A young novelist inherited the desk from a poet taken by Pinochet's police. Then the desk is stolen from her by the poet's supposed daughter. In its drawers, another man discovers a long-kept...
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Author: Krauss, NicoleSummary:Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Bear, ElizabethSummary:
After her wings are shorn in battle, the angel Perceval is held captive in an aging spaceship, served by her lost sister and servant girl Rien, and the two must escape together if they are to stop...
Genre: Science fiction -
Author: De los Santos, MarisaSummary:
Thirty-one-year-old Cornelia Brown adores classic romantic films. Anything starring Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant will do nicely, especially The Philadelphia Story. Unapologetically idealistic about...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Bear, ElizabethSummary:
The ship Jacob's Ladder has arrived at its destination - the planet they call Grail. But Grail is populated by humans already, who call their home Fortune. They are wary of sharing Fortune,...
Genre: Science fiction -
Author: Schlitz, Laura AmySummary:At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Saks, Elyn R.Summary:
Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a...
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Rivers, FrancineSummary:
When Sierra discovers her young ancestor's handcrafted quilt and reads her journal, she finds that their lives are very similar. By following her ancestor's example, she learns to surrender to God...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Black, LisaSummary:
A dead woman has been found in the woods, and the cause is unclear. The leading theory is that she wandered off and froze, but investigator Theresa MacLean senses something far more sinister.
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Author: Kirkpatrick, JaneSummary:
Eliza Spalding Warren was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians during a massacre in 1847. Now the young mother of two children, Eliza faces a different kind of dislocation...
Genre: Religious fiction, Historical fiction -
Author: Sill, CathrynSummary:
In this delightful book, teacher and birder Cathryn Sill explains to children what birds are, what they do, and how they live. About Birds is a first thoughtful glimpse into the world of birds,...
Genre: Juvenile nonfiction, Math and science -
Author: Sill, CathrynSummary:
Elementary school teacher and author Cathryn Sill accurately answers the first questions of young naturalists by explaining what mammals are, how they live, and what they do.
Genre: Juvenile nonfiction, Math and science -
Author: Gunn, Robin JonesSummary:
Carolyn takes a break from her widowed San Francisco existence to celebrate her mother's 70th birthday in the Canary Islands. As her mother's gentle affection and the islands' soothing allure...
Genre: Religious fiction, Domestic fiction -
Author: Bear, ElizabethSummary:
The generation ship Jacob's Ladder has barely survived cataclysms from without and within. Now, riding the shock wave of a nova blast toward an uncertain destiny, the damaged ship remains a war...
Genre: Science fiction -
Author: Bennett, Robert JacksonSummary:
An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods, buried histories, and a mysterious, protean city--from one of America's most acclaimed young fantasy writers. The city of Bulikov once...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Science fiction