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1) Celebration
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English
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Heiress Kristine Kelly must struggle to make a new life for herself and her family after her husband of twenty years takes off with her fortune, leaving her to deal with three teenage children who really do not have much love left for either of their parents.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
Suburban wife and mother Grace Lawson's idyllic life begins to unravel when she picks up a set of newly developed family photographs that contains a much older picture of a group of men that includes her husband Jack, and sets off a chain reaction of kidnapping and murder leading back to a deadly rock concert.
4) Jessie
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English
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Jessie Wheeler, abandoned by her husband Seth, struggles with her responsibilities as sole proprietor of the general store in Token Creek, and single mother of two, but she finds it even more difficult to trust God and her heart when Seth returns claiming to be a changed man and asking for a chance to prove his love and commitment.
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Violet and Finn were "meant to be," said everyone, always. They ended up together by the hands of fate aligning things just so. Three years into their marriage, they have a wonderful little boy, and as the three of them embark on their first vacation as a family, Violet can't help thinking that she can't believe her luck. Life is good. So no one is more surprised than she when Finn leaves her at the beach -- just packs up the hotel room and disappears....
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1090L
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English
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Thomas Hardy's first masterpiece, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a scene of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. A poor workman named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunken rage, sells his wife and baby daughter to a stranger at a country fair. Stricken with remorse, Henchard forswears alcohol and works hard to become a prosperous businessman and the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But he cannot erase his past....
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"A novel about a woman who one day comes home to find her attic is magic and producing an endless supply of interchangeable husbands."--
"When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together...
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Todd family volume 02
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English
Description
"Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A GOD IN RUINS tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy--would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather-as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world....
10) Sandcastles
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Star of the Sea Academy volume 01
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English
Description
Honor Sullivan, a painter and art instructor, has made a peaceful life for herself with her three daughters at the Star of the Sea Academy, until the wedding of her eldest daughter brings her former love--and the girl's father--back into her life from his self-imposed exile and sets in motion a life-changing series of events.
11) The husbands
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"From Chandler Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network comes The Husbands, a novel that asks: to what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband? Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too ... but why...
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English
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Spencer was the love of Anna's life: her husband, her best friend, her rock. She thought their love would last forever. But three years ago, Spencer was tragically killed in an accident and Anna's world was shattered. How can she ever move on, when she's lost her soulmate? On New Year's Eve Anna calls Spencer's phone number, just to hear his old voicemail greeting. But to her shock, someone answers. Brody has inherited Spencer's old number and is...
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Series
Walsh family volume 1
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English
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Claire thinks her life is over when her husband leaves her on the same day their daughter is born, so she decides to start over at her parent's home in Dublin, and while she is there she learns that the end of her marriage was the start of her new life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
720L
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English
Description
Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not her memory. It was a Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house on Baltimore's Calvert Street, abandoning Pearl to raise their three children alone: Jenny, high-spirited and determined, nurturing to strangers but distant to those she loves; the oldest son, Cody, a wild and incorrigible youth possessed by the lure of power and money; and sweet and clumsy Ezra, Pearl's favorite,...
17) Twice loved
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English
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For five years, sailor Rye Dalton has dreamt of the day when he would return to his wife. At long last, that day has finally arrived. It's 1837, and Rye is returning to his wife, but his beloved Laura, long since believing him dead, has married another man. And the man is Rye's closest friend, Dan Morgan.
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Tomorrow Will Be Better tells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy but joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work, poverty, and pain has worn them down. Her mother's resentment toward being a housewife and her father's inability to express his emotions result in a tense home life where Margy has no voice. Unable to speak up against her overbearing mother, Margy takes refuge...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
This tale of three generations of a family haunted by love begins the night Arlyn Singer's father dies and John Moody knocks on her door. Believing in destiny and in love, Arlyn marries John, although they are exact opposites in every way that's important to a marriage. Their search for family and identity carries over to their children, Sam and Blanca, and even to their grandson, Will, who will ultimately have to deal with people who don't know the...
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
Description
"She thought she'd found the perfect man. Anna was about to give up on finding a husband when Ethan walked into her life. She was immediately taken by his intelligence, charm, and dashing good looks, but what really won her over was his devotion to his mother. Thrilled to have met such a wonderful man, Anna rushes to marry him and they move into a beautiful house in the suburbs. Anna finally has the life she's always wanted... until Ethan's mother...
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