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21) A violet season
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Ida Fletcher has to make many sacrifices to support her daughter and has to help her husband from losing his part of the family farm.
22) The heights
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Young marrieds Tim and Kate Welch, trying to raise their two sons on Tim's salary as a history teacher at the Montague Academy in Brooklyn Heights, face a crisis when Kate is offered a high paying job that brings her back in touch with an old flame, and Tim, taking his turn as a stay-to-home parent, is introduced to fascinating new neighbor Anna Brody.
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English
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Miss Julia, concerned that her husband Sam has promised to attend marriage enrichment classes led by Dr. Fred Fowler--a man who avidly pursued her years earlier, tries hard to avoid the sessions while at the same time attempting to clear innocent Etta Mae of charges that she attacked husband-hungry widow Francie Pitts.
25) 40 love
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2011, c1995
Language
English
Description
A weekend tennis party becomes a study of modern marriage for four very different couples of varying economic, social, and interest levels as together they encounter two days of anger, shock, revelations, and romance.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Presents two novellas by Phillip Lopate, "The Stoic's Marriage," in which a young man falls in love with the nurse sent to care for his dying mother, and "Eleanor, or, The Second Marriage," recounting the story of a couple whose perfect romantic weekend is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of the man's son.
27) Crossroads
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Two women, Gwen, an orphan raised in privilege by her relative Cassie Wright, and Jewel, a receptionist employed by Cassie's New England company, find reasons to envy one another, with Gwen coveting Jewel's husband, Jeff, and Jewel desiring Gwen's life of wealth and opportunity; and the situation becomes explosive when Gwen's husband Stan, who is employed by Jeff, uncovers questionable practices at work.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Kyra and David Winter, a happily married couple with a young son, Michael, whom they adore, are distraught when Michael disappears from their own backyard, and while David is certain that his troubled ex-wife has taken Michael, Kyra believes that someone from her estranged family took him, and as they try to find Michael, they are forced to face their hidden pasts and at the same time discover that the world is as dangerous as it is beautiful.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Ethan Saunders, a former spy, is hired by his former fianceé to find her missing husband, which also means working for his former enemy--Alexander Hamilton--and meanwhile, on the Pennsylvania frontier, Joan Maycott's family struggles to maintain their stakes in their business distilling whiskey, and whose profits have attracted the unwanted attention of Hamilton.
30) One day
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English
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Over twenty years, snapshots of an unlikely relationship are revealed on the same day--July 15th--of each year. Dex Mayhew and Em Morley face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself. Soon to be a major motion picture from Focus Features/ Random House Films.
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English
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Description
The unforgettable cross country journey of a runaway couple in their twilight years determined to meet the end of all roads on their own terms-a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.
The Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck...
32) The hunted
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Series
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English
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How well do you really know the person you love? How far would you go to find out? If there were one person in the world Dr. Lauren Chambers was sure she could rely on, it was her beloved husband, Michael. Recovering from an agoraphobic depression and prone to episodes of blinding anxiety, Lauren is a gifted psychologist for whom her husband's love and support mean everything. So when Michael suddenly and mysteriously vanishes, Lauren once again...
33) Home fires
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English
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Chelle, having married Skip before going on a tour of duty during a war with aliens which lasted for months in outer space but years on Earth, returns home injured and finds Skip has aged much quicker than she has, but agrees to go on a Caribbean cruise to resume their marriage, during which the couple is faced with spies, aliens, and battles with pirates.
34) Home front
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
"From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts. An unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens,...
35) Trophy house
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English
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Description
Dannie Faber has lots of reasons to feel blessed. A children's book illustrator, she shares a loving marriage with Tom, a professor, with whom she divides her time between one of Boston's finest suburbs and a beloved beach house in Truro, on Cape Cod. They have equally fortunate friends and a daughter, Beth, who has found success in Manhattan as a magazine editor. Suddenly Dannie's fairy tale comes to an end. A rich newcomer to Truro builds a hideous...
37) The golden hour
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Ace investment banker Bill Schoenberg, kicked out of his Manhattan apartment by his wife of nineteen years, abandons his job and moves into their country home in upstate New York where he tries to redeem himself and his life by joining the volunteer fire department.
38) The innocent
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Publisher
Dutton
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
NOW THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES EL INOCENTE!
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia—where one mistake can change your life forever.
One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes...
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia—where one mistake can change your life forever.
One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes...
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English
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A mesmerizing first novel about a man, a woman, and a disappearance.
"I'm from Chicago originally. I went to New York, married a girl named Anne, and was in the middle of living happily ever after when something happened."
So begins John Haskell's mesmerizing first novel, American Purgatorio, the story of a happily married man who discovers, as he walks out of a convenience store, that his life has suddenly vanished. In cool, precise prose, written...
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