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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 41
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English
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"Late March has blessed Acorn HIll with warm weather and colorful displays of flowers. But just when the Howard sisters are thinking of spring-cleaning and yard work, the inn suddenly becomes busy with two long-term guests. As usual, the sisters open their hearts as well as their home, and Alice finds herself mentoring a young doctoral student, while Jane becomes tour guide and genealogical sleuth for a traveler from afar. Meanwhile, Louise's rare...
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 17
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English
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When an out-of-state developer wants to drain Fairy Pond-a beloved piece of Acorn Hill's past-and put in a gas station, a storm of protest rises up in Acorn Hill. But while most residents are opposed to destroying the idyllic spot, some businesspeople are in favor of the added commerce a gas station would bring. With the town divided, Mayor Lloyd Tynan is having a hard time keeping everyone happy, but when the stress starts to affect his health, the...
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"When their hard-drinking, but loving, father dies in a car accident, teenage brothers Kyle and Klint Hayes face a bleak prospect: leaving their Pennsylvania home for Arizona and the mother who ran out on them. Then Candance Jack, a wealthy eccentric whose family once owned the country coal mines, decides for reasons even she doesn't undertand to offer them a a home - a stately mansion of a home full of artwork centered, oddly, on bullfighting. Under...
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Now, in this collection of interconnected short stories, Jennifer Haigh returns to the vividly imagined world of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town rocked by decades of painful transition. From its heyday during two World Wars through its slow decline, Bakerton is a town that refuses to give up gracefully, binding--sometimes cruelly - succeeding generations to the place that made them.
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Brides of Lehigh Canal volume 2
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English
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The Covington family's wealth and status in Buffalo hold no appeal for William. His greatest desire is to minister to others. He is delighted, then, when a church in Walnutport, Pennsylvania, call him to be their pastor. Can he ever fill the shoes of Reverend Nelson, who has lovingly served this small canal community for years? Betsy Nelson can hardly accept her father's retirement, but she knows his failing heart demands it. She leaves her life in...
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 36
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English
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"As the long days of autumn linger, the Howard sisters are ready to try new things. Louise heads out west to a music camp, and though she is skeptical, she ends up learning a new style of piano playing. Jane decides to try cooking for a whole new audience--kids--and Alice finds some old photo albums and embarks on a project that will shed new light on their family history."--P. [4] of cover.
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Brides of Lehigh Canal volume 3
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English
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"Widowed Sarah Turner has her hands full, raising three young children, tending the lock on the canal, baking bread, and washing clothes for boatmen. Although she's not looking for love, she's vowed not to lose her heart to a boatman. Yet she didn't count on meeting Captain Elias Brooks. Will she follow her heart where it leads or accept the proposal of a handsome land-loving blacksmith?" --From WorldCat.org
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 20
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English
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A group of veterans checks into the inn and teach the sisters about loyalty and sacrifice. It's time to bring out the old patriotic spirit when three lively World War II vets check in at Grace Chapel Inn and march in the annual Veterans Day parade. However, another guest, Gulf War veteran Nathan Delhomme, suffers from guilt for surviving the war when his friend didn't make it. Can Alice help this troubled young man march proudly in memory of his friend?...
9) Julie
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In 1934 Pennsylvania, while her father sets out to save a struggling newspaper, idealistic eighteen-year-old Julie Wallace takes a stand in the battle between steelworkers and their bosses and finds her courage tested by a natural disaster.
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 7
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English
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At their charming bed-and-breakfast, Louise, Alice, and Jane look forward to a quiet holiday, but when a group of travelers seek shelter from a blizzard on Christmas Eve, their difficult guests put a damper on their plans.
11) Building bridges
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 40
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English
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The end of August finds the Howard sisters busy trying new things, but catering to the needs of a special group of guests may be the most challenging task of all.
12) Steady and slow
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 45
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[2008]
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English
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"When an unusual guest arrives at Grace Chapel Inn, Alice does her best to make her comfortable, not in one of the guest rooms but in the laundry. Another visitor stirs up a competitive reaction in Jane, whose crushing defeat in Scrabble sets off a quest to even the score in an ancient game. And when an old letter brings a forgotten piece of Acorn Hill's history to light, Louise, with the help of an old-timer, undertakes a search for the truth..."...
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 38
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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When Jane falls and ends up on crutches, the Howard sisters are hard pressed to make arrangements that will keep Grace Chapel Inn running smoothly.
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Back in her hometown of Aldenville, Pennsylvania, April Buchert is creating a new life for herself as a professional rubber stamper and restoration expert. She's also joined the Stamping Sisters, a group of women who love stamping cards and stamping out murder. The Aldenville Pumpkin Express weekend is a fall tradition, and the corn maze is one of the main attractions. Everyone has made it out alive ... until now. When local police blame the victim's...
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