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Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Pat Peoples returns to his parent's home after a lengthy stay at a health facility following the betrayal of his wife, Nikki, and shows how he regains his memory and recovers from his depression and loss.
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English
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Shortly after Judd's wife leaves him for his boss, Judd's father Mort passes away, bringing the entire family together in mourning. During this week of “sitting shiva,” Judd realizes his siblings are even more dysfunctional than he is, and the confrontations that ensue are full of raw emotion and humorous consequences.
4) Good faith
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English
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Greed. Envy. Sex. Property. In her subversively funny and genuinely moving new novel, Jane Smiley nails down several American obsessions with the expertise of a master carpenter. Forthright, likable Joe Stratford is the kind of local businessman everybody trusts, for good reason. But it's 1982, and even in Joe's small town, values are in upheaval: not just property values, either. Enter Marcus Burns, a would-be master of the universe whose years with...
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English
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The divorce has just become final, and Richard is already engaged to someone. One woman is determined to change that situation-- no matter what it takes. Soon a tangle of lies binds her life with those of Richard and his new fiancée. A tangle of lies-- that hide some dangerous truths.
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Bacombe volume 4
Language
English
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Frank Bascombe travels to the site of his former home on the shore, visits his ex-wife, who is suffering with Parkinson's, and meets a dying former friend.
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Amgash volume 4
Language
English
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"With her trademark spare, crystalline prose-a voice infused with "intimate, fragile, desperate humanness" (The Washington Post)-Elizabeth Strout once again turns her exquisitely-tuned eye to the inner workings of the human heart, this time following the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton and Oh William! through the early days of the pandemic. As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and...
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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Will working together . . . lead to together forever? Recently divorced, Parker Davis needs to focus on his new job so he can provide a stable home for his daughter in time for the Christmas holidays. The problem is, he's frequently at odds with his boss. He and Emma O'Connell approach everything differently. Yet he finds her intriguing, and Bluestone River festivities keep pushing them together -- often enough that two people at odds could find...
12) Pushkin hills
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Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife Tatyana, and he is running out of money. The prospect of a summer job as a tour guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve offers him hope of regaining some balance in life as his wife makes plans to emigrate to the West with their daughter Masha, but during Alikhanov's stay in the rural estate of Mikhaylovskoye, his life continues to unravel. Populated with...
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Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Lovesick Budge Moss, middle-aged author on the skids, sails his boat one way to Rock Hall on Chesapeake Bay, with only his cat for company--and then he sells the boat. His wife has left him, his home and possessions are gone, but he's determined to reestablish his bearings and write a thinly disguised tale about this lonely passage in his life.
14) Delicious
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Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Menu: Appetizer: Cal Buchanan needs a top-flight chef to take over his failing Seattle restaurant, The Waterfront. He can afford to hire the best in town - the only problem is that the best happens to be his ex-wife, Penny Jackson. Entrée: Penny really needs this opportunity, but she doesn't need the distraction of working with her ex. She's sworn off romance - she's even having a baby on her own. But before she knows it, the heat is on - and the...
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Series
Practice perfect volume 3
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Love could be just what the doctor ordered... Sarah Soon may have recovered from cancer, but her brush with mortality has left the usually confident ob/gyn doctor shaken. One thing is certain, she doesn't want Jake Li , her brother's annoyingly good -- and disturbingly hot -- best friend hanging around. Everyone tells newly divorced social worker Jake that he shouldn't look for a serious relationship right now. But Jake can't stay away from Sarah,...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"They both have pasts they want to leave behind...in USA TODAY bestselling author Judy Duarte's latest novel. Callie didn't trust easily. Until someone gave her a reason to...Pregnant waitress Callie Jamison is settling into her new life in Fairborn, Montana, dividing her time between the ranch and the diner...and Ramon Cruz, the sexy town councilman who never fails to show up during her breakfast shift. The sparks between them set the local rumor...
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Series
Hunted volume 1
Publisher
Avon Impulse
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"From the moment rancher Jack Turner rescues Jenna Caldwell Merrick, he is determined to help her. Soon, he is doing more than tend her wounds; he is mending her heart. Jenna is a woman on the run--hunted down by her ex-husband, David Merrick, from the day she left him, taking part of his company with her, to the second she finds herself in the safety of Jack's ranch. More than just a haven, Jack's offering the love, family, and home she thought were...
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Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An inheritance brought her to Magnolia, but love just might keep her there... Avery Keller arrives in Magnolia, North Carolina, with one aim: collect her inheritance and quickly put the quirky town in her rearview mirror. But the father who didn't acknowledge her when he was alive has left Avery a mess to sort through-along with two half sisters she's never met and a gorgeous single dad living next door. Soon her plan to keep this colorful, close-knit...
20) Fall From Grace
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Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
How many bad decisions does it take to go from a conventional life to one where murder makes perfect sense? Not as many as you'd think . . .
Adrian Smythe is employed, married, and a doting father to Lydia. But he feels confined and thinks his life lacks purpose.
In an act of quiet rebellion, Adrian quits his job. He hides this decision from his wife, fearing her judgment, until finally revealing it weeks later. Appalled by his behavior,...
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