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Widowed by an unspeakable tragedy, Camille Palmer has made her peace with the past and settled into the quiet safety of life with her teenage daughter, Julie, in a sleepy coastal town. Then the arrival of a mysterious package breaks open the door to her family's secret past. In uncovering a hidden history, Camille has no idea that she's embarking on an adventure that will utterly transform her. Camille, Julie, and Camille's father return to the...
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""A first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors," (The Boston Globe), Barbara Delinsky presents a captivating new novel about a woman whose unexpected reunion with her estranged family forces her to confront a devastating past. One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family's Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone-running from...
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Tin House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Every year, Úna prepares for her father to leave her. He will wave goodbye early one morning, then disappear with seven other men to traverse the Irish countryside. Together, these men form the Butchers, a group that roams from farm to farm, enacting ancient methods of cattle slaughter. [This novel] moves between the events of 1996 and the present, offering a simmering glimpse into the modern tensions that surround these eight fabled men. For Úna,...
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2018.
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English
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"The first new novel in four years from the beloved superstar author of Sarah's Key, a heartbreaking and uplifting story of family secrets and devastating disaster, in the tradition of THE NEST. "Hypnotic, passionate, ominous and tender--unforgettable." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's...
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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As the youngest of eight siblings, Pup Flanagan is used to flying under the radar, getting whatever hand-me-downs life gives, and settling for less. Like with his best friend, Izzy, who he's been into since freshman year—she uses him, and he never says anything. Or with his grades in school—he's failing and not really bothered by it. His future, too, is undecided, and he's fine with that. The only person who ever made Pup think he could be more...
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English
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"A family saga spanning half a century in the lives of a restless and ambitious clan starts with the story of backwoods youth-turned-railroad magnate Joe O'Brien, who after leaving the Canadian wilds and sharing a passionate courtship with Iseult, becomes the patriarch of a family that sees the first airplanes, two world wars and the election of JFK. By the award-winning author of The Law of Dreams"--From publisher.
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Adrift in the wake of her father's death, a failed marriage and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone. Though her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it's also a distraction from her profound pain. When asked to photograph a wedding at the historic Woodmont estate, Libby meets the owner, Elaine Grant. Hoping to open Woodmont to the public, Elaine has employed young widower Colton Reese to help restore...
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Photographer Jeremy Bishop travels back to a Louisiana for his father's funeral. He finds himself in ways he never imagined in the graveyard, in a stranger's appearance at the wake, in a suicide and a murder, and, finally, inside a cardboard box that had belonged to his father. Slowly he weaves the past and the present, exploring the covenants made between parents and children, husbands and wives, sisters and brothers--Cover.
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Random House
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English
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Decades after an interrupted visit to his mother's home in 1979 India triggers a haunting series of events, brain surgeon Thomas Eapen begins having conversations with his dead relatives, prompting his daughter to investigate a painful family history.
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Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Nikki, an aspiring photographer, accompanies her family on a trip to Dubai to celebrate the five days of Diwali in style. It would be the trip of a lifetime, if Yash, the boy next door—with whom Nikki has a rocky history—wasn’t also on the flight. Oblivious to the tension, Nikki’s matchmaking family encourages Nikki to get better acquainted with Yash. It turns out a lot can change on a 12-hour flight beyond just continents. But can betrayals...