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1) Little women
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Series
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English
Description
In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy are responsible for keeping a home while their father is off to war. At the same time, they must come to terms with their individual personalities?and make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. It can all be quite a challenge. But the March sisters, however different, are nurtured by their wise and beloved Marmee, bound by their love for...
3) Jane Eyre
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English
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"Jane Eyre, the beloved heroine, is for many their first introduction to a truly independent female character in classic literature. Charlotte Bronte develops an assertive and passionate character in Jane, whose search for belonging and freedom, while radical at the time of publication, remains refreshingly relevant for the modern-day reader."--Amazon.com.
4) Home free
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Series
Sisterhood series volume 20
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The vigilantes of the Sisterhood reorganize as a secret group called the CIC and dedicated to serving their friend, the president of the United States, Martine Connor.
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Series
Belmont mansion novels volume 1
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English
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After an unwanted past, Claire strives to create something that will last as an artist among Nashville's elite society in the 1860s.
7) Glow
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English
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"When thrift-store aficionado Julie discovers a series of antique paintings with hidden glowing images that are only visible in the dark, she uncovers a century-old romance and the haunting true story of the Radium Girls"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.
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Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 1
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 01
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 1
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 01
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Series
Gaither sisters volume 3
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English
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"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible"--
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Girl Friday mysteries volume 2
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English
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Set in 1950 New York City, this gritty noir follows Viviana Valentine, former Girl Friday, now partner to the Big Apple’s top investigator, Tommy Fortuna, is drawn into a sordid new case when murder attends a wealthy scientist’s party whose top-secret lab has just been exposed.
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English
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"Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women - a mother, a sister, a homicide detective - we learn the story of Ansel's life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel's...
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Series
Perveen Mistry novels volume 1
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English
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Description
"Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Working for the New York Port Authority in the late 1950s under the tutelage of a legendary publicist, Maggie Gleason befriends her boss's newest protégé, who goes missing amid rumors about a devastating secret from the past.
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Language
English
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"Georgia, 1962. Rose Perkins Bourdon returns home to Parsons, GA, without her husband and pregnant with another man’s baby. After tragedy strikes her husband in the war overseas, a numb Rose is left with pieces of who she used to be and is forced to figure out what she is going to do with the rest of her life. Her sister introduces her to members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee—young people are taking risks and fighting battles...
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Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 3
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 3
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 3
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 3
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Business becomes personal for the Right Sort Marriage Bureau when a new client, a brutal murder, two kidnappings, and the recently returned from Africa Lord Bainbridge threatens everything that one of the principals holds dear ..."--
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