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Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the last original wife among her husbands friends who have all turned in their wives for younger, blonder women, but Leslie decides to take back her life after she falls into a manhole while golfing with her husband and nobody notices that she is gone.
3) Commonwealth
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
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"Commonwealth is the story of two broken families and the paths their lives take over the course of 40 years, through love and marriage, death and divorce, and a dark secret from childhood that lies underneath it all"--
"The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern...
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"A charming, feel-good story of the ways that devoted friends—and great books!—can change our lives with the summer vibes I'm needing right now! There's a dose of Susan Mallery magic in all her novels; this one just might have an extra scoop!" – Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author
The rules of summer book club are simple:
No sad books No pressure Yessssss, wine! ...
The rules of summer book club are simple:
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"Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, [this book] is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning-and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet...
6) Whiskey
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A family moves violently through their lives, fierce with each other yet deeply loyal.
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Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 10
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Jackie, having returned to her childhood home in South Carolina with her ten-year-old son after her husband, an NYFD firefighter, died in the line of duty, tries to overcome her grief and help her son heal while staying with her mother, with whom she has had a rocky relationship.
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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"Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage...
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One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by a car and then overhearing her boyfriend hit on another doctor when she thought she was dying? Two major steps back. Injured in more ways than one, Nora feels her carefully built life cracking at the edges. There's only one place to land: home. But the tiny Maine community she left fifteen...
13) The outsiders
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
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"More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss--a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's...
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A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss, and attempting to reshape the narrative of her life.
Margaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth is too much for one little girl to endure. Her first memory is of the day her friend Agnes died.
No one blames Margaret. Not in so many words. Her mother insists to everyone who will listen that her daughter never even left...
18) Sweet vengeance
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"Tessa Jamison couldn't have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband-- until she was convicted of their murder. For ten years, she has counted off the days in Florida's Correctional Center for Women, fully expecting to die behind bars. Fighting to prove her innocence holds little appeal now that her family's gone. But one extraordinary day, her lawyers announce that Tessa's conviction has been overturned on a technicality,...
19) Timepiece
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Christmas box trilogy volume Prequel
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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A companion story to the author's first novel, "The Christmas Box," traces the lives of David and Mary Anne Parkin as they learn the true meaning of love, loyalty, and forgiveness.
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Love comes softly volume 5
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
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Marty and Clark adjust to Clark's handicap and recognize their children's new maturity and independence. Clare and Kate anticipate their new baby and Marty has a secret.
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