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New Americana 4Glass, Julia
Summary: Enjoying an active but lonely rural life, seventy-year-old Percy allows a progressive preschool to move into his barn and transform his quiet home into a lively, youthful community that compels him to reexamine the choices he made after his wife's death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC GLADailey, Janet
Summary: "When 73-year-old Emmy Hart asks her to help revitalize Hart's Hollow farm, Kristen accepts, despite her fears about becoming too attached to the family; and then there's Emmy's ruggedly handsome grandson."--Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Daily 2019Harding, Paul
Summary: A grieving Charlie Crosby (grandson of Tinkers protagonist George Washington Crosby) attempts to come to terms with the death of his daughter, Kate, and the subsequent dissolution of his marriage.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARHarding, Paul
Summary: Follows the tumultuous inner-life journey of Charlie Crosby for a year as he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his daughter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHertmans, Stefan
Summary: "In this vivid and masterful novel, a Flemish man reconstructs his grandfather's story--his life, loves, and art, all disrupted by the first World War--from the unflinching notebooks he left behind. Short Description War and Turpentine centers on two men distanced by time: a religious painter whose life is changed forever by World War One; and his grandson, a writer reckoning with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERKincaid, Gregory D.
Summary: "A new novel--and new direction--from the bestselling author of A Dog Named Christmas! Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance meets Life of Pi meets On the Road meets Travels with Charley in this quirky spiritual journey across the wild highways and byways of America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINTarpley, Todd.
Summary: When Ethan's grandma suggests they take a zip line to school, Ethan realizes that his grandma is a little different. In fact, she's a ninja! Ethan is soon the hit of the school when his grandma drops from the ceiling at show-and-tell, and teaches the kids karate moves and how to do backflips in slow motion. But when his grandma deflates his team's soccer ball, everyone is upset--including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2015