Budding teenager Annette Goode, a shy, awkward, overweight girl, hides the devastating secret that her mother's boarder has been sexually abusing her -- until her life is changed forever by the beautiful and worldly Rhoda Nelson.
Female friendship
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Author:Monroe, MarySummary: - Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
After a crash diet and a makeover fail to get the attention of her husband, Annette shacks up with Louis and goes on a spending spree, until she discovers a terrible secret about Louis and turns to her friend, Rhoda, for help.
- Author:Wigmore, GillianSummary:
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather’s cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she meets Crystal and Glory, bar-singer cousins fighting for footing...
- Author:Rao, ShobhaSummary:
"Soneela Nankani narrates this painful coming-of-age story in a subdued style that draws even more sympathy from the listener...This is an expertly told story of survival, courage, and grit that fans of world literature will enjoy...
- Author:Stage, ZojeSummary:
A cinematic and terrifying new novel from "the master of the psychological thriller" and the bestselling author of Baby Teeth and Wonderland, about three friends who hike into the wilds of the Grand Canyon--only to find it...
- Author:St. Bernard, Donna-MichelleSummary:
Gigi and Lola live by one motto: love for gas, gas for cash, cash for living, living for love. Living in Zimbabwe's depressed economy, both women live day-by-day, plying their trade with the truck drivers that stop at the border....
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Author:Adams, RebekkahSummary:Nana Underhill's intoxicated plan to run Lily over with her car seemed like a good idea at the time. Having slept with Lily's husband Mark, she needed to ease her guilt with an act of kindness - -however bizarre. The accident...
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Author:Fannie FlaggSummary:When dowdy housewife Evelyn Couch meets endearing old lady Ninny Threadgoode, she shares with her an enthralling story of two women. The headstrong Idgie and the gentle Ruth who in the 1930's ran the Whistle Stop Cafe, a railside eatery...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr comes the story of four friends determined to find their stride. This honest look at marriage examines the challenges, heartaches and sacrifices along with the joy in discovering what...
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Author:Hoffman, AliceSummary:Rae, young, unmarried, and far from home, awaits the birth of her first child. Lila, a fortune-teller with no interest in the future, lost her own daughter many years earlier. When these two women meet in California. it's earthquake...
- Author:Reid, Taylor JenkinsSummary:
On a rainy New Year's Day, Elsie heads out to pick up a pizza for one. When she meet the adorable and charming Ben Ross, their chemistry is instant and electric. Within weeks, the two are head over heels in love. By May, they'...
- Author:Quennec, LindaSummary:
Kate, a somewhat clumsy widow of thirty-two, flees her stifling hometown on Vancouver Island to live alone on an even smaller island in the Salish Sea. In so doing, she has vague expectations of solace and sanctuary, despite past...
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Author:Quennec, LindaSummary:p>Kate, a somewhat clumsy widow of thirty-two, flees her stifling hometown on Vancouver Island to live alone on an even smaller island in the Salish Sea. In so doing, she has vague expectations of solace and sanctuary, despite past...
- Author:Baumbich, Charlene AnnSummary:
After ballet dancer Sasha Davis suffers a career-ending injury and returns home to Minnesota to recover and deal with her mother's death, she forms an unexpected bond with her live-in aide, Evelyn, who helps Sasha face life with a...
- Author:Sharpe, TessSummary:
Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice. The first time, she's fourteen, and escapes a near-fatal car accident with scars, a bum leg, and an addiction to Oxy that'll take years to kick. The second time, she's seventeen, and it...
- Author:Morgan, SarahSummary:
USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with a life-affirming exploration of love, loss, and how families come in all shapes and sizes ... New York florist Flora Donovan is living the dream, but her bubbly optimism hides a...
- Author:Wendy HoldenSummary:
Belinda wants a rich and famous man. The problem is her job: interviewing unknown celebrities for a tabloid's TEA BREAK provides little opportunity for meeting mega-stars. In contrast, Grace just wants a quiet life. Her only...
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Author:Austen, JaneSummary:Emma is a literary classic by Jane Austen following the genteel women of Georgian-Regency England in their most cherished sport: matchmaking. Emma is spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied. After a couple she has introduced gets...
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
Emma Woodhouse, belle, intelligente et riche a vingt-et-un ans. Elle habite la belle demeure de Hartfield, près du gros bourg de Highbury, avec son père âgé, hypocondriaque et veuf, entourée d'amis fidèles, tel Mr Knightley,...
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Author:Ohlin, AlixSummary:A masterful achievement: a joint coming-of-age story and an achingly poignant portrait of the strange, painful, ultimately life-sustaining bonds between sisters. Lark and Robin are half-sisters whose similarities end at being named for...
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