Joanna Trollope
1) The choir
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the gentle world of one of England's beautiful old cathedral towns, crisis looms: funds are short, and the cathedral is in need of major repair. One faction of the community argues that the obvious solution is to abolish the expensive, and nowadays rather irrelevant, boys' choir. But of course, there are those who disagree: the choir school's headmaster, a conscientious scholar somewhat out of his depth with his elusive, poetical wife; the cathedral...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Anthony and Rachel Brinkley welcome their third daughter-in-law to the family, they don't quite realize the profound shift that is about to take place. For different reasons, the Brinkleys' two previous daughters-in-law hadn't been able to resists Rachel's maternal control and Anthony's gentle charm and had settled into their husbands' family without rocking the boat. But Charlotte—very young, very beautiful, and spoiled—has no intention
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic follows the Dashwood sisters--Elinor, Marianne and Margaret--as they, after the death of their father, must come to terms with the cruelties of life without the status of their country house, the protection of the family name or the comfort of an inheritance.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The day Stacey Grant loses her job feels like the last day of her life. Or at least, the only life she'd ever known. For who was she if not a City high-flyer, Senior Partner at one of the top private equity firms in London? As Stacey starts to reconcile her old life with the new--one without professional achievements or meetings, but instead, long days at home with her dog and ailing mother, waiting for her successful husband to come home--she at...
7) Mum & Dad
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's been 25 years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and their idyllic Mediterranean life is thrown into upheaval, it's left to their three grown-up children in London to step in . . . Sebastian is busy running his company with his wife, Anna, who's never quite seen eye-to-eye with her mother-in-law. Katie, a successful solicitor...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Richie dies unexpectedly, Chrissie must now tell the truth to their three daughters: their parents were never married. There is more shock to come when his will is read: he ever forgot the wife and son he left behind years ago. Now two families must confront their losses-- and each other.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After her youngest son, and last one to marry, brings home his wife, Rachel feels her role of family matriarch slipping away and must deal with the loss that comes with it, while maintaining the relationships she holds dear.
15) A passionate man
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English