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"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
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870L
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English
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Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...
3) Refuge cove
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English
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"She'd come to Alaska on the promise of marriage, only to find herself on the run from her would-be husband. Lost and alone in the wilderness, Emily Hunter nearly weeps with relief at the sight of a small plane in the distance--until the rugged bush pilot makes his way through the brush to help her. Can she trust this stranger any more than the menacing predator on her trail? But there's something in John Wolf's dark eyes that wills her to believe...
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English
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It is 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothing--not the tragic car accident that put her there, not her husband, not even who she is. She feels like a stranger in her own life until she stumbles upon an impassioned letter, signed simply "B," asking her to leave her husband. Years later, in 2003, a journalist named Ellie discovers the same enigmatic letter in a forgotten file in her newspaper's archives. She becomes...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An illness cursing the land forces seventeen-year-old Vega, the Last Astronomer, to venture across the wilderness to discover the stars message that will save her people.
6) Lost & found
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Center Point large print ed. ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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English
Description
An unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on-with the help of one not-so-little dog...
After the death of her husband, Rocky flees to Peak's Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine, a million miles away from everything she's lost. Taking a job as an Animal Warden, Rocky meets Lloyd, a large Labrador retriever, who enters her world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder. And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded...
7) Picture this
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st HarperLuxe ed.
Physical Desc
486 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Jacqueline Sheehan made serious waves with her much beloved runaway bestseller, Lost and Found. Now she treats readers to a sequel, Picture This-a story of rebirth and personal redemption that is as moving, funny, and heart-soaring as its predecessor.
Peaks Island, Maine vibrates with its own special magic, a unique flow to life that knits together the small community that calls it home. The people, the animals, and even the houses have a charm and...