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Claire thinks her life is over when her husband leaves her on the same day their daughter is born, so she decides to start over at her parent's home in Dublin, and while she is there she learns that the end of her marriage was the start of her new life.
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eLectio Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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A journey about becoming the mother to more than forty children! Robin, a mid-thirties woman, has all the answers on proper parenting. It doesn’t take long, however, for Robin to realize that her perfect parenting ideas and reality often collide as she is thrust into the roles of step-mother, adoptive mother, and foster mother. As Robin navigates the unchartered waters of motherhood, she is forced to deal with the baggage, idiosyncrasies, unique...
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"Best friends Unity and Ellen are in serious ruts. High school teacher Ellen, whose son's dream of going out of state for college is arousing financial anxiety, hasn't dated since she became pregnant on the night of her junior prom. Unity, a successful handyman, is grieving after her soldier husband was killed three years ago. Each woman goads the other to venture out of her restrictive comfort zone, daring the other to take on a list of challenges,...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Sometimes what your life is missing is an eccentric group of older ladies to take you under their wing... When Rae Sutton's mama passes away and leaves her the house where she grew up, Rae can't imagine how the little old place might restore her broken life. Mourning the recent loss of her marriage, she takes the house and settles back into her tiny hometown with her fourteen-year-old daughter, Molly Margaret, and their overweight dog. There she's...
5) Woman's own
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English
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In nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Emily quarreled bitterly with her mother over her choice of a husband. When her husband later abandons her to a life of poverty, Emily tries to raise her daughters alone.
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A second chance …with his first love? New York businessman Connor McCormick's heart was broken when his sweetheart Jenny Sommers disappeared seven years ago. Now Connor is unexpectedly reunited with Jenny--and discovers she's a midwife to pregnant runaways and a single mother herself. Winning Jenny's trust when she's wary of depending on anyone and protective of her daughter won't be easy, but Connor isn't about to walk away when she needs him…...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Teen mother Emoni Santiago struggles with the challenges of finishing high school and her dream of working as a chef." --
Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago has been doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. She dreams of working as a chef after...
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Head of Zeus / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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'A gripping story of the unravelling of a mother's secrets as her daughter searches for answers to a decades-old mystery of a local girl's disappearance. Evocative, suspenseful and beautifully written. I couldn't put it down.' Adrienne Chinn 'I was hooked from the very first page. The emotional layers of this beautifully written book are woven together seamlessly. Absolutely superb!' Clare Marchant 'An absolutely fascinating tale of a fractured family,...
9) The diary
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English
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The adult daughters of Elizabeth Marshall set out to learn the truth when they discover a diary written by their mother, who is near death following a stroke, in which she tells of the painful choice she made as a young woman between two men.
10) Ruth
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English
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Ruth is a young orphaned girl who works in a sweatshop. Mrs. Mason, Ruth's boss, runs the sweatshop in a respectable manner, earning a sterling reputation among her employees and society. However, the comfort and acclaim of Ruth's job is threatened when she attends a ball to repair any dresses that get torn during dancing. There, she meets an aristocratic man named Henry Bellingham, who is infamous for his immoral treatment of women and frivolous...
11) Birthright
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Top Reads Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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To protect her secrets, a woman refuses to acknowledge the child she left behind fifty years ago and a half a world away. Claire travels halfway across the globe from Southern California to Ireland to find the reasons Norah, her biological mother, gave her up. Norah is equally determined to avoid revisiting the painful time in her life and the devastating decision she was forced to make. Even with a loving husband and family, she still carries the...
12) Safe as Houses
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Canongate Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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A single mother stands in the garden of her isolated house, hanging out the washing, when suddenly a man appears. When he grabs at her, Lisa runs, but she is not quick enough.Suddenly Lisa and her young daughter find themselves held hostage in their own home. In the following hours and days, Lisa will do the unimaginable to protect her child - all the time wondering why the only witness has not come back to help her. .Simmering with tension and lust...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In a world shaken by the great upheavals of World War and the collapse of Empire, six women from different corners of the world transcend the constraints of their different backgrounds. Their physical and emotional migrations open the way to personal journeys which redefine them and enable their daughters to live lives of greater personal freedom and fulfillment. This book tells the stories of our mothers, six ordinary women who undertook extraordinary...
14) Called Out
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Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Jen Doyle is back with another hot and heartfelt home run of a contemporary romance. Fans of Jill Shalvis should prepare to swoon over Jack and Lola's HEA. Jack "Ox" Oxford is used to being alone. Granted, when you screw over your friends, being alone isn't always a choice. Playing for the Chicago Watchmen is a last-ditch effort to save his career ... and right some of his past wrongs. He's not expecting a warm reception, but he's also not expecting...
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Demeter Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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This is a wonderful and insightful collection of stories and reflections of mothers on the connection with their own mother after becoming a mother themselves. The chapters are primarily autobiographical and are told through a range of lens, be it a graphic chapter or the more literary. An author outlines Anishinaabeg ceremonial practices that honour and represent maternal connections, and others demonstrate how art and craft can both assist in working...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. Ready for Marriage by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber Three years ago, Mary Jo Summerhill fell completely in love with Evan Dryden. But his family said she wasn’t the “right kind of wife” for Evan. Mary Jo agreed--she didn’t belong in his world. So she lied and broke his heart. But now Mary Jo’s parents are facing...
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Canelo
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Left to raise her angst-ridden stepson alone, a woman develops a beneficial relationship with the boy’s godfather in this romantic tale. Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up, with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and a delightful teenage stepson. Until husband Daryl left to work overseas . . . and everything changed. A year later, Daryl and Lexie’s marriage is over. Lexie is fighting to stay on top of the bills, juggling her job...
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English
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Written in a series of letters to the daughter of a friend, Love and Friendship tells of a young girl's path to betrayal, by way of a seemingly ecstatic marriage. It is accompanied by The Three Sisters, another expertly crafted epistolary novel. When a noble youth arrives unannounced to request the hand of the matchless Laura, it seems their future is one of contentment and bliss -- that is until his family learn of the marriage and, one by one, reject...
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Personal and professional lines blur in this fan-favorite Adams Dynasty story from New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods. She was beautiful, intelligent ... and possibly a corporate spy! Yet the more Jeb Delacourt investigated geologist Brianna O'Ryan, the more he felt her secret was not professional but personal ... and the faster she made his pulse race. Her daughter was all that mattered to Brianna. And unnervingly sexy Jeb was getting...
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