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The story of Skip Cuddy, the Blessings caretaker, who finds a baby asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, and of matriarch Lydia Blessing, who, for her own reasons, decides to help him, Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community. This is a powerful novel...
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"When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, dies and designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Maas is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters--including a teenage rock band called the Paranoids, a right-wing historian and critic of the postal system, and a former...
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"Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve...
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Crosslyn Rise trilogy volume 2
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The Dream Unfolds is the second novel in beloved bestselling author Barbara Delinsky's classic Crosslyn Rise trilogy about a family estate that's fallen into disrepair-and those who dream of bringing it back to life. Originally published in 1990, now available as an e-book for the first time.
Sometimes building a home can become a labor of love...
Gideon Lowe has a unique vision: to develop Crosslyn Rise into one of the finest condominiums on the...
7) Mysterious
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Three riveting classics from the incomparable mistress of romantic suspense: This magic moment: He was a master of illusion. For Ryan Swan, who'd learned never to give her trust, Pierce Atkins was the last man to whom she should give her heart. But in Pierce's enthralling presence all her defenses seemed to vanish like magic. Search for love: Arriving at her long-lost family's Brittany estate, Serenity Smith was greeted with cold politeness by enigmatic...
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Search for Love : After the loss of her parents, Serenity Smith receives an unexpected letter from a relative she's never met. When she travels all the way from Washington, D.C. to the family's estate in the Brittany region of France, she's greeted with cold politeness by the Comtesse de Kergallen--her grandmother--and the charming, insufferable Christophe. As she learns of the wild grievances they hold against her parents, Serenity is determined...
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