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Author: Solnit, RebeccaSummary:
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Author: Todd, JackSummary:
Set in mythical Belle Coeur County in a time not too far from our own, Rose & Poe gloriously re-imagines Shakespeare's The Tempest from the point of view of Caliban and his...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Domestic fiction -
Author: Dumont, DawnSummary:
Rose Okanese, a single mother with two kids, has been pushed into a corner by Rez citizens to claim some self-respect, and decides that the fastest way to do that is to run the reserve's annual...
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Author: Kyle, Margaret, Rafter, MarieSummary:
Elsie Neufeld loves to sit on her porch and watch the children grow in the Mennonite community near Landmark, Manitoba. Returning to the area after moving to Paraguay for a time, Elsie is happy to...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Romance fiction -
Author: Rinaldi, AnnSummary:
On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, fifteen year-old Rose meets and marries Rene, a Yankee from Brooklyn, New York, who takes her north to his home where she encounters many differences in...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Zorn, AliceSummary:
2017 Evergreen Award, Forest of Reading — Nominated A sister. A baby. A man who watches from the trees. Fara and her husband buy a house with a disturbing history that reawakens memories of her...
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Author: McKinley, RobinSummary:
Twenty years ago, Robin McKinley dazzled readers with the power of her novel Beauty. Now this extraordinarily gifted novelist returns to the story of Beauty and the Beast with a fresh perspective...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Myths and folk tales -
Author: Lynn, SuiSummary:
Luck and an impromptu jam session bring college student Quinn Yamamoto to the Blue Rose, a small R&B nightclub. He meets handsome club owner Enjoji Tatankata and it’s love at first sight, but...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Martin, Emily WinfieldSummary:
A New York Times Snow and Rose didn't know they were in a fairy tale. People never do. . . . Once, they lived in a big house with spectacular gardens and an army of servants. Once, they had a...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Myths and folk tales -
Author: KING, StephenSummary:
A woman, attempting to start a new life after escaping her violent, brutal husband finds that you can' t always leave your past behind you. Through an usual painting she discovers a stronger...
Genre: Horror fiction -
Author: BURKE, James LeeSummary:
Texan lawyer Billy Bob Holland is forced to confront the legacies of crimes old and new when he takes up the defence of local boy Lucas Smothers, a timid teenager accused of the rape and murder of...
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Author: Napier, RossSummary:
In the tradition of the great Castlereagh coaches came the greatest, the grandest, most luxurious passenger liner ever to grace the seas.On her maiden voyage from England to Australia she more...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Butala, SharonSummary:
Acclaimed novelist and literary nonfiction writer Sharon Butala's new novel is vividly filled with sodbusters and cowboys, fallen women and proper ladies, settlers and Indians. By the end of the...
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Author: Malinowski E.T.Summary:
The second son of one of the wealthiest men in the city, Perry Loughton, longs for simple comforts but fears nobody will want him for anything but his name and his money. While working as a steam...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving...
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fiction