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Christmas at the shelter inn
Par RaeAnne Thayne. 2023
"[Thayne] engages the reader's heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible." —Debbie Macomber, #1 New…
York Times bestselling author Come home to Shelter Springs this Christmas, where hearts are warm and hopes are bright... Growing up at the Shelter Inn hotel, Natalie Shepherd envied guests who could come and go as they pleased. So when it was time to finally leave for college and put the lush green mountains around Shelter Springs—along with the cloud of loss that seemed to follow her family—behind her, she swore she'd never come back. But now her sister McKenna needs a favor. On pregnancy bed rest at doctor's orders, McKenna needs a helping hand with her two young daughters and someone to take over the inn during the hectic holiday season, and Nat can't refuse. And just when things can't get worse, she runs into her late brother's best friend, Griffin Taylor... Griff has mixed feelings about Natalie's return. She's just as beautiful and full of life as he remembered, but there's a secret he's carried for years about her brother—and the guilt is eating away at him. Still, Christmas in this small town is filled with treasured traditions and new adventures that hold the promise of something sweet and lasting. From matchmaking seniors to rambunctious nieces, it seems everyone is hoping Nat and Griff will put loss behind them and find a happy new beginningThe friendly persuasion
Par Jessamyn West. 1945
Jess Birdwell is an Irish nurseryman who is homesteading in Indiana with his wife, Eliza, a Quaker minister, at the…
time of the Civil War. Jess is also a music lover who enjoys fast horses--worldly desires for a Quaker. Together the Birdwell family negotiates the arrival of a new organ and the threat of Confederate soldiers with a sense of sharing and humorUnlived affections
Par George Shannon. 1989
Willie, seventeen, always lived with his grandmother. His mother died when he was two, and all that he knows about…
his father is that he too is dead, and was "unfit to be a father." After Grom's death Willie decides to sell the house. While cleaning out his mother's room he finds a box of letters written by his father. He learns that his father was homosexual and was never told of Willie's birth. Some strong language. For high school and older readersNight on 'Gator Creek
Par Winnie Stewart. 1984
Based on a true story, this book was developed for adults learning to read. Mattie Jennings and his grandfather go…
on a nighttime fishing expedition on 'Gator Creek. When the boat overturns, Mattie is on his own and has to fight for survivalOld dogs and children
Par Robert Inman. 1991
The South, 1979. Bright Birdsong, the family matriarch, is a sixty-eight-year-old widow whose life has become rather dull. But that…
is about to change as a chain of crises affects her and the town. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn about Bright's past, and see how current events in the town give her the chance to deal with the choices she made years ago and an opportunity to right old wrongs. Strong languageHolding on to Ettie
Par Abe Goldman. 1991
A fictionalized account of the author's continuing fight against the progression of his wife's Alzheimer's disease. A retired business tycoon,…
Jake Silverstein refuses to passively watch his wife, Ettie, decline. He cares for her at home until she needs the constant supervision of a nursing home. There he continues to work with Ettie during daily visits and manages to help slow down the course of the diseaseAlmayer's folly
Par Joseph Conrad. 1976
Conrad's first novel, a tragedy set in Malaya, dramatizes the clash between East and West. Almayer is a Dutch merchant,…
ruined and despairing after twenty-five years in the East and marriage to a hateful Malayan woman. He dreams of escaping with his beautiful daughter, Nina. But Almayer fails to consult Nina, whose plans involving Dain, a native, foil Almayer's attempt to escape his self-delusionCelebrate the holidays with New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan's Christmas Island Collection, featuring two novels—Christmas on the Island…
and Christmas at the Island Hotel—two romantic and festive tales set on a charming island off the coast of Scotland. "Losing myself in Jenny Colgan's beautiful pages is the most delicious, comforting, satisfying treat I have had in ages."—New York Times bestselling author Jane Green Christmas on the Island On the remote Scottish island of Mure, Flora MacKenzie braces for a stark, windy, and icy—yet incredibly festive and beautiful—Christmas season. She must figure out how to tell her ex-boss that she's carrying his child, as well as break the news to her co-parent Joel. Meanwhile Saif, a doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons. His wife, however, is still missing, and her absence hangs over what should be a delightful celebration. Can the family possibly find comfort and joy without her? For both Flora and Saif, this will be a Highland Christmas they'll never forget. Christmas at the Island Hotel New mother Flora and her brother Fintan are working themselves half to death to get their new hotel ready in time for Christmas while an unlikely friendship grows between two friends working in the establishment's kitchen. Waitress Isla Gregor dreams of a bigger, better life. Konstantin Pederson is learning the value of hard work—and hiding his true identity as the only son of the Duke of Utsire. As Mure's island residents and special VIP guests gather for the hotel's grand opening gala, Christmas is in the air. But so are more than a few small-town secretsThe book club hotel
Par Sarah Morgan. 2023
"The Book Club Hotel is a gift...the perfect escape-and-find-yourself novel."—Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author This Christmas, USA Today…
bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with another heartfelt exploration of change, the power of books to heal, and the enduring strength of female friendship. Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Jennifer Weiner. With its historic charm and picture-perfect library, the Maple Sugar Inn is considered the winter destination. As the holidays approach, the inn is fully booked with guests looking for their dream vacation. But widowed far too young, and exhausted from juggling the hotel with being a dedicated single mom, Hattie Coleman dreams only of making it through the festive season. But when Erica, Claudia and Anna—lifelong friends who seem to have it all—check in for a girlfriends' book club holiday, it changes everything. Their close friendship and shared love of books have carried them through life's ups and downs. But Hattie can see they're also packing some major emotional baggage, and nothing prepares her for how deeply her own story is about to become entwined in theirs. In the span of a week over the most enchanting time of the year, can these four women come together to improve each other's lives and make this the start of a whole new chapter? Get lost in more holiday reads by Sarah Morgan: Snowed In for Christmas The Christmas Escape One More for Christmas A Wedding in December The Christmas SistersThe crimson fortress (The Ivory Key Duology #2)
Par Akshaya Raman. 2023
In this thrilling, action-packed sequel and conclusion to the critically acclaimed Ivory Key duology called "a dream"* (Booklist, starred review),…
royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya battle vengeful enemies, centuries-old mysteries, and their own personal demons in order to save their country from ruin. The search for the Ivory Key has brought royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya closer than they have been in years as they try to restore magic and stability to Ashoka. But despite finally getting their hands on the long-lost key, uncovering its cipher has proved more complicated and dangerous than they ever expected. Their missions force them to split up and disperse them across Ashoka and beyond. When a rash decision by the council strips Vira of her power, her journey to reclaim her throne takes on new meaning. Kaleb travels to the neighboring country of Lyria to uncover its emperor's motives and meets a prince seeking answers of his own. Ronak's efforts to escape his arranged marriage and exonerate his brother lead to a series of risky deals that only bring him closer to what he's running from. And Riya's newfound power has turned unpredictable, but her search for answers only raises more questions. When their attempts at decoding the key release an ancient power, the siblings must align to face the past and save their future once and for all. In a quest that culminates in a deadly labyrinth, there's only one way they will succeed: togetherBreaking gentle
Par Beverly Lowry. 1988
Hale and Diana Caldwell live on a horse ranch outside of Austin, Texas. Hale worries about the ranch and Diana…
worries about their two teenage children--Roger and Bethany. Both children will eventually make decisions that are right for them, but not for the parents who feel they have failed the two people for whom they most wanted to be heroes. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe Quincunx
Par Charles Palliser. 1989
Set in nineteenth-century England, this tale of disinheritance, murder, and deception links together all levels of society. A quincunx of…
families--the Huffams, Mompessons, Clothiers, Maliphants, and Palphramonds--are all linked together by the codicil to the will of the wealthy but long-deceased Jeoffrey Huffam. John Huffam's mother holds the codicil, but many others will stop short of nothing, including murder, to get it. BestsellerCruel in the shadow: the chronicles of Invernevis
Par Lorn Macintyre. 1979
Tale about domestic turmoil in an aristocratic Scottish household at the turn of the century. After the death of the…
Laird of Invernevis, son Niall, wounded in the Boer war and emotionally crippled by his father's dislike of him, takes charge of the difficult family. Some of the other characters include the laird's alcoholic wife; Aunt Carlotta, scourge of the family; frail sister Laura and the scullery-maid Maggie. Some strong languageAlmost paradise
Par Susan Isaacs. 1984
The title describes the once-happy Cinderella marriage of actor and actress Nicholas and Jane Cobleigh. This sweeping novel follows them…
from their cold-water-flat days to the visible success of Fifth Avenue and portrays the generation that produced them, the children of their marriage, and their collection of high- and low-born friends. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Book club main selectionThe building of Jalna
Par Mazo De la Roche. 1944
In the first book of the Jalna series, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain…
Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their home. The building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humor of the family are describedA lifetime burning
Par Ellen Douglas. 1982
A sixty-two-year-old college teacher and mother of three grown children discovers that her poetry-spouting doctor-husband has recently been unfaithful. This…
compelling novel is her diary, at turns cynical, shocked, hurt, passionate, and crudely frank. Strong language and some descriptions of sexA house for alice: A novel
Par Diana Evans. 2023
The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction • A sweeping…
and beautifully rendered exploration of home and yearning, following the fracturing of a family upon the demise of its patriarch "Each character here is richly and deeply drawn...This is a novel that encourages us to stand in life’s burning doorways, and to think long before we walk away or walk through." —New York Times In the early hours of June 14, 2017, the world watches as flames leap up the sides of a residential high-rise in West London, consuming Grenfell Tower and many of the lives within it. Across town, an earlier spark has caught fire. A cigarette left burning in an ashtray. A table strewn with post-it reminders and old newspapers. And one Cornelius Winston Pitt—estranged husband, complicated dad, and Pitt family patriarch—takes his final breaths alone. These twin tragedies open Diana Evans’s A House for Alice , an aching portrait of a family of women shaken by loss and searching for closure. At the novel’s center is Alice herself, the Pitt matriarch who, after fifty years in England, now longs to live out her final years in her homeland of Nigeria. Her three daughters are torn on the issue of whether she stays or goes, and while youngest sibling Melissa also grapples with the embers of her own failed relationship, the Pitt family’s foundational pillars—of trust, love, and cultural identity—begin to crack. Intimately drawn and set against a fraught political backdrop, yet equally full of hope, humor, and humanity, A House for Alice traces the scars of grief and betrayal across generations and uncovers the secrets we keep from those closest to usThe nursery: A novel
Par Szilvia Molnar. 2023
A "brilliant...essential and surprisingly thrilling book about motherhood" ( The New York Times) and the early postpartum days, following a…
woman struggling with maternal fear and its looming madness and showing how difficult and fragile those days can be—and how vital love is to pull anyone out from the dark "A radical novel...I’m obsessed with this book." —Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving, carrying, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her. Feeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour, Peter, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depressionThe winthrop agreement: A novel
Par Alice Simpson. 2023
A captivating historical novel set in Gilded Age New York City about an immigrant daughter's ascent from a miserable tenement…
to the heights of haute couture, driven by an insatiable hunger for a place in society and secrets she must not betray. When Rivkah Milmanovitch arrives at Ellis Island, her husband is not waiting for her as promised. Alone and pregnant, she makes her way to the Lower East Side tenement of an old friend. Lottie Aarons, whose husband went out for a newspaper and never returned, takes Rivkah in and they work side-by-side in dispiriting sweatshops. Rivkah gives birth to a daughter, Mimi, determined that her child will have a better life in America. Frederick Winthrop, slum landlord, lives in one of Fifth Avenue's sumptuous mansions—and preys on young girls. When he serendipitously meets fifteen-year-old Mimi, who dreams of silks, satins and velvets, imagines costumes and ball gowns, she is easily seduced, and her life takes an unexpected turn. To avoid scandal, the Winthrop family offers Mimi a rare opportunity. While Lottie, now a bookkeeper in the employ of the Winthrops, wisely advises her, Mimi knows exactly what she wants. But as she rises to international fame, she must struggle with the secrets of her past and protect those she loves. Part history, part romance, with a twist of gothic, The Winthrop Agreement is a spellbinding tale of a determined heroine who will entrance Bridgerton and all historical fiction fansThe collected regrets of clover: A novel
Par Mikki Brammer. 2023
"Jennifer Pickens provides a nuanced narration of Clover that perfectly mirrors the character's journey—gentle, compassionate, anxious, and full of joy."…
- Library Journal This program features a bonus conversation between the author and narrator. What's the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can't give yourself a beautiful life? From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit , Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying than she has with the living. After the beloved grandfather who raised her dies alone while she is traveling, Clover becomes a death doula in New York City, dedicating her life to ushering people peacefully through their end-of-life process. Clover spends so much time with the dying that she has no life of her own, until the final wishes of a feisty old woman send Clover on a trip across the country to uncover a forgotten love story—and perhaps, her own happy ending. As she finds herself struggling to navigate the uncharted roads of romance and friendship, Clover is forced to examine what she really wants, and whether she'll have the courage to go after it. Probing, clever, and hopeful, The Collected Regrets of Clover turns the normally taboo subject of death into a reason to celebrate life. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press