Rue, Nancy N.
Summary: Lucia Coffey longs to feel good about herself and her body, but she can't get the negative voices out of her head. Then she meets Sullivan Crisp, the decidedly unorthodox psychologist who is well-known for his quirky sense of humor and incorporation of 'game show' theology into his counseling sessions. He sees the beauty hidden in Lucia and sets about trying to help her find it for herself.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RUEWillett, Jincy.
Summary: Twin sisters Dorcas, a woman of certain sexual appetites, and Abigail, prim and virginal, find themselves targeted by predatory poet Conrad, who finds in the sisters a challenge to test his skills as a manipulator and seducer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILNainy, Mamta
Summary: "Ammi weaves the most beautiful saris but never gets to wear any of them. Her two little daughters decide to do something about it--break their piggy bank! But when there isn't enough money to buy Ammi a sari, the two girls must work together to find a solution. Will they be able to buy Ammi the gift she so deserves? With a text full of heart, and bright, cheerful artwork, this story brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAIRaney, Deborah
Summary: "At twenty-nine, Phylicia Chandler put her life on hold to care for her dying mother with her sisters, Joanna and Britt. Now Mom is gone and their father stuns them all by running off with a woman young enough to be their sister. Life is moving forward all around her, but Phylicia feels stuck--until her father's protégé, Quinn Mitchell, presents the sisters with an intriguing business...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gilead Publishing, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION RANLandy, Derek
Summary: While Valkyrie is off trying to recover her sister's lost soul, it is up to Omen Darkly to be the hero and save thousands of innocent people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LANRobotham, Mandy
Summary: A city divided. When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight, she's trapped under Soviet rule in unforgiving East Berlin and separated from her twin sister, Jutta. Two sisters torn apart. Karin and Jutta lead parallel lives for years, cut off by the Wall. But Karin finds one reason to keep going: Otto, the man who gives her hope, even amidst the brutal East...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon 2021
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Summary: Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an ever-present threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister Mabel have no one but each other--with perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day that Bertie receives her eighth-grade diploma, good intentions go terribly wrong. A choice made in desperate haste sets off a chain of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENThayer, Nancy
Summary: Lily Fox, the baby of her family, sends her sister Abbie urgent emails begging her to return home to Nantucket. Their middle sister, Emma, has taken to her bed, emotionally devastated after the loss of her high-powered stockbroker's job and a shockingly unexpected break-up with her fiance. ̌ Also, Lily is deeply worried that Marina, the beautiful, enigmatic woman renting their guesthouse, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ThaMacy, Meg
Summary: "Sasha and her sister Maddie are thrilled that the Silver Bear Shop and Factory has won the Teddy Bear Keepsake Contest, which means they get to produce a holiday specialty toy, a wizard bear named "Beary Potter." Promising to be just as magical is Silver Hollow's annual tree-lighting ceremony and village parade. Only one hitch- the parade's mascot, Santa Bear-played by Mayor Cal Bloom-is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale Cengage Learning 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MACSpringer, Nancy
Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SPRThayer, Nancy
Summary: "Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life's challenges and finding new love, in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most famous and renowned romance authors in the business. But being a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC THAJensen, Nancy
Summary: Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an ever-present threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister Mabel have no one but each other. But on the day that Bertie receives her eighth-grade diploma, good intentions go terribly wrong. A choice made in desperate haste sets off a chain of misunderstandings that will divide the sisters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JENThayer, Nancy
Summary: Charming ladies' man Rory Randall dies with one last trick up his sleeve: His will includes a calculating clause mandating a summer-long reunion for his daughters, all from different marriages-- that is, if they hope to inherit his posh Nantucket house. Relations among the three sisters are sour thanks to long-festering jealousies, resentments, and misunderstandings. Arden, a successful...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC THAThayer, Nancy
Summary: When the will of a recently deceased ladies' man mandates a summer-long reunion for his daughters from different marriages at his posh Nantucket house, the three sisters are forced to confront long-festering resentments and misunderstandings as well as challenges in their private and professional lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THAMartin, Nancy
Summary: When her boss is found bound in pantyhose and shot execution style, Nora Blackbird launches an investigation that brings her face to face with some of the most glamorous suspects in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2005
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Summary: After a tragic accident on Martha’s Vineyard, keeping secrets becomes a way of life for the Tangle family. With memories locked away, the sisters take divergent paths. Callie disappears, Mimi keeps so busy she has no time to think, and Ginger develops a lifelong aversion to risk that threatens the relationships she holds most dear. When a whispered comment overheard by her rebellious teenage...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FICTION STAThayer, Nancy
Summary: Charming ladies' man Rory Randall dies with one last trick up his sleeve: his will includes a clause mandating that his daughters, all from different marriages, must spend a summer at his posh Nantucket house. At least, they must comply if they hope to inherit it. The three sisters are not on good terms, but they do show up, with surprising and dramatic consequences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC THAThayer, Nancy
Summary: "Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most famous and renowned romance authors in the business. But being a spectator to notoriety and glamour isn't as fulfilling as she once thought. Thankfully, Eddie has the perfect excuse for a vacation: Her hardworking younger sister, Barrett, is opening her gift shop on Memorial Day weekend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: When her parents take the family to the beach for a vacation, Alix is nervous about leaving home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Perkins 2018Fortin, Sue
Summary: Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family. One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Impulse 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION FORKidd, Sue Monk.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KIDKidd, Sue Monk
Summary: This is the Spanish text edition of the New York Times best selling novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". It is a beautifully written, coming of age story, set in rural South Carolina in 1964 against the back drop of the civil rights movement. It is the touching story of a young white girl, fourteen year old Lily Owens, whose mother died in a tragic accident when Lily was about four. Lily lives...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH KIDKidd, Sue Monk.
Summary: During the summer of 1964 in rural South Carolina, a young girl is given a home by three black, beekeeping sisters. As she enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey, she discovers a place where she can find the single thing her heart longs for most.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KIDPark, Linda Sue
Summary: When her little sister, Akeer, becomes sick as they are returning home from the water hole, Nya must carry her and the water back to their village, one step at a time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019