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The garment
By Catherine Cookson. 1994
Grace Rouse, a normal and beautiful young woman, is forced to recognise that her marriage is a sham after two…
years as the wife of a country parson. She seeks to escape a mounting sense of frustration and despair by turning from the husband she has tried in vain to love to the comfort and release offered by another man. Grace is forced to wage a war between a man who can give her children and a man who passionately desires children but can only give them his name. 1994.The Gardens of Covington (Ladies of Covington ; #2)
By Joan A Medlicott. 2001
Three seventyish friends, who live together in a North Carolina farmhouse, are busy growing and learning through life's experiences. Stalwart…
Hannah rallies the town's forces to combat a ruthless developer. Sweet, soft Grace and beau Bob open a tearoom together. And dreamy Amelia falls hard for a scoundrel who is sure to hurt her. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. 2002, c2001. (Ladies of Covington ; 2)The heart's lonely secret
By Jane Peart. 1994
Ivy Austin dreams of being set free from the drudgery of the orphanage. But even after she is adopted, Ivy…
finds herself part of a plan to take orphaned and abandoned children by train to new families in the Midwest. On board the Orphan Train frightened Ivy acts impulsively to secure herself a new family. c1994.The hills: more tales from the Blue Stacks, stories of Ireland
By Robert Bernen. 1983
The desert crop
By Catherine Cookson. 1997
1880s England. Young Daniel Stewart's life changes when his alcoholic, widowed father marries a distant Irish cousin, Moira Conelly. Over…
the years the cheerful Moira has many children while the father squanders their money. When his father dies, Daniel assumes the leadership of the family, falls in love with the wrong girl, and continues farming. 1997.The Blythes are quoted
By L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.The book of Ebenezer Le Page
By G. B Edwards. 1981
An autobiographical novel found among the author's papers after his death at the age of eighty. Ebenezer remembers his life…
on the isle of Guernsey from pastoral childhood to old age; from the time of the Boer War through World War II, when Guernsey was occupied by German troops, to the age of television and tourism. He also tells of his love/hate relationship with Liza. 1981.The blue castle
By L. M Montgomery. 1980
To be 29 and unmarried is the ultimate in shame and misery in the small Canadian town where Valancy has…
grown up, and for years she has taken refuge in her imaginary 'blue castle'. Now she must face reality; a letter has turned her life upside down. It's time to leave home and seek freedom. 1980.The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club
By Gil McNeil. 2009
Jo Mackenzie, newly widowed with two young sons and a perilous bank balance, leaves London to take over her Gran's…
wool shop in her seaside hometown. There, she finds unexpected comfort in a knitting group that meets to trade gossip and, occasionally, a new stitch. When a new man enters Jo's life, the knitting club has even more trouble confining the conversation to knit one, purl two. Some strong language. c2009.Teacher, teacher!
By Jack Sheffield. 2007
Still glides the stream
By Flora Thompson. 1967
Silver wedding
By Maeve Binchy. 1988
Desmond and Deirdre O'Hagan will soon have been married for twenty-five years. Naturally there must be a celebration - but…
who is going to arrange it? And will the right people come? The past secrets and present fears of family and friends are unveiled in this collection of stories. Each story is separate from, yet connected to, the others, all culminating in the last revealing drama - the celebration itself. 1988.Sir Philip's folly (Poor Relations. #4.)
By Marion Chesney. 1994
Mrs. Budge, another of Sir Philip's paramours, is allowed to stay at the hotel, but she is lazy and eats…
all day. A guest named Lady Carruthers arrives, and to hide her age, dresses her 19-year old daughter as a school girl. The poor relations must deal with Mrs. Budge, find Arabella a husband and trounce her terrible mother. Sequel to "Mrs. Budley falls from grace" (DC12531), followed by Colonel Sandhurst to the rescue" (DC13445). 1994. (The Poor Relations ; 4)Return journey
By Ruby M Ayres. 1983
A ship trip to Port Said is suddenly enlivened when the sparkling Rocky joins the ship at Toulon. She makes…
an enormous impact on the rest of the passengers who find themselves warming to her delightful charm and friendly ways. Relationships form and emotions are stirred at sea, and Rocky plays a hand in the excitements of the voyage. 1983.Nana in the city (Recorded Books new reader)
By Lauren Castillo. 2015
A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his…
Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is. 2015 Caldecott Honor Book. Grades P-2. 2015.Mrs Tim gets a job (Mrs Tim. #3.)
By D. E. Dorothy Emily Stevenson. 1947
The war is over, and to fill in the months before her husband's demobilisation, Mrs Tim gets a job as…
assistant to the formidably tough Miss Clutterbuck, who has converted her large house in the Border Country into a private hotel. Mrs Tim is determined to find the chinks in Miss Clutterbuck's armour. 1947.Mistress Pat: a novel of Silver Bush
By L. M Montgomery. 1935
When she was twenty, nearly everyone thought Patricia Gardiner ought to be having beaus - except Pat herself. For Pat,…
Silver Bush was both home and heaven, and she was too busy planning the Christmas family reunion, entertaining a countess, playing matchmaker, and preparing for the arrival of the new hired man. Yet as those she loved started to move away, Pat began to question the wisdom of her choice of Silver Bush over romance. 1988, c1935.County chronicle: a novel
By Angela Thirkell. 1998
As the story begun in "The Old Bank House" continues, the lives of more residents of Barsetshire are exposed. Scenes…
include Marling Hall, the Cathedral Close, and Gatherum Castle. Isabel Dale, the heroine, comes into money and marries Lord Silverbridge, thus making it possible for him to stand for political office. 1998.How green was my curate (Autobiography. #1.)
By Fred Secombe. 1989
Written with warmth and humour, these fictionalised memoirs of a young curate tell of his experiences when sent to a…
parish in the Welsh Valleys at the end of the 2nd World War. Peopled with delightful and amusing characters, this book offers a charming picture of rural life. 1989.Delta wedding
By Eudora Welty. 1946
A quiet novel celebrating a large Southern family. In September 1923 nine-year-old Laura travels to her cousin's wedding in the…
Mississippi delta. Laura is glad to be enveloped by the family because her mother has recently died. She enjoys the boys' wildness, the girls' companionship, and her aunts' and uncles' strong love. 1991, c1946.