Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Britt-Marie cant stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. She begins her day at 6 a.m., because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. She is not one to judge othersno matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be....
2) Paradise
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Language
English
Description
When the Bancroft family empire is threatened by a hostile takeover, Meredith Bancroft flees into the arms of Matthew Farrell, a man with whom she once had a passionate affair.
Author
Series
Harold Fry novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When Queenie Hennessy is told she has days to live she sends a letter on pink paper in which she bids goodbye to Harold Fry. It is a letter that inspires an unlikely walk, a cast of well-wishers and the examination of many lives unlived. But there is a second letter, a longer, quieter more complicated letter which she will never send. It is this letter, the one we did not know about in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which reveals the shocking...
4) Ethan Frome
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer, is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife, Zeena. His ambition and intelligence are oppressed by Zeena's cold, conniving character. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie arrives to help care for her, Ethan is immediately taken by Mattie's warm, vivacious personality. They fall desperately in love as he realizes how much is missing from his life and marriage. Tragically, their love is doomed...
Author
Series
Avon true romance volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Author
Series
Amish heirlooms volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After losing her beloved fiancé, Veronica Fisher takes solace in opening a bake stand to sell creations made from her mother's recipe, and soon, a regular visitor to her stand begins to gladden her heart.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When her perfectly planned summer of quality time with her parents, her serious boyfriend, and her Bible camp unravels and long-hidden family secrets emerge, Lucy must figure out what she is made of and what grace really means.
Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend, working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake and spending quality time with her parents. When her mom's cancer reappears, her boyfriend "pauses" their relationship,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Palmer sisters couldn't be more different. Karen, the eldest, is the responsible one the one who got the grades, married the perfect guy, and has two wonderful, high-achieving children. Cassie is the rebellious one, who got pregnant right after high school and married the wrong man, despite her family's misgivings. And Nicole is a free, creative spirit, who's always been indulged and pampered as the baby of the family who could do no wrong. These...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Although he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion for her and his infatuation torments him to the point of absolute despair. The first great confessional novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther draws both on Goethes own unrequited love for Charlotte Buff and on the death of his friend Karl...
Author
Publisher
A Public Space Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A story collection, set in Nigeria, united by the theme of queer male intimacy. The stakes of loving within a society in flux are explored through the eyes of lovers and their families; from childhood through adulthood; on university campuses and in hospitals, central cities, neighborhoods on the outskirts. Deeply intimate portraits of love in danger come together in a compassionate, finely wrought examination of contemporary Nigeria"--
"A man revisits...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle. It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink...
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Appears on these lists
Description
"Cuando el primer amor y ex novio de Griffin, Theo, muere en un accidente de ahogamiento, su universo se desmorona. A pesar de que Theo se habia mudado a California para ir a la universidad y comenzo a ver a Jackson, Griffin nunca dudo de que Theo volveria con el cuando fuera el momento adecuado. Pero ahora, el futuro que habia estado imaginando se ha ido muy lejos. Para empeorar las cosas, la unica persona que realmente entiende su dolor es Jackson....
Author
Series
Midnight series (Sister Souljah) volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Description
"Sister Souljah, the New York Times bestselling author of The Coldest Winter Ever and Midnight, delivers her most compelling and enlightening story yet. With Midnight and The Meaning of Love, Souljah brings to her millions of fans an adventure about young, deep love, the ways in which people across the world express their love, and the lengths that they will go to have it. Powerful and sensual, Midnight is an intelligent, fierce fighter and Ninjutsu-trained...
15) Under currents
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel about the power of family to harm--and to heal. Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers--and even Zane's own aunt across the lake--see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, propulsive novel about the families we are born into and the families we make for ourselves, in which two brothers struggle to find their place in an Iran on the brink of combusting Amid the alleyways of the Zamzam neighborhood of Tehran, a woman lights herself on fire in a desperate act of defiance, setting off a chain reaction of violence and protest. Haunted by the woman's death, Issa is forced to confront the contradictions within...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request