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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
""In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight.this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles...
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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Noah Calhoun, recently returned from World War II in 1946, buys an old plantation home in rural North Carolina, where he contents himself with memories of his first love, a girl he met fourteen years earlier, but then she unexpectedly arrives at his door.
Author
Series
Daughters of Lancaster County volume 1-3
Language
English
Description
The storekeeper's daughter " Naomi Fisher s heart yearns for the love of Caleb Hoffmeir, but her days are plotted for her as surrogate mother to six siblings until the afternoon her baby brother goes missing from the yard. How can Naomi expect anyone to love and trust her if she couldn t take care of one small boy?"--pg.4 of cover.
The quilter's daughter "Abby Miller leaves her successful quilt shop and patient fianc�e in Ohio to help her pregnant...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called Chocolat soldier with the French army during World War I. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man's Land. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa's mind as he comes to see this refusal...
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Language
English
Description
Trapped in a world of straight expectations, queer marquis Emile longs for independence. So, when his aunt declares he must marry to produce an heir or be disowned, he runs away disguised as a servant until he can come of age and reclaim his inheritance. All Emile needs to do is keep his head down and bide his time, but he quickly stumbles into a mystery beyond his imagination. While working in the service of the intimidating Count Montoni and his...
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Series
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything...
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