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Christmas Fiction Families Fiction Female friendship Fiction Holidays Fiction Korea History 20th century Fiction Korean War, 1950-1953 Fiction Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962 Travel Korea Fiction Motion picture actors and actresses Fiction Nineteen fifties Fiction Women translators Korea FictionGrant, Sofia
Summary: "In the 1940s and 50s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were sold a bill of goods: find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. These best friends never expected to be on the train to Reno, those 'lies in white dresses' shattered, their marriages over. On board the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P GRAAustin, Lynn N.
Summary: "From the bestselling author of If I Were You comes a nostalgic and endearing holiday story that reminds us that sometimes, the most meaningful gifts are the ones we least expect and don't deserve. Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUSYi, Chi-min
Summary: American movie star Marilyn Monroe will be visiting Korea on a four-day USO tour, and Alice has been chosen as her translator. Though intrigued, Alice has few expectations of the job--what could she and a beautiful actress at the peak of her fame possibly have to talk about? Yet the Marilyn she meets, while just as dazzling and sensual as Alice expected, is also surprisingly approachable. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2019