Hoffman, Alice.
Summary: After a small town librarian survives a lightning strike, she seeks out a fellow survivor in a quest for meaning, only to begin an obsessive love affair between two opposites joined by a single common thread.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOFLaPlante, Alice
Summary: "A chilling story about a mother haunted by her past. Jane, proud mother of a teenage daughter, loses everything in one senseless accident. In mourning, she makes one tiny stab at a new life: she moves from San Francisco to the tiny seaside town of Half Moon Bay. As the months go by, she is able to cobble together some version of life: a job, friends, and the distant possibility of peace. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAPBivald, Katarina
Summary: "Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2016