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The Courtship of Eva Eldridge: A Story of Bigamy in the Marriage Mad Fifties

by Diane Simmons

Published: 2016-08-15

Paperback: 272 pages

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Everyone Got marrIed In the 1950s, then moved to the suburbs to have the children of the soon-to-be-famous baby boom. For Americans who had survived the Great Depression and World War II, prosperous married life was a triumph. The unwed were objects of pity, scorn, even suspicion. And so in the 1950s,...

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Dangerous Brains

by Mr Erik Hamre

Published: 2015-12-02

Paperback: 400 pages

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Visiting Oxford University, the president of the United States was asked a simple question: “If NASA advised that, right now, a superior alien race is speeding towards Earth, and will arrive within a few decades, what would you do?” The president gave a compelling answer: “Given our own history...

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I'll Take You There: A Novel

by Wally Lamb

Published: 2016-11-22

Hardcover: 272 pages

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In this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women, Wally Lamb—author of numerous New York Times bestselling novels including She’s Come Undone, I Know This Much is True, and We Are Water—weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life and...

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The Boy Is Back

by Meg Cabot

Published: 2016-10-18

Paperback: 368 pages

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In this brand-new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a scandal brings a young man back home to the small town, crazy family, and first love he left behind.Reed Stewart thought he’d left all his small town troubles—including a broken heart—behind when he ditche...

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The Other Einstein: A Novel

by Marie Benedict

Published: 2016-10-18

Hardcover: 304 pages

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One of PopSugar's "25 Books You're Going to Curl Up with this Fall.""The Other Einstein takes you into Mileva's heart, mind, and study as she tries to forge a place for herself in a scientific world dominated by men."-BustleIn the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Ein...

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The Mothers: A Novel

by Brit Bennett

Published: 2016-10-11

Hardcover: 288 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NBCC John Leonard First Novel Prize FinalistPEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction FinalistNew York Public Library Young Lions Award FinalistAn NPR Best Book of 2016An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016A Vogue Magazine Best Book of the YearA Goodread...

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Winter Chill

by Joanne Fluke

Published: 2013-08-06

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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A Small Town. . .The moment Marian Larsen sees the patrol car stop outside her house, she feels a shiver of foreboding. The news is even worse than she feared. Marian's husband and young daughter have been in a snowmobile crash. Dan is paralyzed and Laura is dead, her body broken on the ...

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The Perfect Mistress

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Published: 2016-07-05

Paperback: 336 pages

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The daughter of an adulterous father deals with the long-rippling effects of his actions in her own love life in this emotionally powerful novel by award-winning and national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley.Lauren Robinson knows exactly what it takes to be the perfect mistress...

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Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

by Jane Austen, Another Lady

Published: 1998-10-06

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Charlotte the Heywood, captivating heroine of Sanditon, is smart, beautiful, and in search of a husband. As in all of Austen's novels, however, the road to matrimony is littered with obstacles: Charlotte must escape the clutches of an insufferable suitor, deal with the fortune-hunting schemes of the...

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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief

by Pauline Boss

Published: 2011-08-09

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Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementiaNearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about h...