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"Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced...
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It's midwinter and preparations for the biggest religious festival in the K'Barthan year are in full swing. Yes, even though, officially, religious activity has been banned, no-one's going to ignore Arnold, The Prophet's Birthday, especially not Big Merv. He orders The Pan of Hamgee to deliver the traditional Prophet's Birthday gift to his accountants and lawyers. As usual, The Pan has managed to elicit the unwanted attention of the security forces....
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Maxi Dillion finds himself back home, living with his eighty-year-old mother after living in New York City for twenty-five years. He thinks nobody knows the real purpose of his homecoming. He's wrong. Rumors with dorsal fins, circulate about the small town. Some say he's home to rob banks, others say, he's home to sell drugs. Cillian Mulcahy knows the real reason... he owes money to the mob.While Maxi's out running errands for his mother, he bumps...
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In Nothing to See Here, sixteen African women writers ably deal with the politics of nationhood and identity, and the burden and beauty of womanity. From the serious, to the absurd to the seriously absurd, these stories will leave you pondering, crying and laughing as you travel from East Africa to Southern Africa through to West Africa. A beautiful collection with 16 well-written, well-plotted stories from 16 amazing African female storytellers....
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Get the Summary of Kevin Wilson's Nothing to See Here in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In 1995, Lillian, a 28-year-old living in her mother's attic and working two cashier jobs, receives a letter from her wealthy friend Madison Roberts, offering her a job. Lillian accepts and travels to Madison's estate in Tennessee. Madison, now married to a senator, needs Lillian to care for her stepchildren, Bessie and Roland,...
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"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old...
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Meet the Harrisons! A mother running for Senate, a son running from his problems, and a daughter running straight into trouble...From Grant Ginder, the author of The People We Hate at the Wedding, comes a poignant, funny, and slyly beguiling novel which proves that, like democracy, family is a messy and fragile thing —perfect for fans of Veep’s biting humor, the family drama of Succession, and the joys of Kevin Wilson’s Nothing to See Here....
10) The Funny Farm
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Come on down to the Funny Farm. We'll give you a tour! Nothing to see here except a completely ordinary farm, we promise!
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"Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He's got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy - despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair. Largely confined...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here comes an exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever. Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge--aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner--is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved...
13) Hurricane girl
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"The story of a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, healing, a swimming pool, and perhaps someone who can stop the bleeding from her head"--
Allison Brody is thirty-two and newly arrived on the East Coast after just managing to flee her movie producer boyfriend. She has some money, saved up from years of writing and waitressing, and so she spends it, buying a small house on the beach. But then a Category 3 hurricane makes...
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Get all three deliciously dark books from the Red Order series in one box set.
Inside you can dive into Feyness, Parasight, and Faithless, and become absorbed in the addictive trilogy from the internationally bestselling author, E.S. Carter.
These are not stories about Fae or make-believe. These are stories about dark deeds and even darker men. Stories about strong heroines, and the evil that hides among us.
Readers of a sensitive disposition may...
15) Dislocations
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"Dislocations records the gradual loss of a beloved friend, M.L., a disappearance in ways expected (forgotten names, forgotten moments) and painfully surprising (the reversion of formal, 'proper' Spanish from their previous shared vernacular)."--
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La narradora visita casi diariamente a ML., con quien compartió una estrecha amistad y ahora padece mal de Alzheimer. A partir de esos encuentros y los fragmentos de memoria de ML. va construyendo un relato poderosamente conmovedor sobre la desarticulación de una mente que progresivamente va borrando todo de una manera peculiar.
Un intento, a través de la escritura, de "hacer durar una relación que continúa pese a la ruina, que subsiste aunque...
17) Wish Upon A Star
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Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy, Teeny… The fourth in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and The Times Children's Book of the Week. Back home, in the land of Wishaluzia, Grant is enjoying his old life. But when trouble strikes he realises he'll need a helping hand. Can Teeny lend a paw and save the day? Or will it be the end of Genie...
18) The Wishing Well
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Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy, Teeny… The third in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children's Book of the Week. When Grant starts to miss his old life in Genie World, Teeny has a plan on how he can get the genie home for a flying visit. But as usual, where wishes are involved, nothing is quite that simple and they...
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When the only student to ever get the best of teacher Gertie Hebert returns to Sinful after decades of being away, is it to settle down or is it to settle a score? The girls want to know. Gertie is nervous about his return and starts knitting to occupy her time, and hitting the cough syrup to take the edge off… but is her worry unfounded?The girls make pickle relish and attend a typical Sinful funeral where something is bound to hit the fan, then...
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Genie and Teeny volume 1
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Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy, Teeny… The first in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children's Book of the Week. When Grant the Genie is cast out of Genie World, he lands on Earth with a big, fat bump! Without a lamp to call home, he has to settle for an old cracked teapot instead. Grant is very lonely until he meets...
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