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Waiting
Par Bonnie Dodge. 2014
Three generations of Foster women-senior citizen Maxine, attention-seeker Grace, and aspiring artist Abbie-think they are nothing alike. But they all…
share a secret. They wait. For love, for attention, for life, for death, for Idaho's warm but promising summer to return. In their journeys between despair and happiness, they learn there are worse things than being alone, like waiting for the wrong person's love. With sensitivity and humor, Waiting carries readers into the hearts of three women who learn that happiness comes from within. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong languageHaven's wake (Flyover fiction)
Par Ladette Randolph. 2013
When Haven Grebel dies following a tractor accident on his Nebraska farm, his Mennonite family gathers for the funeral service.…
Widow Elsa, estranged son Jonathan, and the rest of the family must navigate love, loyalty, and long-buried secrets. Adult. Some strong languageHand me down my walking cane
Par Carla Hagen. 2011
At the height of the Depression, a tiny village on the Minnesota-Canadian border is declared a rural slum by Roosevelt's…
New Deal government, and a local resident is sent to photograph the poverty of his neighbors to sell Congress on resettlement. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. Some violenceOxygen: A Novel
Par Carol Wiley Cassella. 2008
Seattle, Washington. Dr. Marie Heaton was a well-respected anesthesiologist until a child died during an operation where she was present.…
She becomes the target of a malpractice lawsuit. At the same time she has to start taking care of her elderly father. Adult. UnratedAn orphan's song (Shilling Grange Children's Home #03)
Par Lizzie Page. 2022
"England, 1951. A tear-jerking and uplifting story about children orphaned by war, the grieving young woman who cares for them,…
and their journey together to healing. When Clara Newton's American pilot fiancé died during the war, she thought she might never heal. But now she has a new life looking after orphans in a children's home named in his memory. Like wide-eyed, musical little Rita, who refuses to believe her mother died during the war. With the Festival of Britain approaching, Clara is delighted to see the children singing and preparing to audition together. And with D-Day war hero and handyman Ivor living next door, she begins to open her heart once more. But when a deeply troubled orphan arrives on Clara's doorstep, she faces her greatest challenge yet. Clifford has arrived without a background file and while Clara struggles to meet his needs, she is desperately in need of help. Turning to Ivor for comfort, she is broken-hearted when he decides he may never be ready for love again, as he adjusts to life as a single father. Clara has never failed to help any of the orphans in her care. And when little Rita encourages Clifford to join their singing group, she hopes he may begin to find his way. But soon he endangers not only their beloved plans for the Festival of Britain but the lives of the other children.... When disaster strikes, can Clara save the orphans and make Rita's dreams of singing for Britain come true? And while Ivor cares for his baby alone, can Clara have a future with the man she loves?" -- Provided by publisherThe fire-dwellers (Phoenix fiction)
Par Margaret Laurence. 1969
Stacey MacAindra is smart, witty, brave, and a bit desperate. Her marriage, four children and happines seem to be threatened…
by everything from her well-meaning neighbors to her impulses for adventure. Through it all she somehow endures and her story helps us to rediscover the richness and terror of the commonplace, as well as the pain, beauty and humor of lifeLong summer day: book 1 of A horseman riding by (Horseman riding by #01)
Par R. F Delderfield. 1966
Paul Craddock is still a young man when he is invalided out of the Boer War. But it is with…
enthusiasm that he takes on the task of restoring the neglected country estate of Shallowford nestled in a secluded corner of Devon Valley. But with the changes taking place in England, Paul fears that no place however remote can escape the challenge of the timesThe peacock spring
Par Rumer Godden. 2004
Una and her sister are summoned from their English boarding school to join their diplomat father in New Delhi. But…
soon Una starts to spend time with Ravi who works in the exotic gardens of her new home and falls passionately in love. But their love is forbidden and Una discovers that breaking the rules changes everything foreverThe ice killer (DI Barton series #03)
Par Ross Greenwood. 2020
"Winter is coming, and Detective Inspector Barton is facing the toughest case of his career... Ellen Toole's therapist told her…
to forget the past, but with her family story shrouded in secrecy, that's easier said than done. The approaching long nights of winter loom threateningly in front of her, and with her mother on her death bed, Ellen has never felt more alone. When it becomes clear that her mother has kept secrets about a history darker than Ellen ever imagined, Ellen must find answers about the past if she has any hope for a future. DI Barton and his team are still recovering from a particularly tough and grisly case, so a report of a kidnapping, followed by the discovery of two dead bodies, is the last thing they need. There's a murderer on the loose, and the killer needs to be stopped before they strike again. This winter, there will be vengeance on Ellen's mind, and DI Barton will struggle with his hardest case to date. How can Barton find the truth, when all the victims and witnesses are dead?" -- Provided by publisherKingfishers catch fire
Par Rumer Godden. 1953
A young English woman with two children travels to Kashmir to set up home there below the Himalayas. She is…
unaware of the turmoil that her arrival produces with the villagers as they compete for her patronage. Her cook takes action to secure his position, the consequences of his innocent plan are catastrophicSeñales que precederán al fin del mundo
Par Yuri Herrera. 2020
"Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her brother, Makina is smuggled across the border into the USA…
carrying a pair of secret messages--one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld." -- Provided by NLSHermanas
Par Daisy Johnson. 2022
"Born just ten months apart, July and September never needed anyone but each other. Now, following a case of school…
bullying, the teens have moved away with their single mother to a long-abandoned family home near the shore. There, the bond between the sisters starts to shift." -- Provided by NLSLo que hay
Par Sara Torres. 2022
"While her mother dies of cancer in a northern city, the protagonist is making love with a woman in a…
hotel in Barcelona. She will catch a flight to visit her mother the next morning, but she is already late. Shortly after, her lover abruptly and definitively disappears. Her partner returns from London to live with her in a small apartment by the sea, trying to calm and sustain her, while she cries for a mother and longs for a lover." -- Provided by publisherEl verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
Par Tatiana Țîbuleac. 2019
"Aleksy still remembers the last summer he spent with his mother. Many years have passed since then, but when his…
psychiatrist recommends him to relive that time as a possible remedy for his painter's block, Aleksy soon dives into his memory and is again shaken by the emotions that plagued him when they arrived in that little French holiday village: resentment, sadness, anger. How to overcome the disappearance of his sister? How to forgive the mother who rejected him? How to face the disease that is consuming her? This is the tale of a summer of reconciliation, of three months in which mother and son finally lay down their arms, spurred on by the arrival of the inevitable and by the need to make peace with each other and with themselves." -- Translation provided by NLSLo que no aprendí
Par Margarita García Robayo. 2014
|What I Didn't Learn| can be read as a novel of initiation in which eleven-year-old Caty is dazzled by the…
figure of two men: her father, who hides a secret that only seems to reveal itself to her, and Aníbal, the neighbor's hippie son whom she meets in an abandoned house. But also, this moving and disturbing tale speaks of how individual and family memory is constructed; when faced with the imminent extinction of memories, one reflects on the winding territory of childhood, on the ambiguity of the common past." -- Translation provided by NLSLa última revelación (Aventuras de Ulises Vidal #03)
Par Fernando Gamboa. 2021
"After their return from the Amazon, things have not gone well for Ulysses, Cassie and Professor Castillo. Their account of…
what they experienced in Black City turns out to be so extraordinary that they are branded as fakers and publicly reviled. What should have been a great triumph becomes a dramatic setback. To prove they are telling the truth and get their lives back, they will have no choice but to once again venture into the unknown in search of the irrefutable proof they need. This time, the trail of bread crumbs will lead them to one of the most dangerous, desolate and inhospitable places on the planet...but that will only be the beginning. The starting point of an incredible journey full of action, suspense and incredible discoveries, risking everything to unravel the greatest mystery in history." -- Translation provided by NLSThe cowboy's beauty (Sweet Water Ranch #03)
Par Jessie Gussman. 2020
"He'd been deformed in a farming accident years ago. He'd managed to build a successful business on his North Dakota…
ranch, but clients didn't need to see him. His sister handled the face of his company. Until his sister took a vacation and hired an out-of-work supermodel to take her place. He couldn't show himself to her. Although after dark he could share his love of the stars with her. But the more he hides, the more she wants to see." -- Provided by publisherOlinka
Par Antonio Ortuño. 2019
"|Olinka| deals with the crisis of a business clan in Guadalajara, capital and money laundering paradise. There, the Flores built…
their housing development with inspiration from an old idea of Dr. Atl, who dreamed of building a city for scientists and artists. But Mexican reality turns utopias into bloody mockeries and the multiplication of real estate projects is one of the clear signs of the prevailing corruption." -- Translation provided by NLSThe cowboy's best friend's sister (Sweet Water Ranch #04)
Par Jessie Gussman. 2020
"She's his best friend's little sister. He's never noticed her. Not like that. He needs to marry to inherit his…
money, so he's hired a woman to be his fake bride. Only he's too sick to get married. Now he's confined in his small house with his fake fiancée-to-be and his best friend's little sister. The ladies don't seem to get along. And one of them isn't what he thought. Should he follow the plan, or follow his heart?" -- Provided by publisherPechos y huevos (Biblioteca Formentor)
Par Mieko Kawakami. 2021
"On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister…
Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently stopped speaking, finding herself unable to deal with her own changing body and her mother's self-obsession. Her silence dominates Natsuko's rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with their own anxieties and their relationships with one another. Eight years later, we meet Natsuko again. She is now a writer and finds herself on a journey back to her native city, returning to memories of that summer and her family's past as she faces her own uncertain future." -- Goodreads