In 1897, Geesje de Jonge is asked to write a memoir about her experience emigrating from the Netherlands to the Michigan wilderness in honor of her town's fiftieth anniversary. As Geesje recalls...
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Author: Austin, LynnSummary:Genre: Religious fiction
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Author: Tubbs, Anna MalaikaSummary:
Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the...
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Author: Wiener, AnnaSummary:
"Narrator Suehyla El-Attar has a strong voice for this memoir of a woman's journey into the mostly male world of tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. She is energetic, funny, and swift while telling...
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Author: Currie, RobertSummary:
Living with the Hawk explores the traumatic events in the life of Blair Russell, a high school football player who struggles to do what’s right in tough circumstances. Key characters are his...
Genre: Young adult fiction, Sports fiction -
Author: Stachniak, EvaSummary:
From the author of The Winter Palace comes Eve Stachniak’s first novel about the discovery of secrets and lies that stitch together empires and individual lives. Winner of the 2000 Amazon.com/...
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Author: Ferguson, GenkiSummary:
Set in 1999 Japan, Satellite Love is a heartbreaking and beautifully unconventional debut novel about a girl, a boy, and a satellite--and a bittersweet meditation on loneliness, alienation, and...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Literary fiction -
Author: Doller, TrishSummary:
* One of OprahMag.com's Most Anticipated Romances of 2021! * Heartbroken by the loss of her fiancé, adventurous Anna finds a second chance at love with an Irish sailor in this riveting,...
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Author: Grimaldi, VirginieSummary:
Et si le bonheur se trouvait juste sous nos yeux ? Anna, 37 ans, croule sous le travail et les relances des huissiers. Ses filles, elle ne fait que les croiser au petit déjeuner. Sa vie défile,...
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Author: Onuzo, ChibunduSummary:
The exhilarating story of a mixed-race woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew. After years of being a daughter, a wife, and a mother, Anna finally has the time to wonder who...
Genre: Domestic fiction, Humorous fiction -
Author: Chapman, BrendaSummary:
This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Paul Taylor, a wealthy business man, is in jail for the cold-...
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Author: Oatley, KeithSummary:
On a summer visit to Germany, George, a young medical student at Cambridge, meets Anna von Kleist, whose intellectual force, beauty, and self-assurance smite him full in the heart. It is 1936....
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Author: Roy, SuzanneSummary:
Dans un hôpital de Montpellier, une femme s’éveille complètement amnésique. Elle ne se souvient d’absolument rien. Pas même de son propre nom. Son voisin de chambre, Victor, se lie rapidement d’...
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Author: Moritsugu, KimSummary:
Twenty-four-year-old Stephanie manages a clothing store and lives with her mother in the townhouse where she grew up. Her life isn't in a rut exactly, but it's not headed where she'd like it to be...
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Author: Goerzen, ChristySummary:
After a lifetime of New Age “adventures” with her weirdo hippie mom, fifteen-year-old Maddie is realizing a lifelong dream and visiting New York City. Armed with her 130-item to-do list, Maddie...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Chim, Wai.Summary:
An authentic novel about growing up in a migrant Asian family with a mother who is suffering from a debilitating mental illness. Anna Chiu has her hands full. When she's not looking after her...
Genre: Domestic fiction, Young adult fiction