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Island justice: a novel
Par Elizabeth Winthrop. 1998
When Maggie Hammond inherits her godmother's house on an island, she travels there with her Siberian husky. At first she…
has every intention of selling the place, but after a while the pace and beauty of the community draw her in--as do the romantic overtures of naturalist Sam MateraThe farm she was: a novel
Par Ann Mohin. 1998
Despite the urging of her social worker and minister, ninety-year-old Irene Leahy steadfastly refuses to leave her farm and go…
into a nursing home. Between their visits she reminisces about her long seasons on the land, first as a child and later when she took over after her father diedThe interestings: A novel
Par Meg Wolitzer. 2023
Named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly , Time , and The Chicago Tribune , and named…
a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”— The New York Times Book Review "A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in her work hit you harder than the big ideas. This isn't women's fiction. It's everyone's."— Entertainment Weekly (A) From Meg Wolitzer, the New York Times –bestselling author of The Female Persuasion, a novel that has been called "genius" ( The Chicago Tribune ), “wonderful” ( Vanity Fair ), "ambitious" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), and a “page-turner” ( Cosmopolitan ). The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings , Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules’s now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken. Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a lifeThe Amazon papers
Par Beverly Keller. 1996
Fifteen-year-old Iris gets a lot of grief from her aunt and mother for spending too much time on philosophy and…
sports and none on a social life. But when left alone with her cousin's small boys while her mother is on vacation, Iris develops a crush on an older guy that leads to disaster after disaster--including ruining her mother's car. For junior and senior high readersThe ladies' man: a novel
Par Elinor Lipman. 1999
At fifty-three, Adele Dobbin lives with her two sisters. Decades earlier, Adele's fiancé, Harvey Nash, left town the night of…
their engagement party. Now womanizing Harvey has returned to Boston, throwing the sisters' lives into a tailspin. Strong language and some descriptions of sexStranded in Harmony
Par Barbara Shoup. 1997
Despite being captain of the football team with a cheerleader girlfriend, high school senior Lucas Cantrell is disillusioned with his…
staid life in Harmony, Indiana. Lucas wishes he could have grown up during the turbulent 1960s until an eccentric cabin-bound relative and a woman with a radical past teach him the value of living in the present. For junior and senior high readersStarting out in the evening: a novel
Par Brian Morton. 1998
Elderly, widowed Leonard Schiller is a worn-out New York novelist who spends his days crafting his final book. Then a…
nubile graduate student picks Schiller as the subject for her thesis and reinvigorates his staid life by helping him rediscover the fire of his youth. Strong languageThe lonely passion of Judith Hearne
Par Brian Moore. 1955
A story of loneliness and hope and what happens to a middle-aged spinster living in a Belfast boarding house when…
she pins all her dreams on capturing her landlady's brother. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexBig girls don't cry
Par Fay Weldon. 1997
London, 1971. Four feminists decide to start a publishing house in order to further their ideals. The concept of profit…
is rejected until the firm is eventually on the verge of bankruptcy. Problems also crop up in the form of children, lovers, and husbands. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexBecky Bernstein goes Berlin
Par Holly-Jane Rahlens. 1997
Transplanted New Yorker Becky Bernstein is a talk-show host in Berlin. After being dumped by her latest lover, Becky decides…
to put both herself and her apartment on a diet. Sorting through drawers and boxes, Becky is reminded of past relationships, family, friends, and jobs. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexOut to Canaan
Par Jan Karon. 1997
Changes are coming to the small town of Mitford. Father Tim Kavanagh, the Episcopal priest, and his wife Cynthia are…
thinking about retirement, the two mayoral candidates are dividing the town, the bakery may be closing, and a Florida real estate company wants to turn Fernbank into a spa. Sequel to These High, Green Hills (BR 12271). BestsellerThese high, green hills
Par Jan Karon. 1996
Now married, Father Tim and Cynthia are settling down in the rectory. Cynthia's cottage next door will be kept for…
her work and private retreats. In the Southern village of Mitford, life goes on. Dooley adjusts to prep school, Father Tim's housekeeper has twins, and Emma's clerical skills prove enormous. Sequel to A Light in the Window (BR 12270)Farewell, I'm bound to leave you
Par Fred Chappell. 1997
While Jess's grandmother lies dying, he reminisces about her tales of women and hillbilly life in the North Carolina mountains.…
In "The Silent Woman" a woman never once spoke but was accepted by all. In "The Figuring Woman" a wise seamstress is consulted for adviceLife in the fat lane
Par Cherie Bennett. 1998
Beauty pageant winner Lara is crowned homecoming queen as a high school junior. Then, inexplicably, she begins to gain weight--and…
doesn't stop. Although finally diagnosed with a rare metabolic disorder, Lara has become one of the obese students she had pitied. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readersThe spirit window
Par Joyce Sweeney. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Miranda, her father, and her young stepmother visit her father's ailing mother, Lila, who hasn't spoken to him in…
ten years. Miranda is surprised that Lila is a vibrant woman who is protective of her Florida island marsh. Another surprise is Lila's young half-Cherokee gardener. Strong language. For junior and senior high readersJuly's people
Par Nadine Gordimer. 1981
In the aftermath of a successful black revolution, members of a white Johannesburg family--architect Bam Smales, his wife, and their…
three young children--have been rescued by July, their house servant of fifteen years. They are taken to July's remote family compound, where the roles of white/black dependency are reversedThe foreign student: a novel
Par Susan Choi. 1998
In 1955 South Korean student Chang Ahn, called Chuck, arrives in Sewanee, Tennessee, to attend the university. He is befriended…
by a local woman, Katherine Monroe. As their friendship slowly turns to romance, flashbacks tell of Chuck's experience in war-torn Seoul and Katherine's relationship since girlhood with an older professor. Explicit descriptions of sexFire on the wind
Par Linda Crew. 1995
In the summer of 1933, the loggers of Oregon are facing fire threats and work shutdowns. Meanwhile, Storie has completed…
eighth grade and is confused about her future. Her mother wants her to go to high school in town and become something other than a logger's wife, but her father wants her to be a camp cook. For junior and senior high readersYara
Par Tamara Berger. 2023
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CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN FALL 2023 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BIG INDIE BOOKS OF FALL 2023 From the author of Maidenhead , a reverse cautionary tale about a young woman exploring the boundaries of sex and belonging in the early 2000s Distraught that her teenage daughter is in love with a woman a decade older, Yara's mother sends her away from their home in Brazil to Israel, on a Birthright trip for Jewish youth. Freed from her increasingly controlling and jealous girlfriend, Yara is determined to forge her own path and follow her desires. But Birthright takes a debaucherous turn, and Yara flees Israel for Toronto and then California. As she wanders, Yara is forced to reframe her relationship and her ideas around consent. Set in the sex-tape-panicked early 2000s, Yara is a reverse cautionary tale about what the body can teach usRules of the road
Par Joan Bauer. 1998
Sixteen-year-old Jenna loves selling shoes for the Chicago Gladstone Shoe Store. But when her drunken father arrives in town, Jenna…
jumps at the opportunity to drive ornery Mrs. Gladstone to Texas. Jenna and the elderly woman fret over the future of the store chain, now in Gladstone's son's unscrupulous hands. For junior and senior high readers