The glitter of theatre and the debutante season are starkly contrasted with a surgeon's experience of poverty, prostitution and disease in London a century ago.
Families
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Author:RAYNER, ClaireSummary: - Author:Williams, KathrynSummary:
Jess Morgan discovers her late aunt's diaries and sees she's not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly Anastasia, the Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax?
- Author:Grainger, JeanSummary:
Conor O'Shea has been given the opportunity to renovate and run the magnificent but rundown Castle Dysert as a five-star resort. With his family's future now entangled in a stunningly beautiful old castle on the coast of Clare...
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Author:Smith, Jennifer E.Summary:Twelve-year-olds Ruby and Simon have been growing apart since their parents moved them to a Wisconsin farm, but weird weather events that seem tied to Simon's emotions bring a stranger into their lives who introduces them to the...
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Author:Richardson, Jael EaleySummary:A daughter discovers herself while uncovering her father's legendary past in football. At the age of thirty, Jael Ealey Richardson travelled with her father – former CFL quarterback Chuck Ealey – for the first time to a small town in...
- Author:Mallery, SusanSummary:
Rival stepsisters put aside their differences for their common younger sister. But when their fragile truce is threatened, will they turn their backs on each other, or could they learn to forgive?
- Author:Kamali, MarjanSummary:
Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who, amid the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood book and stationery shop. She always feels safe in his dusty store,...
- Author:Spielman, Lori NelsonSummary:
-- New York Times? Since the day Filomena Fontana cast a curse upon her sister more than two hundred years ago, not one second-born Fontana daughter has found lasting love. Some, like second-born Emilia, the happily-single baker at her...
- Author:Crewe, LesleySummary:
Born into a basket of clean sheets - ruining a perfectly good load of laundry - Emmeline never quite fit in on her family's rural Nova Scotian farm. After suffering multiple losses in the First World War, her family became so heavy with...
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Author:Moriarty, JaclynSummary:The Zing family lives in a world of misguided spell books, singular poetry, and state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. They use these things to protect the Zing Family Secret -- one so huge that it draws the family to the garden shed...
- Author:Reardon, C. S.Summary:
Grief cannot abide a mystery. No one understands that better than the Clareys of Halifax, a close and loving family whose lives are transformed one night in 1937 when Edie, their wilful daughter and sister, vanishes, leaving no trace,...
- Author:Herron, RachaelSummary:
From international bestseller Rachael Herron, comes a book too delightful to put down:Once Adele, Molly and Lana were The Darling Songbirds, a world-famous country band. Now they're just three sisters who barely speak. But that's about...
- Author:St. John Mandel, EmilySummary:
Everyone Anton Waker grew up with is corrupt. His parents deal in stolen goods and his first career is a partnership venture with his cousin Aria selling forged passports and social security cards to illegal aliens. Anton longs for a...
- Author:Ho, JoannaSummary:
Joanna Ho, New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, has written an exquisite, heart-rending debut young adult novel that will inspire all to speak truth to power. Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese...
- Author:Deen, NatashaSummary:
Aspiring screenwriter Altuna Rashad has big plans for the last summer before she leaves Ontario, California, for the college in Georgia, the most important of which is securing the loving attention of her crush, Tristan Dangerfield;...
- Author:Trigiani, AdrianaSummary:
The fateful first meeting of Enza and Ciro takes place amid the haunting majesty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the last century. Still teenagers, they are separated when Ciro is banished from his village and sent to hide in New...
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker...
- Author:Orlando, CarissaSummary:
"Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and...
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Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:12-year-old Emily travels back in time again in this sequel, to discover a secret locked in her grandmother's soon-to-be-sold stone house.
Twelve-year-old Emily Bradford travels back in time to discover a secret about her...
- Author:Trinh, LindaSummary:
A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Organized and introspective nine-...
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