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Brides of Lancaster county volume 2
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English
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As a child, Rebekah Stoltzfus suffered a freak accident that left her legs paralyzed. Now, confined to a wheelchair, she feels she'll never measure up to the expectations of her Pennsylvania Amish community that a woman should marry and raise a family. She longs to be loved, yet she prays for a way to be self-supporting. Daniel Beachy wants to court Rebekah, but she believes that she is a burden and has convinced herself that love is not for her....
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Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous, inspirational, or angelic. She longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling. Here she writes about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn't fit. Taussig reflects on everything from the complications of kindness and charity,...
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English
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Invalided out of the Dallas PD after a shootout set up by her dirty cop ex- lover, Rebecca Cloudwebb is now an antique dealer. Delivering earrings to Flora Melkiot at the exclusive Olympus House condo's exercise salon, she witnesses a brutal murder. Plumber's widow Laura Tyler had just moved there with dreams of becoming a socialite. But on her first day in class, her water is laced with drain crystals. Now Flora wants to investigate-- with Rebecca's...
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Philomel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Bethany Hamilton learned to surf when she was three years old, and she joined--and won--many surfing competitions as a child. When she was thirteen, while she was surfing one morning, a shark suddenly attacked her and bit off her left arm. Through hard work, courage, and faith, Bethany persisted and went on to reach her dream of becoming a professional surfer. Along the way, she used her experience to provide inspiration and comfort to surfers and...
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Victorian rebels volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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When the man she rescued years earlier returns to save her from a marriage arranged by the cruel brother who crippled her for life, Lorelai Weatherstroke is horrified to learn that he is now a hardened pirate named The Rook.
11) Always remember
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society--even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking--and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes...