Tag: Life
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LOYALTY by LISA SCOTTOLINE
A sweeping work of love, betrayal,loss, and of course, loyalty. A look at history mixed with a bit of fiction and I am here for this one! Scottoline is one of the best storytellers of our generation and she has not let us down on this one! The Story: We follow Franco, a good-looking lemon-grower…
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DECENT PEOPLE by DE’SHAWN CHARLES WINSLOW
A sweeping and unforgettable novel about a Black community reeling from a triple homicide, and the secrets the killings reveal. Winslow takes us back to West Mills, North Carolina. The year is 1976, and the three Harmon siblings are found shot to death in their home. The first crime in decades and everyone has an…
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HEMLOCK HOLLOW by CULLEY HOLDERFIELD
A story of places that hold memories will always haunt us. Caroline McAlister is a college professor who is off-kilter after the loss of her father and her marriage. Everything is at a standstill. When she discovers that her father has left her the family cabin in the hollow, little does she know it comes…
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THE WEDDING RANCH by NANCY NAIGLE
I have read this author’s work before and even seen a Hallmark movie based on a book. And that is the kind of book this is. Girl gets dumped for a younger model and never sees it coming because she is working and he’s a bum. Lorri sells the house and buys one an hour…
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THE LIGHT PIRATE by LILY BROOKS-DALTON
An emotional and powerful story of a girl born in a hurricane named Wanda. Wanda lives in Florida, which is being taken over by the sea and the swamps. Weather patterns have changed and the hurricane season is now almost constant. Rising sea levels have taken back Miami and most of the state. Kirby is…
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AN IMPOSSIBLE RETURN by CAROLINE LAURENT
Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse Inspired by a shocking travesty of justice, the repercussions of which still reverberate more than fifty years later, bestselling Franco-Mauritian author Caroline Laurent paints a shimmering portrait of island life, a sensual paradise lost, and a gorgeous star-crossed love against all odds. How can a story be…
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WE ARE THE LIGHT by MATTHEW QUICK
Matthew Quick has a gift for telling a story. Our main guy here is Lucas. Lucas lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania. This is a town ripped apart by a horrible tragedy. While Lucas is hailed as a hero, he doesn’t see himself as one. He has lost his wife. Rather she is dead but still visits…
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THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by JOHN GRISHAM
I have been a fan of this author for a very long time. I lived here for many years. Until Katrina. I recognize quite a few players in this one, John! I’m delighted to have had a sneak peek at this excellent look at the past. Grisham is in a unique position to write this…
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Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout brings us more of Lucy! From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown–and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. As the world grinds to…
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Dispatches from the Gilded Age by Julia Reed
Forward by Roy Blount, Jr. In the middle of the night on March 11, 1980, the phone rang in Julia Reed’s Georgetown dorm. It was her boss at Newsweek, where she was an intern. He told her to get in her car and drive to her alma mater, the Madeira School. Her former headmistress, Jean Harris, had…
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