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The dower house
Par Annabel Davis-Goff. 1998
In post-war Ireland, young Molly Hassard and her upper-class Anglo-English family live in genteel poverty. In order to change their…
fortunes, Molly and her cousin Sophie eventually relocate to England. But Molly misses the Irish traditions and longs to return to rekindle her secret love for a fellow countryman. 1998.The Drayton legacy
Par Rona Randall. 1985
When Joseph Drayton, head of the family, refuses to let his sister marry and sends her suitor packing, he little…
knows what turmoil he is creating for the future. For Jessica is pregnant by her lover, and her predicament has far-reaching consequences in the close-knit community of the Staffordshire village of Butslem. 1985.The diamond bride (Presents Ser.)
Par Carole Mortimer. 1998
Nanny wanted! A young girl needs a mother, but does her father need a wife? Annie's delighted when she's hired…
as Jessica Diamond's nanny - she adores her new charge and, after her own childhood spent in care, she's part of a family for the first time. But how complicated her relationship with Rufus Diamond turns out to be! Rufus is more than just Annie's employer; he has the power to make her laugh and cry - and he wants to make love to her! But he obviously won't marry again; the so called 'curse' of the Diamond brides has already touched his life. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1998.The distant laughter (A Cass Canfield book)
Par Bryan Forbes. 1972
Returning to London to shoot a film, British motion picture director Dick Warren becomes disenchanted with his brittle actress wife…
and renews an old love affair with Alison, now married. 1972.The darkest child (Griot audio)
Par Delores Phillips. 2008
Thirteen-year-old African American Tangy Mae Quinn and her siblings suffer the cruel madness of their mother, Rozelle, amid poverty and…
racial inequalities of rural Georgia. Tangy fights for the strength to survive, finish school, and one day escape Rozelle’s abuse. 2008.The colour of tea
Par Hannah Tunnicliffe. 2011
After moving with her husband to Macau, Grace Miller finds herself a stranger in a foreign land, confronting the devastating…
news of her infertility and a fraying marriage. She resolves to do something bold, and opens a café, where among fellow expatriates and locals alike, Grace carves out a new definition of home and family. But when her marriage reaches a crisis, secrets Grace thought she had buried long ago rise to the surface, and she realizes it’s now or never to lay old ghosts to rest and to begin to trust herself. Includes sex and violence. c2011.The coal tattoo (Southern voices audio)
Par Silas House. 2005
The story of two Appalachian sisters, fun-loving party girl Anneth and deeply religious Easter. From the mid 1950s through the…
1960s, Easter and Anneth’s personalities clash, until tragedies and sacrifice finally bring them together. 2005.The devil's dream
Par Lee Smith. 1998
The colour of water
Par Luanne Armstrong. 1998
The Boswell, B.C. author tells the story of four generations who try to come to terms with the forces which…
have shaped their history. A saga about the bonds and passions that tie families together and tear them apart. 1998.The deep: a novella
Par Mary Swan. 2002
In France, 1918, identical twin sisters arrive to do war work. The journey there profoundly affects their relationship with each…
other. While they are exposed to the horror and confusion of the First World War, older tragic memories interweave themselves with this new reality. 2002.The days of winter: a novel
Par Cynthia Freeman. 1978
Family saga and romance set in Europe between the two world wars. Focuses on Rubin, a prominent British Jew, his…
wife, Magma, and his daughter, Jeanette. Some explicit descriptions of sex. c1978.The death of Lomond Friel
Par Sue Peebles. 2010
When Rosie, a successful radio presenter, hears that her father has had a stroke, her life is thrown into disarray…
and she finds herself making reckless decisions that make little sense to those around her. As she strives towards building some kind of future for herself and her father, he quietly plots his own death. 2010.The devil and Mary Ann (Mary Ann Shaughnessy series ; #3)
Par Catherine Cookson. 1958
To secure a job for her father on her benefactor's farm, nine-year-old Mary Ann Shaughnessy goes to boarding school. Once…
there she encounters loneliness, acquires enemies, and receives tearstained letters from her brother hinting that their father is having an affair. Sequel to "The Lord and Mary Ann" (DC24711). 1958. (Mary Ann Shaughnessy series ; 3)The desert crop
Par Catherine Cookson. 1997
1880s England. Young Daniel Stewart's life changes when his alcoholic, widowed father marries a distant Irish cousin, Moira Conelly. Over…
the years the cheerful Moira has many children while the father squanders their money. When his father dies, Daniel assumes the leadership of the family, falls in love with the wrong girl, and continues farming. 1997.The death and life of Charlie St. Cloud: a novel
Par Ben Sherwood. 2004
After surviving the car accident that claimed his brother's life, Charlie is graced with a gift: he can see, talk…
to, and even play catch with Sam's sprit. Into this magical world comes Tess, a woman in training to sail around the world. When fate steers her boat into a treacherous storm, it leads to a race against time, and a choice between holding on and letting go. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. 2004.The Corrigan women
Par M. T Dohaney. 1988
In 1914, Bertha Ryan arrives in a small Newfoundland town to work for the Corrigan family. Raped by her employer's…
son, Bertha becomes pregnant and eventually ends up with the Corrigan property. A saga of three generations of women. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1988.The crazy man
Par Pamela Paige Porter. 2005
1965. After Emaline, 11, is crippled in a tractor accident, Daddy kills her beloved dog, Prince, and walks away from…
their Saskatchewan farm. Mom takes in Angus from the local mental hospital to help with the farm work, but the neighbours jeer and complain about the crazy man. Emaline sees Angus' kindness and strength, but it is only when he performs the ultimate act of heroism that others in the town finally recognize his worth as a human being. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2007 Golden Oak Award. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2005.The day
Par Douglas Hobbie. 1993
The day is Thanksgiving 1991, and Jack and Gwen Fletcher are spending the holiday with her smug, wealthy New England…
family. Jack seems to be the only one to recollect the suicide of Gwen's sister -- Jack's soul mate -- just one year earlier. The day's events unfold to reveal a tragic family portrait. Strong language. 1993.The custodian of paradise
Par Wayne Johnston. 2006
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.The darling
Par Russell Banks. 2004
Hannah Musgrave, fifty-nine, former radical Weather Underground member, recounts life as a fugitive in 1980s Liberia. She recalls her chimpanzee…
sanctuary, her involvement with warlord Charles Taylor, her husband's beheading, and the defection of her sons as the country is devastated by internal strife. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, and some strong language. 2004.