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• The Heart of Winter

  a Novel

  Evison, Jonathan, 1968-

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  Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be together--at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college evolved into a seventy-year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island with their hens and beloved Labrador,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Safekeep

  a Novel

  Wouden, Yael van der

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  It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Bookshop in London

  a Novel of World War II

  Martin, Madeline

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  August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler's forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Underground Library

  Ryan, Jennifer, 1973-

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  When new deputy librarian, Juliet Lansdown, finds that Bethnal Green Library isn't the bustling hub she's expecting, she becomes determined to breathe life back into it. But can she show the men in charge that a woman is up to the task of running…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nesting

  O'Donnell, Roisín, 1983-

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  On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unwanted Inheritance of the Bookman Brothers

  a Novella

  Painter, Tammie

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  Wills often contain surprises. This one especially so. Reggie and Enton Bookman have just inherited their grandfather's bookshop. The place is profitable, well-loved by the community, and situated in a lively shopping district. But the Bookman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt

  Iversen, Chelsea

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  Harriet Hunt is completely alone. Her father disappeared months ago, leaving her to wander the halls of Sunnyside house, dwelling on a past she'd rather keep buried. She doesn't often venture beyond her front gate, instead relishing the feeling of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Quiet

  Henry-Jones, Eliza

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  A moving, sweet and uplifting novel of love, grief and the heartache of letting go. Cate Carlton has recently died, yet she is able to linger on, watching her three young children and her husband as they come to terms with their life without her on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Town Called Solace

  Lawson, Mary, 1946-

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  Clara's sister is missing. Angry, rebellious Rose, had a row with their mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Eight-year-old Clara, isolated by her distraught parents' efforts to protect her from the truth, is grief-stricken and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sealed Letter

  Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

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  Helen Codrington is unhappily married. Emily 'Fido' Faithfull hasn't seen her once-dear friend for years. Suddenly, after bumping into Helen on the streets of Victorian London, Fido finds herself reluctantly helping Helen to have an affair with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Map of Tenderness

  Wall, William, 1955-

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  Joe Lyons has never had much success with relationships until he meets Suzie, a young music teacher. Living a solitary existence as a writer, he's alienated his mother with his autobiographical first novel and has little to say to his stridently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Time Gone

  Donlea, Charlie

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  On the first day of an elite two-year fellowship under the renowned Chief Medical Officer Dr. Livia Cutty, Sloan Hastings receives a research assignment in the emerging field of forensic genealogy. It's the exciting, rapidly evolving science behind…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bookshop of Second Chances

  a Novel

  Fraser, Jackie, 1972-

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  Thea's having a bad month. Not only has she been made redundant, she's also discovered her husband of nearly twenty years is sleeping with one of her friends. And he's not sorry - he's leaving. Bewildered and lost, Thea doesn't know what to do. But,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Phone Call From Heaven

  Albom, Mitch, 1958-

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  The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shock Waves

  McDonald, Fleur

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  Detective Dave Burrows has longed for the top job in the Stock Squad but never thought he'd be acting in that role while his partner and best mate, Detective Bob Holden, is treated for melanoma. Bob is keen to get back on the road and Dave can't…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Place We Call Home

  Hogan, Faith

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  Welcome to Ballycove, the home of Corrigan Mills. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Irish countryside the famed Corrigan Mills are run by the seemingly perfect Corrigan family, but every family has its secrets, and they don't always stay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

  Albom, Mitch, 1958-

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  Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. An epic story of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Queens of Crime

  a Novel

  Benedict, Marie

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  London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Life We Bury

  a Novel

  Eskens, Allen, 1963-

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  College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go as a River

  Read, Shelley

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  Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his…Read moreRead more of this annotation