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"The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a small town on Boston's North Shore. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She's also a raging alcoholic. Hildy's family held an intervention for her about a year before this story takes place--"if they invite you over for dinner, and it's not a major holiday," she advises "run for your life"--and now she feels lonely and unjustly persecuted. She...
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"Mystery novel about friendship, love, and aging. Synopsis: In the wanting months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood. Throughout the summer of 1944--until one father forbids it--the subterranean space becomes their "secret garden," where the friends play games and tell stories. Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land, construction workers uncover a tin box containing two skeletal...
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Calhoun / Lewis volume 1
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1996.
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English
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An elderly man reads a story from a notebook to a woman who does not know him; the story is of young lovers kept apart by disapproving parents.
Echoing the emotional vibrancy and power of Love Story and The Bridges of Madison County, this unforgettable, deeply moving first novel offers a dual tale of love lost and found and of a man's gentle battle to reach an aging woman who cannot remember the most cherished moments of her life.
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Cheryl Cooper and Levi Miller have painstakingly planned a special "Live like the Amish" weekend for a group of senior citizens. The Miller family farm will serve as the perfect backdrop for the event and they plan to give their guests an inside look at all things Amish from buggies to fry pies and everything in between. It promises to be a relaxing time for all until a pop star in disguise shows up and one of the grannies turns out to be a fugitive....