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Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

by Robert James Waller

Published: 1993-11

Hardcover: 226 pages

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The author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Bridges of Madison County once again brings characters and situations with his special blend of lyricism and magic. This is a bittersweet story about two good people who discover that true love, when it comes, is rarely fair, or right--or without...

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Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me

by Bill Hayes

Published: 2017-02-14

Hardcover: 304 pages

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A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks. "A beautifully written once-in-a-lifetime book, about love, about life, soul, and the wonderful...

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Everything to Live For

by Turia Pitt, Libby Harkness

Published: 2017-07-01

Paperback: 240 pages

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In September 2011, Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would change her life forever. Trapped by a fire in a gorge in the remote Kimberly region, Turia and five other competitor...

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Out of Practice (The Larkford Series)

by Penny Parkes

Published: 2016-07-28

Paperback: 496 pages

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WINNER OF THE RNA's ROMANTIC COMEDY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017! 'A wonderful setting, characters you care about, a page-turning plot, laugh-out-loud funny. I loved it' KATIE FFORDE Out of Practice is based around a large country medical practice, which proves to be a hotbed of rivalry, resentment and romance...

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Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger

by Fiona Wright

Published: 2016-07-11

Paperback: 202 pages

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Small Acts of Disappearance is a collection of ten essays that describes the author's affliction with an eating disorder which begins in high school, and escalates into life-threatening anorexia over the next ten years. Fiona Wright is a highly regarded poet and critic, and her account of her illness...

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Former Things

by Gail Lowe

Published: 2010-05-02

Paperback: 286 pages

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On the surface, the relationship breakdown between Emily Preston and her adult daughter, Nicole, seems rooted in a denied request for money. But at the core of their estrangement is a family secret revealed in the heartbreaking, stunningly detailed narrative of Former Things. After learning that she...

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Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe

by Debbie Johnson

Published: 2016-10-20

Paperback: 208 pages

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‘Full of quirky characters, friendship and humour, you will devour this engaging and heartwarming novel in one sitting’ – Sunday Express’ S Magazine‘My new favourite author’ – Holly MartinBecca Fletcher has always hated Christmas but she has her reasons for being Little Miss ...

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Out of the Ice

by Ann Turner

Published: 2017-10-19

Paperback: 384 pages

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***FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LOST SWIMMER, now in development as a film*** 'A taut and tightly wound page-turner' Marie Claire When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a remote Antarctic island to report on an abandoned whaling station, she begins to uncover more than she could ever...

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The Museum of You

by Carys Bray

Published: 2016-06-16

Paperback: 368 pages

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Clover Quinn was a surprise. She used to imagine she was the good kind, now she's not sure. She'd like to ask Dad about it, but growing up in the saddest chapter of someone else's story is difficult. She tries not to skate on the thin ice of his memories. Darren has done his best. He's studied his daughter...

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The Clothing of Books

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Published: 2016-11-15

Paperback: 80 pages

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How do you clothe a book? In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. Probing the complex relationships between text and image, author and designer, and art and comme...