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New Americana 4 New Americana 5 The Savannah Skies Series ; Book 3 Thorndike Press large print African-American Thorndike Press large print African-American series Thorndike Press large print Americana series Under northern skies 2 Under northern skies 3 Under Northern skies 4 Under northern skies 1Jones, Tayari
Summary: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC JONAuster, Paul
Summary: Retired life insurance salesman Nathan Glass moves to Brooklyn to find anonymity and solitude through his declining years, but a chance meeting with Tom Wood, his long-lost nephew, forces him to come to terms with his past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC AUSKinkade, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KINGreeley, Andrew M.
Summary: Approaching fifty, Chucky O'Malley finds himself in the grip of a debilitating midlife crisis and travels the world searching for a way to renew his weary spirit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GREWood, Jane Roberts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WOORusso, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RussoWatts, Stephanie Powell
Summary: A tale inspired by "The Great Gatsby" is set in the contemporary South and follows the difficulties endured by an extended black family with colliding visions of the American dream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WATRossiter, Nan Parson
Summary: Widowed mother Libby worries about her handsome son, Chase. Chase is going to marry Liam, but both men resist including their traditional parents. Libby surprises them all after she joins a support group for women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ROSDailey, Janet
Summary: "When 73-year-old Emmy Hart asks her to help revitalize Hart's Hollow farm, Kristen accepts, despite her fears about becoming too attached to the family; and then there's Emmy's ruggedly handsome grandson."--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Daily 2019Dailey, Janet
Summary: A desire for absolution brought ex-con Travis Alden to Paradise Peak. But when he finds honest work, along with a keen sense of belonging, he shelves his plan to unburden his guilty secret, instead working to rehabilitate a ranch - alongside the very people his transgressions hurt the most. With the chance to create a haven for wildfire refugees, Travis seizes the opportunity to do good, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DAISnelling, Lauraine
Summary: "In 1910, Signe, her husband, and their boys emigrate from Norway to Minnesota, dreaming of one day owning a farm of their own. But the relatives they've come to stay with are harsh and demanding. As Signe's family is worked to the bone to repay the cost of their voyage, can she learn to trust God through this trial and hold on to hope for a better future?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Snelling 2017Snelling, Lauraine
Summary: "In 1906 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's life now resembles the images that filled her dreams in Norway. But when she spots the man from her terrifying past in town, her new life and hope for love could come crashing down around her. Did danger follow her across the Atlantic?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Snelling 2018Snelling, Lauraine
Summary: Nilda Carlson and her younger brother Ival come to America to join her older brother Rune and his family on the Strand farm in Minnesota. Uncle Einar Strand refuses to help rune build a house for his family and forbids the community to come onto his land. Can the tragedy that reveals Einar's anger and isolation bring the Carlsons and Strands together into a true family?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Snelling 2018Snelling, Lauraine
Summary: In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between society life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience, including recommending new opportunities for her philanthropy. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019