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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...
2) Malas
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"--
Author
Publisher
HARPERCOLLINS
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Eschewed by her wealthy Smith College classmates, a former scholarship student reluctantly volunteers to join a group of graduates who travel to Europe to help World War I French civilians before finding herself surrounded by desperate families in villages decimated by German bombs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To keep customers visiting Rose Cottage Books as the off-season begins, shop owner Meagan Poe hosts the Harvest of Books fundraiser, a monthlong initiative that supports local teachers and boosts sales. The finale is scheduled to be an evening with best-selling author Christina Rossi. But when Christina cancels unexpectedly, Meagan and the Rose Cottage Book Club must find a worth alternative. Meanwhile, Meagan suspects there's more to Christina's...
Author
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Deciding to spend her 70th birthday alone in her Cape Cod seashore cottage, hiding from her interfering family, widow Cecilia Lapthorne instead finds an unexpected houseguest, struggling artist Lily, and, allowing her to stay, settles in for a summer of self-discovery, self-belief and second chances"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Benefits of a summer romance: It's always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. Ali Morris is a professional organizer whose own life is a mess. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn't worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware--overalls count, right?--she meets someone....
8) Swift River
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she’s never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 363 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rich and riveting debut marrying centuries-old folklore to twenty-first-century queer literary fiction, City of Laughter spans four generations of Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years. Ropshitz, Poland, was once known as the City of Laughter. As this story opens, an eighteenth century badchan, a holy jester whose job is to bring laughter to the...
10) The Paris novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading "Go to Paris." But Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a childhood trauma, and her mother's negligent parenting style, have kept her strictly confined to her comfort zone, even in adulthood. When her boss encourages her to time off, Stella resigns herself to honor her mother's wishes, even if a spontaneous trip to Paris is the...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1961, in Dutch countryside, Isabel lives by routine and discipline until her brother leaves his graceless new girlfriend Eva on her doorstep, and as Eva disrespects her house, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession that gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world--from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen"--
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Depressed after being humiliated and abandoned by the two men in her life, Agatha Raisin finds a new prospect in curate Tristan Delon, whose untimely death prompts Agatha to investigate strange mysteries surrounding the victim.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly-and dangerously-collide in this dramatic debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a city at war with itself. Philadelphia, 1837. When nineteen-year-old Charlotte escaped from the deteriorating White Oaks plantation four years ago, she'd expected freedom to look completely different from her former life as an enslaved housemaid. Instead, she's locked away playing...