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Author
Publisher
HaperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The son of an aging fisherman becomes ensnared in a violent incident that forces him to confront his broken relationship with his father. A woman travels halfway across the country to look for her ex-husband, only to find her attention drawn in a surprising direction. A millworker gives safe harbor to his son's pregnant girlfriend, until an ambiguous gesture upsets their uneasy equilibrium. These and other stories of yearning, loss, and tentative...
542) Almond: a novel
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends-the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that-but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Their little home above his mother's used bookstore is decorated with colorful Post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you,"...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A Best Book of January at The Washington Post, Debutiful, and Alta Journal “Majestic.”٬٢٠١٥؛Eduardo C. Corral “Radiant and deeply moving.”٬٢٠١٥؛Christopher Castellani Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical exploration of belonging, grief, and first love―a love story for those so often written off the page. When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Born to modest means but befriended by the wealthy, aspiring dress designer Pandora Carmichael has been surrounded by privilege yet never at home in it. That hasn't stopped her from dreaming...When she's introduced to a charismatic Princeton student, Pandora's future begins to fall into place...Marriage provides Pandora with a devoted husband, comfortable love, and the prominence and affluence to open a boutique. It's a fantasy realized, until scandal...
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
" From the author of Sleeping in Eden, described as "intense and absorbing from the very first page" (Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence), comes a gripping new novel about two former best friends and the secrets they can't escape. Adrienne Vogt and Harper Penny were closer than sisters, until the day a tragedy blew their seemingly idyllic world apart. Afraid that they got away with murder and unable to accept who they had lost--and...
Author
Series
Kilts and quilts volume 1
Publisher
Signet Eclipse
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the charming Scottish seaside town of Gandiegow? where two people have returned home for different reasons, but to find the same thing? Caitriona Macleod gave up her career as an investigative reporter for the role of perfect wife. But after her husband is found dead in his mistress's bed, a devastated Cait leaves Chicago for the birthplace she hasn't seen since she was a child. She's hoping to heal and to reconnect with her gran. The...
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