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Advice columnists Fiction Antiques Fiction Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction Musiciennes traditionnelles Romans, nouvelles, etc Réalisation de soi chez la femme Romans, nouvelles, etc Self-realization in women Fiction Sisters Fiction Women Fiction Women folk musicians Fiction World War, 1939-1945 England London FictionKirkpatrick, Jane
Summary: Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIRSmiley, Jane
Summary: One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky-and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then-through a combination of hard work and serendipity-she started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SMISmiley, Jane
Summary: "Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky -- and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then -- through a combination of hard work and serendipity -- started a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUIStabenow, Dana
Summary: After two Alexandrian fishermen discover a skeleton anchored by a cement weight, Queen Cleopatra charges Tetisheri, her new Eye of Isis, to uncover the identities of the victim and the killers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STASkeslien Charles, Janet
Summary: "1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC SKEPearce, A. J. (Amanda-Jane)
Summary: "London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent suddenly seem achievable. But the job turns out to be working as a typist for the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION PEATyler, Anne
Summary: "The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TYLPerry, Anne
Summary: "Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of England's most influential families in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Not far from the sprawling grounds of Wyndham Hall, longtime MI6 agent John Repton's body is found with a bullet hole through the heart. The corpse's proximity to the estate sends ripples...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023