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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Pearlie Cook, caring for her fragile husband and polio-stricken son in San Francisco in 1953, is forced to reconsider everything she thought she knew about life and marriage when a stranger appears at her door and offers her $100,000.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Victoria Jones, having been emancipated from the foster care system and planted a flower garden in the park in which she slept, is hired to work for a local florist, and, after meeting a mysterious vendor at the flower market, she is forced to confront her past and decide what she wants for her future.
Author
Publisher
Word Horde
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Gunslinging, chain smoking, Stetson-wearing Taoist psychopomp, Elouise "Lou" Merriwether might not be a normal 19-year-old, but she's too busy keeping San Francisco safe from ghosts, shades, and geung si to care much about that. It's an important job, though most folks consider it downright spooky. Some have even accused Lou of being more comfortable with the dead than the living, and, well... they're not wrong. When Lou hears that a bunch of Chinatown...
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