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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell--perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty. Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged...
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
[1944]
Language
English
Description
Fully entitled "Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty," this novel was Dickens' first attempt at a historical novel. As such, it is the precursor to his more famous "A Tale of Two Cities", in which his exploration of mob violence, and especially the effect of public events on individual lives, becomes apparent. This work centers on Barnaby Rudge, a mentally simple son, and his loving mother, who are a part of the small village of Epping Forest,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Some of us are more equal than others.... Meet Stanley Huang: father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado of all-inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods, newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For years, Stanleyhas claimed that he's worth a small fortune. But the time is now coming when the details of his estate will finally be revealed, and Stanley's family is nervous. For his son Fred, the inheritance Stanley...
Author
Series
The Palliser novels volume 6
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1973
Language
English
Description
Plantagenet Palliser must face new challenges and a changing world if he is to hold his family together in the final installment of the Palliser Novels. After losing his devoted wife, Glencora, Duke Plantagenet Palliser takes on a task he has never had the time or skills to bother with before: dealing with his children. Palliser has never been a doting father, what with the responsibilities of title and duty constantly beckoning him away, but now...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved author of Something Borrowed and Where We Belong returns with an extraordinary story of love and loyalty—and an unconventional heroine struggling to reconcile both.
This ebook edition contains an excerpt from Emily Giffin’s First Comes Love.
Emily Giffin, the beloved author of such novels...
This ebook edition contains an excerpt from Emily Giffin’s First Comes Love.
Emily Giffin, the beloved author of such novels...
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 12
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Henry and Mudge the dog's boring weekend becomes interesting when Mom suggests building a castle in the basement.
12) Spoonbenders
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A generations-spanning family of psychics--both blessed and burdened by their abilities--must use their powers to save themselves from the CIA, the local mafia, and a skeptic hell-bent on discrediting them in this hilarious, tender, magical novel about the invisible forces that bind us. The Telemachus family is known for performing inexplicable feats on talk shows and late-night television. Teddy, a master conman, heads up a clan who possess gifts...
15) Bear with me
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A boy at first is angry when his parents suddenly welcome a giant bear named Gary into their family, but eventually he and Gary learn to get along.
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter, who is tired of having to keep mischievous two-year-old Fudge out of trouble, discovers that his pet turtle is missing.
17) Ramona forever
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 7
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
18) Little Oh
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books/Morrow
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother.
19) Fates and furies
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception. Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And...
20) Tell me a Trudy
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
Three episodes with a little girl and her family: "Trudy and the Copycats," "Trudy and the Dump Truck," and "Trudy and Superman."
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