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Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 20
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator in the small California town of Santa Teresa, faces a formidable enemy when she begins to suspect there is something not right about Solana Rojas, the home health care nurse hired to look after Kinsey's elderly neighbor and friend Gus.
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Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Miss., tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently. But in Paige Dunn's small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of polio, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daughter, Diana, in the way she sees fit--with the support of her tough-talking caregiver, Peacie.
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English
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"When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back, as generations of the women in her family had. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she'd left, that's exactly what happens--Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with "Bootsie," her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right....
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Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When an Antarctic research expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching for those who were there on the ice when it happened-and also for their families back home. Robert 'Doc' Wright, a veteran of Antarctic surveying, holds within him a narrative of what happened that night-but depleted by the disaster, he is no longer able to communicate the truth. In the wake of the expedition, he faces the most daunting adventure of his life: learning...
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English
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Free-spirited, living on the fly, Vanessa Hayes is still always down for traditional family holiday fun—until now. She’s making her oft-delayed wish finally come true: Christmas in Paris, the glittering City of Lights. But when her passport gets delayed, it's too late for Vanessa to rebook. Now it looks like the Yuletide she longs for won't happen. Until a stranger suddenly enters her life, and changes it forever…
Overwhelmed by responsibility,...
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A wildly entertaining road trip novel featuring a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman off on the adventure of their lives, full of tremendous heart, wit, and wisdom from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Twenty-three-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit...
9) Silver alert
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The story of an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend--
This funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging follows an elderly man who heads off on a joyride with a new young friend—who may have some secrets of her own. It's very different and it's very special and it's very good! I loved it. —Dolly Parton
A driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns...
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Series
Triumph over adversity volume 3
Pub. Date
ea
Language
English
Description
Kyle Stewart always envisioned marriage and children in his future, but being deployed changed him in every possible way. All he wants now is to take care of his aging parents and live a quiet life of bachelorhood. Then a woman from Kyle's past blasts back into his life with hired hitmen on her tail. Sierra Lyons isn't her real name. She's not originally from Texas, her birthday isn't in April, and her family has been on the run since she was seven....
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