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Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...
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Series
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...
3) Good faith
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Language
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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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,...
Author
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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English
Description
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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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.
11) Cowboy Summer
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Series
Language
English
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The first book in Joanne Kennedy's brand-new Blue Sky Cowboys series! Bring on the hunky cowboys." -- Linda Lael Miller, New York Times bestselling author Jess Bailey broke Cade Walker's heart when she left for the city -- but she was just trying to find her own way in the world. When Jess's dad calls her home and tells her he's selling the ranch, she realizes she's about to lose the life she was born to live. And when she sees Cade again, she knows...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends.
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Bacombe volume 4
Language
English
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Description
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.
16) Quartet
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Danish
Description
Lucas is a former school teacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.
Author
Publisher
Bayou Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A man's guide to recovering from divorce and starting a new life. When it comes to getting one's life back together after divorce, most advice is geared toward women. Written by two psychologists who have worked with men for over 40 years, this book gives guys straight advice on how to minimize conflict, reduce harm to children, face secret fears, and start new relationships. From "Ex to Sex" (and everything in between) this Q&A; coaching covers answers...
19) A New Hope
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Series
Language
English
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"From the Bestselling Author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! Starting over is never easy, but in Thunder Point, where newcomers are welcome and friends become family, it's possible to find yourself again. #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr takes us on a moving and rewarding journey as a young woman finds new hope. After losing her child, Ginger Dysart was lost in grief. But since moving to Thunder Point, a small town on the Oregon...
Author
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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