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For almost fifty years, sisters Dolly and Greta have lived together - getting each other through the good times and the bad. Except this year, Greta isn't there and Dolly is feeling lost and alone. In memory of her sister, Dolly heads to the lost luggage auction where she and Greta go each Christmas. But her bid reveals a gift she never imagined. Amongst the clothes is the notebook of a reclusive woman who has hardly been outside for an entire year,...

"Years later, Frances's son, Harry, opens the door of his late mother's home, never expecting to see Tabitha the lost love of his life on the other side. Their angry parting had broken his heart, but now she holds a letter, sent by his mother just before her death, begging the pair to searchtogetherfor a priceless jewelry box, hidden somewhere in her her little Cotswold cottage. Harry quickly dismisses the search, but as an art historian, Tabitha...

"CWhen Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown...

"Each disparate object described in this book--a Caspar David Friedrich painting, a species of tiger, a villa in Rome, a Greek love poem, an island in the Pacific--shares a common fate: it no longer exists, except as the dead end of a paper trail. Recalling the works of W.G. Sebald, Bruce Chatwin, and Rebecca Solnit, [this book] is [an] ... evocation of twelve specific treasures that have been lost to the world forever, and that, taken as a whole,...

Lloyd and Harry take a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given.

"It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from language. First, it vanishes from Dhikilo’s parents’ conversation at breakfast, then from the road signs outside and from her school dinners. Soon the local dentist and the neighbor’s dalmatian are missing, and even the Donkey Derby has been called off. Though she doesn’t know why, Dhikilo is summoned to the home of her old history teacher Professor Dodderfield and his faithful Labrador,...

"Amy Allen is a few short weeks away from marrying her high school sweetheart, and she has so much left to do. When her house sells sooner than she anticipated, she and the kids have to move out in a matter of days and stay temporarily with her sister, Tracy. To make matters worse, as Amy tries to wrap up last- minute wedding details, she discovers that someone has called all her vendors, claiming to be her, and canceled her orders. Who would try...

"When western novelist Sadie Goodwin must pen a romance novel to rescue her lackluster sales, there's only one tiny problem: she's never been in love. Desperate to salvage her career, Sadie accepts an invitation to hole up at her friend's beach duplex for the summer and devote herself to this confounding genre. After all, where better to witness love than on the beautiful South Carolina shore? But Sadie soon finds many ways to procrastinate the dreaded...

Ben and Aggie are playing in the park when she chases a ball and does not return, but after looking for her and worrying about her, Ben speaks with his blind friend, Mr. Thomas, who suggests a different approach.

"Two hotel receptionists--and archrivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way. It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through. The hotel won't stay afloat beyond...