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2023.
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"Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison's estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother's alcoholism and violent abuse and...
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Her life upended when her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia MacAfee and her teenage son Asher move back to her New Hampshire hometown for a new beginning until Asher is implicated in the death of his girlfriend and she realizes he's hidden more than he's shared with her.
"A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the...
3) The wives
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Summer Thrillers
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Summer Thrillers
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Thursday's husband, Seth, has two other wives. She's never met them, and she doesn't know anything about them. She agreed to this unusual arrangement because she's so crazy about him. But one day, she finds something. Something that tells a very different and horrifying story about the man she married. What follows is one of the most twisted, shocking thrillers you'll ever read. You'll have to grab a copy to find out why.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times. “A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle.”O: The Oprah Magazine. “Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable.”USA Today....
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David Pelzer trilogy volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
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Dave Pelzer was beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting look at the horrors of child abuse and the determination of one child to survive against the odds.
This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable,...
6) Rose Madder
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 28
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"After surviving fourteen years of hell in a violently abusive marriage, Rosie Daniels has finally summoned the courage to flee for her life. But leaving her husband Norman for a new city and a new start is a very daunting prospect. It's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason--Norman's a police officer with the instincts of a predator, a force of relentless terror and savagery...a man almost mythic in his monstrosity....
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