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Audiobooks. Bildungsromans. fiction Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Novels. Road fiction.Towles, Amor
Summary: "In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California, where they can start...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TOWTowles, Amor
Summary: "The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC TOW (BOOK CLUB KIT 8 paperbacks)Towles, Amor
Summary: "In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021
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4 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TOWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TOWCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TOWMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: The rocking of the train car, the sound of its wheels on the rails, and there's something special about this form of travel that makes for easy conversation. This is just what happens to the four strangers who meet on a train. As they travel by rail from Edinburgh to London, they entertain one another with tales of how trains have changed their lives.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013