January, 1951: while the country is in the grip of war in Korea, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and Senator Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare, the residents of St. Adele, Michigan, are more concerned with staying warm and shoveling snow...
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Author:Goines, DonaldSummary:Whoreson Jones is the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown white john. At age twelve, his street education begins as he learns trickology. By sixteen, his childhood abruptly ends, and he is a full-fledged pimp, cold-...
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Author:Boulley, AngelineSummary:Named One of BookPage 's Best Audiobooks of 2023 "Actor Isabella Star LaBlanc excels at leading the reader deeper into the story with a tone that exudes both intriguing mystery and genuine emotion." - BookPage "...
- Author:Patchett, AnnSummary:
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature." -The Guardian. In...
- Author:Shipman, ViolaSummary:
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Summer Cottage "A beautifully written story about second chances. Fans of women's fiction won't be able to put this down." -Publishers Weekly The forecast is calling for a...
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Author:Nelson, James CarlSummary:In August 1918, the 339th regiment of the US Army-roughly 5,000 soldiers, most hailing from Michigan-sailed for Europe to fight in World War I. But instead of the Western Front, these troops were headed to Archangel, Russia, a vital...
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Author:Harrison, JimSummary:Literary legend Jim Harrison gives us a brilliant new work that finds him writing at the height of his powers, and in fresh and audacious new directions. The Great Leader is the story of Detective Sunderson, a northern Michigan police...
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Author:Harrison, JimSummary:Detective Sunderson confronts his new neighbors, a gun-nut family who live outside the law in rural Michigan.
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Author:Morrison, ToniSummary:Morrison narrates for three hours and lays out before us the complex lives and backgrounds of four generations of black family life in the south. Central is the character Milkman--an unfortunate nickname owed to his lengthy nursing...
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Author:Hills, KathleenSummary:A grizzled Lake Superior fisherman with a massive allergy to bees dies very early one morning alone on his boat. Was he stung to death? John McIntire, retired from a career in military intelligence and striving to regain a place in his...
- Author:Nguyen, BethSummary:
Named a Best Memoir of 2023 by Oprah Daily Selected by Time , NPR, and BookPage as a Best Book of 2023 "This book...is what memoir writing in the hands of a caring, curious wunderkind can be." - Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy...
- Author:Hahn, ErinSummary:
"BOLD. IMPORTANT. BEAUTIFUL." - Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow In Erin Hahn's Never Saw You Coming , sometimes it takes a leap of faith to find...
- Author:Hannah, DarciSummary:
Tucked away inside an old lighthouse in Beacon Harbor, Michigan, bakeshop cafe owner Lindsey Bakewell is ready to make her first Christmas in town shine bright. But her merry plans crumble fast when murder appears under the mistletoe....
- Author:Hannah, DarciSummary:
After Lindsey Bakeswell catches her celebrity chef fiance sizzling in the arms of another woman, Lindsey leaves big city Wall Street for small town Beacon Harbor, Michigan, to pursue her own passion as a pastry baker-and gets mixed up...
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Author:Morris, BillSummary:Willie Bledsoe is driving some smuggled guns to the Motor City with the hopes of jump-starting his dream of writing a memoir. But there at Tiger Stadium on opening day of the 1968 baseball season, Willie learns he is the prime suspect...
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Author:Summary:The goal of Michigan: A State of Environmental Justice? is to free us from an economic growth and development paradigm that threatens our social and physical well-being. While we accumulate wealth, we also accumulate harmful pollution...
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Author:Shapiro, J. H.Summary:A picture book biography of urban environmental artist Tyree Guyton, discussing his childhood in 1950s Detroit and the way he used art to transform his decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood into an internationally-recognized exhibit.
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:A Love Means... Story Spurned by his father and driven from his home, Stone Hillyard is struggling to find shelter in the Michigan winter when he lucks upon the horse farm run by Geoff Laughton and his partner Eli. They take him in,...
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:A Love Means... Story Four months ago Robert Edward “Arie” Hawkins lost his sister and the rest of her family in a plane crash. Now his parents have decided it’s time for him to marry and carry on the family name. Arie knows it’s most...
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:A Love Means... Story Len Parker is laid off during the recession in the early eighties and decides to go back to college at home in rural Michigan, where he reconnects with his best friend from high school, Ruby. He's overjoyed when...
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