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5) The sisters
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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In the tradition of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, a dazzling debut novel about the family bonds that remain even when they seem irretrievably torn apart
Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an ever-present threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister Mabel have no one but each other-with perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn't expect is that she'll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts...
9) Son
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
11) Happy place
Author
Language
English
Description
"A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Harriet and Wyn have beenthe perfect couple since they met in college-they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now-for reasons they're still not discussing-they don't. They broke up...
15) Villette
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Language
English
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Villette, a profound novel by Charlotte Brontë, explores themes of isolation, identity, and unrequited love through the experiences of its protagonist, Lucy Snowe. Set in the fictional town of Villette, the story follows Lucy as she navigates her way through personal hardships and societal expectations in a foreign land. Her journey of self-discovery and resilience resonates deeply with modern readers facing issues of mental health, loneliness, and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.
18) The American
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Series
Language
English
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A brash American expatriate confronts the profound differences between the Old and New Worlds in this classic tale. Soon after wealthy businessman Christopher Newman decides to leave America for a life of leisure in Europe, he becomes acquainted with Claire de Cintré, a beautiful widow whose family-the Bellegardes-are mainstays of the French aristocracy. Determined to win Claire's affection, Newman befriends her brother, Valentin, and pursues his...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Mattie Ingram -- the love of his life and the mother of his child -- was the most stubborn, independent, contrary woman in Nevada. And in the lonely months since he'd seen her, he'd discovered he needed her more than breath itself. But Mattie was having nothing to do with him! A baby coming, her business failing ... What else could possibly happen? Mattie wondered. Well, the father of her child could insist on becoming a permanent part of her life....
20) Villette
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Mallory Ortberg, New York Times best-selling author of Texts from Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte's final and most autobiographical novel-even more critically acclaimed than Jane Eyre during its time-is a brilliant story of repressed passion and unrequited love in the fictional French town of Villette Lucy Snowe is a young woman alone in the world after a terrible event of which she never...
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