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The featherbed: a novel
By John Miller. 2002
When Anna and Sadie discover the diaries of their mother, Rebecca, after her death, they learn that her life was…
far more complex than either of them knew. She was a garment worker in early-1900s New York, the reluctant wife in an arranged marriage to an ailing and abusive husband, and the improbable friend of a pregnant prostitute. The diaries also point to a family secret and questions about Sadie's parentage. Some strong language. 2002.The fall of a sparrow: a novel
By Robert Hellenga. 1998
A terrorist bomb planted in an Italian railway station in 1980 kills American student Cookie Woodhull. Sara, the middle daughter,…
and Woody, the college-professor father, recount the long-term repercussions, including the family's separation. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1998.The fen tiger
By Catherine Cookson. 1994
Rosamund Morley was the mainstay of her family, living a life of poverty deep in the wild fen country with…
her sister and alcoholic father. She it was who ran for help the night her father set his bed alight after a drinking bout, a night that would change the course of her life for, fleeing through the woods, she met Michael Bradshaw, whom she called the "fen tiger". When she knew more of Michael's past and what made him live in isolation, her first feelings of dislike turned to compassion and then to something deeper. 1994.The Fifteen Streets
By Catherine Cookson. 1952
Mary Ellen O'Brien had lived her married life in the area known as "The Fifteen Streets", and five children later…
she accepts that she'll never leave its grim and grinding reality. She knew life would be just as hard for her children, but for John and Katie, quick, bright, loving and wanting more than the Fifteen Streets could give them, life would be particularly brutal. 1952.The falls: a novel
By Joyce Carol Oates. 2004
Ariah is widowed on the first day of her honeymoon in Niagara Falls. Local lawyer Dirk Burnaby falls in love…
with Ariah and marries her. But when he later takes on the Love Canal lawsuit he becomes estranged from his family. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.The cuckoo's child
By Margaret Thompson. 2014
In her forties, Livvy Alvarsson hopes to be a bone marrow donor for her much-loved younger brother, Stephen. Instead, she…
discovers she has no idea who she is. This is the second great loss she has suffered, for eleven years earlier her four-year-old son, Daniel, disappeared. Armed with a few clues from wartime England, she embarks on a search for her birth family. As Livvy confides her story to her dying brother, she reveals not only an identity enriched by experience, but also the transcendent importance of family and love. 2014.The dolly holiday (Derryrose saga. #3)
By Anne Dunlop. 1993
Helen has gotten herself a job as assistant to an assistant in the Wild West Theme Park, a tourist fantasy…
attraction boasting Hey Ho Silver, the Lone Ranger and three Red Indians. She is determined to dress for career advancement. But despite Helen's noble intention to claw and grovel her way to the top, her abnormally high interest in members of the opposite sex and her infatuation with her best friend's bridegroom distract her. Sequel to "A soft touch" (DC39796). 1993. (Derryrose saga ; 3)The corrections
By Jonathan Franzen. 2002
This novel about the Lambert family brings an old-time America of industrialism and civic duty, of Cub Scouts, Christmas cookies…
and sexual inhibitions, into collision with the modern absurdities of brain science, home surveillance, hands-off parenting, and do-it-yourself mental healthcare. 2002.The English teacher
By Lily King. 2006
Fifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at elite Fayer Academy. By living on campus, on an island…
off the New England coast, Vida has cocooned herself and her son, Peter, from the outside world and from an inside secret. For years she has lived largely through the books she teaches, but when she accepts the impulsive marriage proposal of ardent widower Tom Belou, the prescribed life Vida has constructed is swiftly dismantled. 2006.The faithful lovers (Bridges over time. #4)
By Valerie Anand. 1994
A Cornish shipwreck brings Parvati, a young Indian girl, into Ninian Whitmead's life. Her exoticism scandalizes the neighbourhood whilst her…
affection for him transforms his life. However, Ninian and Parvati have not long been married when the English Civil War becomes a reality in their remote district. As the Puritans gain control Parvati's foreign ways become suspect and Ninian must fight for his wife's life. Contains explicit descriptions of sex. 1994.The end of the rainbow (Hudson family series. #4)
By V. C Andrews. 2002
Rain's precious daughter, Summer, is about to turn sixteen. Her future lies wide open before her and she carries her…
mother's wise advice close to her heart: life is hardship, but above all, life is hope. A devastating tragedy will force Summer to stare into the cold eyes of adulthood long before she is ready. She will learn very quickly about hardship - but what of hope? 2002.The end of east
By Jen Sookfong Lee. 2007
Sammy Chan was sure she'd escaped her family obligations when she fled Vancouver six years ago, but with her sister's…
upcoming marriage, her turn has come to care for their aging mother. Sammy finds herself cobbling together a makeshift family history and delving into stories that began in 1913, when her grandfather, Seid Quan, then eighteen years old, first stepped on Canadian soil. Descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some descriptions of violence. c2007.The eye of the storm
By Patrick White. 1973
The exiles (Australians. #1.)
By William Stuart Long. 1979
Fifteen-year-old Jenny is falsely accused of theft and sent on a convict ship to Australia. She survives among hardened criminals…
and becomes Queen of the Convicts. Some strong language. Followed by "The Settlers". c1979. (The Australians ; 1)The escape artist
By Diane Chamberlain. 1997
After Susanna put her husband through law school and became pregnant, he left her to marry another attorney. When the…
court awards custody of their now eleven-month-old son to her ex-husband, Susanna leaves her new love and flees with the child. Some strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.The empty house
By Rosamunde Pilcher. 1973
Virginia Keile secretly dreams of having a second chance to love the tall, dark Cornish farmer she foolishly lost 27…
years ago. Her life since has taught her harsh lessons about marriage and children, but now she is back in Cornwall with her children, to try and fill an empty house with love. 1973.The conjoined
By Jen Sookfong Lee. 2016
One morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother’s belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes…
a shocking discovery - two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988 - Casey and Jamie Cheng - troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver’s Chinatown. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers, and Jessica herself assumed they had run away. As Jessica learns more about Casey, Jamie, and their troubled immigrant Chinese parents, she also unearths dark stories about Donna, whom she had always thought of as the perfect mother. The complicated truths she uncovers force her to take stock of own life. 2016.The distant hours
By Kate Morton. 2010
Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the…
return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond, author of the 1918 children's classic The True History of the Mud Man. In the grand and glorious Milderhurst Castle, a new world opens up for Edie's mother. She discovers the joys of books and fantasy and writing, but also, ultimately, the dangers. Fifty years later, as Edie chases the answers to her mother's riddle, she, too, is drawn to Milderhurst Castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. 2010.The Debba
By Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The Clayborne brides: One Pink Rose; One White Rose; One Red Rose (Large Print Bks.)
By Julie Garwood. 1997
Travis Clayborne escorts young Bostonian Emily Finnegan to Montana where she'll meet Travis' brothers, Douglas and Adam, and discover what…
awaits her as a mail-order bride. But perhaps her destiny is not exactly as she imagined. Made up of the novellas One pink rose, One white rose and One red rose. Sequel to "For the roses" (DC23594.) 1997.