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1) Dear Emily
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English
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A woman helps a man through college, they marry and he dumps her--old story. What is new is that the protagonist, Emily Thorn, doesn't spend the rest of her life weeping. Instead, she finds herself a handsome physical fitness instructor and launches a chain of fitness centers for women. By the author of Serendipity.
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Jordan Hadlock seems to have it all: a great job and Helmut Eckherdt, a rich industrialist intent on marrying her -- even though she hasn't said yes. What more could she want? A clap of thunder and a pounding on her door soon give her an answer. Reeves Grant appears seeking shelter from a sudden downpour, but the real storm is inside Jordan and the passion they share. He disappears the next morning and then Jordan receives two more shocks. Helmut...
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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From a New York Times– bestselling author, a classic romance about an estranged couple reunited in the workplace and discovering new desire. When her husband walked out on her, Sallie Jerome Baines started her life over. No longer was she the homebody who only wanted to settle down to married life. Instead, she dove into her career, becoming a reporter for one of America’s leading magazines. Finally, she had found a sense of self, a way of living...
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People keep a house alive, not the other way around. Alex Proctor has seen the truth of this in every empty, rundown property she's bought and renovated since her divorce almost three years ago. She's also experienced the thrill of making each one into a home. Her newest project is a dilapidated, century-old house just a few blocks from Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. Time and neglect, along with rats and raccoons, have ravaged it inside and out. Only Alex...
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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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Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a "Surprisingly Young Divorcée." She plans to take up nine hobbies, eat what and when she wants, and "get back out there" sex-wise. With the support of Merris, tough-loving academic adviser; Amy, her newly divorced friend; and her group chat, Maggie barrels through her first year of single life. -- adapted from jacket
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He would make her whole again. Leaving behind a disastrous marriage, Andy Calhoun moves to the small town of Pemberton, Georgia, "in search of banality." What she discovers, though, is not serenity, but Tom Dabney, a passionate and magical man. An exuberant poet who worships the wilderness surrounding Pemberton, Tom is everything Andy doesn't need in her life right now. But despite warnings from friends, Andy is soon deeply immersed in Tom's life...
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Full of character, wit, and wisdom, The Keeper of Lost Things is heartwarming tale that will enchant fans of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Garden Spells, Mrs Queen Takes the Train, and The Silver Linings Playbook.
Lime green plastic flower-shaped hair bobbles—Found, on the playing field, Derrywood Park, 2nd September.
Bone
...10) Beyond black
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English
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After a quick divorce, Colette teams up with Alison, a psychic who hears voices from the dead, and moves to an English countryside where they take in a vagrant who also hears voices; however, her connections with the spirit world begin to threaten her life.
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Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Was fiction ever so true? . . . Here is divorce rendered by an emotional naturalist. And pass it on: She's funny." -Sandra Scofield "Susan Dundon captures the nuances of relationships so skillfully that anyone who is-or hopes to be, or has been, or never wants to be-married will find some points of identification with Emily's homespun wisdom." -Cleveland Plain Dealer "Rich and funny stuff." -Ellen Goodman "Full of those little moments that leave...
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Now a major motion picture directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, and Peter Sarsgaard
Another penetrating Neapolitan story from New York Times–bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults.
Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters...
Another penetrating Neapolitan story from New York Times–bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults.
Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters...
15) The first wife
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English
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For readers of Olivia Goldsmith and Mary Jane Clark comes a dramatic - and sensational - new thriller with twists and turns at every corner and a chilling shock-surprise of an ending.
Jane Warren swore she'd never marry again. Sure, age isn't a problem. Neither are her looks. Heaven knows that plenty of perfectly respectable men would consider themselves lucky to end up with someone like her. Then again, the last perfectly respectable man to end...
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The Feminist Press at CUNY
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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An Iranian woman forges her own path through life in this "stylishly original contribution to modern feminist literature" ( Publishers Weekly ). After her father's death, fourteen-year-old Touba takes her family's financial security into her own hands by proposing to a fifty-two-year-old relative. But, intimidated by her outspoken nature, Touba's husband soon divorces her. When she marries again, it is to a prince with whom she experiences tenderness...
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Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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To escape the distress of her divorce, Faith Collins buys a rundown house on the Dorset Coast. But unknown to her, the retreat is the obsession of a complete stranger: a woman whose unspeakable childhood makes her pursue both the house and Faith, with terrible consequences. This edition is the first publication of this title outside the United Kingdom.
18) Crazy On You
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Return to Lovett, Texas, the setting of Daisy's Back in Town, in this smart and sexy new story from Rachel Gibson, the New York Times bestselling author of Rescue Me and the Seattle Chinooks books. Lily Darlington's been called crazy in her day -- and, yeah, driving her car into her ex-husband's living room probably wasn't the smartest move ever made -- but the louse deserved it. Now Lily is happily single, and she's turned it all around. She knows...
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How do you feel about weddings?
1. Love them
2. Hate them
3. Terrific as long as
I'm not wearing blue taffeta with a bow butt
For Camille, her daughter Jordan's announcement that she's getting married brings about a mixture of pure excitement and utter dread. She's thrilled that Jordan has found someone to spend the rest of her life with, but Camille's too young to be the mother of the bride!
To confuse matters more, Jordan's father, Creed Burke,...
20) Hidden Summit
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Virgin River volume 17
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English
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Return to Virgin River with the books that started it all ... When Connor Danson becomes an unwitting witness to a violent crime, he is forced to leave Sacramento and keep a low profile until the trial is over. He arrives in the tiny mountain town of Virgin River with a chip on his shoulder and an ache in his heart. Leslie Petruso didn't want to leave her hometown, either. But she can't stand another minute of listening to her ex-husband tell everyone...
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