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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Olympia leaves her small Virginia town, she doesn't expect to look back, much less ever come home. But after a year on the road, her sister's engagement pulls Olympia into everything she left behind: her family, her husband, and the grief she's been trying to forget. She's determined to stay a few days, maybe a week-just enough time to visit gravestones and sign off on the divorce her husband, Spencer, asked for. But he's reeling from their...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wordsworth
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Complete and unabridged.
Physical Desc
596 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
407 pages illustrations 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power"--
For generations the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements-- books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, Sister Souljah's debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, became a bestselling cultural phenomenon ... with the unforgettable Winter Santiaga, daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family, who captivated her lovers, friends, and enemies with her sexy street smarts ... With her jail sentence coming to a close, Winter is ready to step back into the spotlight and reclaim her throne"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to "America's Playground" and move into the apartment above their bakery. The apartment is where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and, despite the cramped quarters, it still feels like home. Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower"--