruth and her four friends were obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings -- and a little bit obsessed with each other. Drawn to the cold depths of the river by Ruth's house, the girls pretend to be the drowning Ophelia, with increasingly elaborate tableaus. But by the end of that fateful summer, real tragedy finds them along the banks. Twenty-four years later, Ruth returns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HEAHenley, Patricia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENHealey, Emma
Summary: Jen's 15-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police draw a blank. The once-happy, loving family return to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEAHadley, Tessa
Summary: 1967. While London comes alive with the new youth revolution, the suburban Fischer family seems to belong to an older world of conventional stability: pretty, dutiful homemaker Phyllis is married to Roger, a devoted father with a career in the Foreign Office. Their children are Colette, a bookish teenager, and Hugh, the golden boy. When the twenty-something son of an old friend pays the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHeiny, Katherine
Summary: "The celebrated author of Single, Carefree, Mellow, returns with her debut novel--a rueful, funny examination of love, marriage, infidelity, and origami. Divorcing his wife to marry his girlfriend, Audra, is the one impulsive thing Graham Cavanaugh has ever done. Audra is charming and spontaneous and fun, but life with her can be exhausting, constantly interrupted by phone calls, burdened by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEIHeiny, Katherine
Summary: "Jane easily falls in love with Duncan: he's charming, good-natured, and handsome. He has also slept with nearly every woman in Boyne City, Michigan.Jane sees Duncan's old girlfriends everywhere - at restaurants, at the grocery store, even three towns away. While she may be able to come to terms with dating the world's most prolific seducer of women, she wishes she didn't have to share him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction HeinyCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HEICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEICopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEIHelfer, Monika
Summary: "The multigenerational family saga set in a fractured rural village in WWI Austria. Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELHeisey, Monica
Summary: Maggie is fine. Sure, she's broke and her marriage is over at the age of twenty-nine. But she barrels uncertainly through a year of single life, modern love, friendship, and what we call happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HEIJohnson, Chelsey
Summary: "A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age and modern family drama, set in the queer underground of late 90s Portland, that explores the complications of belonging--to a city, a culture, and a family--and what happens when those forms can't quite contain who you really are"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHHadley, Tessa
Summary: Assembling at their country house one final time before it is sold, four siblings and their children share past memories, hidden passions, and devastating secrets that threaten to overwhelm them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Summary: After growing up in a household with no male family members, Joyce works to protect her nuclear family and wonders why her own daughter rejects domestic life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADBegley, Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEGGreer, Helena
Summary: "A witty, glittering rom-com about finding the courage to face your past and learning what it truly means to return home, perfect for fans of Jenny Bayliss and Alexandra Bellefleur. Artist Miriam Blum has her decoupaged glitter ducks perfectly lined up. Only for one phone call to bring her whole life all crashing down. Her beloved and eccentric great-aunt has just died-leaving her part-owner of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREHawley, Ellen
Summary: After gaining baby weight--and losing her husband--Abigail's devotion to a weight-loss book causes her to discover her secret love of the culinary tradition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWHeller, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELCullen, Helen
Summary: Trinity College, Dublin, 1978. Aspiring actress Maeve meets pottery student Murtagh Moone. As their relationship progresses, marriage and motherhood come in quick succession. But for Maeve, with the joy of children also comes the struggle to hold on to the truest parts of herself. Decades later, on a small Irish island, the Moone family are poised for celebration but instead are struck by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CULDunmore, Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DUNBryan, Helen.
Summary: Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline's arrival causes a stir in the village but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Encore 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRYDunmore, Helen
Summary: Intertwines the love stories of two couples whose lives are forever changed after the 1941 siege on Leningrad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNSimonson, Helen
Summary: It's the summer of 1914 and life in the sleepy village of Rye, England is about to take an interesting turn. Agatha Kent is expecting an unusual candidate to be the school's Latin teacher: Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good breeding in search of a position after the death of her father. Agatha's nephews, meanwhile, have come to spend the summer months, as always, both with dreams of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SIMBrown, Helen
Summary: "The windows rattle. The roof leaks. Every surface cries out to be stripped, painted, or polished. But for writer Lisa Trumperton, the dilapidated manor house that once belonged to her great-grandfather is far more than the sum of its battered parts. It's the chance for a new start on her own terms. The fact that it's in the Melbourne countryside of her Australian homeland, far from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Brown 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P BRODunmore, Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2001