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Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Psychological fiction. Sea fiction. Sea stories.Gaige, Amity
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAIBaily, Ginny
Summary: Chiara Ravello is about to flee occupied Rome when she locks eyes with a woman being herded on to a truck with her family. Claiming the woman's son, Daniele, as her own nephew, Chiara demands his return; only as the trucks depart does she realize what she has done. She is twenty-seven, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead, and now a child in her charge. Several...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAIGaige, Amity
Summary: "The Folded World tells the story of an idealistic young social worker drawn into the lives of his mentally ill clients. Charlie Shade was born into a quiet, prosperous life, but a sense of injustice dogs him. He feels destined to leave his life of "bread and laundry," and to work instead with people in crisis. On his way, he meets his kindred spirit in Alice, a young woman living helplessly by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAIGaige, Amity
Summary: "Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two - Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020