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Summary: "Present day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades--beginning with who she really is. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden--one that will test her convictions and her heart"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P MEIHall, Patricia
Summary: When a West Indian immigrant, Nelson Mackintosh, is arrested for the murder of a prostitute, and simmering racial tensions reach breaking point, Kate O'Donnell seeks to track down the real killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Créme de la Crime 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALLevy, Andrea
Summary: "Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be recieved as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmers daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEVWilliams, Kate
Summary: "Alive with rich characters and evoking love, loss, and one woman's surprising strength during the tumult of the 1920s and 30s, the new novel in the "Storms of War" trilogy brings this acclaimed series to a dramatic conclusion"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018