Thomas, Joan (Sandra Joan)

Summary: "A riveting novel, set in the rainforest of Ecuador, about five women left behind in the wilderness when their missionary husbands are killed. Based on real-life events."--Flyleaf.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Avenue 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THO

Martel, Yann

Summary: Patel Pi is a young man living in India, his father is the owner and manager of the zoo in the city but decided to emigrate to Canada and seek a better life through the sale of animals. After complex procedures, the family begins a journey Patel that is cut short by tragedy: a terrible storm wrecks the ship they are traveling on. Pi will have to use his talents to survive while he also deals...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Destino,  2003

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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH MAR

Quintana, Pilar

Summary: "In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy. Colombia's Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when...

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Publisher / Publication Date: World Editions 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUI

Stapley, Marissa

Summary: Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She's ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity, when things go sideways. Alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, Lucky discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions. There's one...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Canada 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STA

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STA

Spencer, Scott

Summary: Meeting at a vast Hudson River estate, two couples become estranged by unexpected successes and reactions that shape the lives of diverse friends and family members over the course of two decades.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Spencer 2017

Wayne, Teddy

Summary: Shy, witty David Federman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to embrace, and be welcomed by, a new tribe of like-minded peers. But at first, beyond the friendly advances of a plain-looking Sara, his social status seems devastatingly unlikely to change. Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by both her beauty and her brains, David falls feverishly in love and is determined to stop at...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAY

Bannister, Jo

Summary: "A kidnap attempt outside the school gates in broad daylight convinces Gabriel Ash that his renegade wife is trying to steal their sons from him. Only the intervention of his friend Constable Hazel Best kept them safe. It's a simple if alarming explanation, but is it the truth? Hazel uncovers disturbing information about another crime, the repercussions of which are still threatening innocent...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAN