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Reader's circle (Random House (Firm))Rodriguez, Deborah.
Summary: "Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian aid group. Surrounded by people whose skills--as doctors, nurses, and therapists--seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.486 RODAndersen, Laura.
Summary: "Henry IX, known as William, is the son of Anne Boleyn and now the leader of England, his regency period finally at an end. His newfound power, however, comes with the looming specter of war with the other major powers of Europe, with strategic alliances that must be forged on both the battlefield and in the bedroom, and with a court, severed by religion, rife with plots to take over the throne"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDHannah, Kristin.
Summary: Struggling with her rebellious daughter and her conflicting feelings for a soul-seeking priest and a cynical man, cardiologist Madelaine learns to overcome past betrayals when a tragedy brings them all together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2012
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Summary: A family epic based on a true story follows the experiences of Henry Oades, who in the late 19th century loses his family to Maori kidnappers and remarries in California only to learn of his original family's escape, a situation that compels him to live in bigamy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORSpielman, Lori Nelson.
Summary: In this utterly charming debut perfect for fans of Cecelia Aherns P.S., I Love You and Allison Winn Scotchs Time of My Life one woman sets out to complete her old list of childhood goals, and finds that her lifelong dreams lead her down a path she never expects. 1. Go to Paris 2. Have a baby, maybe two 3. Fall in love. Brett Bohlinger seems to have it all: a plum job, a spacious loft, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPIGill, Gillian.
Summary: Offers a revolutionary portrait of a queen and her prince, revealing at once both an intimate but far-from-idyllic relationship that succeeded against all odds as the strong, feisty queen and the brilliant, fragile prince worked together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2010
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Summary: Charlotte Nicholls and her nearly four-year-old daughter, Chloe, have started over, with the help of Charlotte's birth mother, Anna, who has recently reentered Charlotte's life after a twenty-six-year absence. Little Chloe is thriving in her new home, and despite lingering effects from a terrible trauma Chloe has suffered, Charlotte is hopeful that love will pull her through. And though their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEWArnold, Elizabeth Joy.
Summary: Lainey Carson and Sydney Beaumont were the closest of friends in high school, until popular Sydney leaves her contemplative, ungainly friend behind. Eighteen years later Sydney and her infant daughter come to Lainey's doorstep. Sydney tells her friend that she is escaping the child's abusive father. Lainey takes the child but then Sydney tells the news that the child has been kidnapped. Whom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARNSee, Lisa.
Summary: Two sisters leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles in this fresh, fascinating adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEEWeir, Alison.
Summary: A fictional portrait of the tumultuous early life of Queen Elizabeth I describes her perilous path to the throne of England and the scandal, political intrigues, and religious turmoil she confronted along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008