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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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The masterful story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories and buried secrets, tested in the twilight of their lives, set across the arc of the 20th century. Celebrated children's book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy--to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written Franklin Square novels; and even more consuming, to permanently protect the peninsula of majestic...
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English
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Eudora Honeysett is done with this noisy, moronic world--all of it. She has witnessed the indignities and suffering of old age and has lived a full life. At eighty-five, she isn't going to leave things to chance. Her end will be on her terms. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland, a plan is set in motion. Then she meets ten-year-old Rose Trewidney, a whirling, pint-sized rainbow of color and sparkling cheer. All Eudora wants is to be left alone...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
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For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others : to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.
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Series
Senior league (C. Ingelman-Sundberg) volume 1
Pensionärsligan volume 01
League of Pensioners volume 01
Pensionärsligan volume 01
League of Pensioners volume 01
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English
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79-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting life-style. Along with her four oldest friends - otherwise known as the League of Pensioners - Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them. Together, they cause an uproar with their antics: protesting against early bedtimes...
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English
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"Lucas Davenport returns, in one of the most startling Prey novels yet from the number-one-bestselling author. In the richest neighborhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a metal pipe, the rooms tossed, only small items stolen. It is clearly the random work of someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as he looks more closely, Davenport begins to wonder if the items are actually so small or the victims so...
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English
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"In her most candid and revealing book yet, acclaimed broadcast journalist and Baby Boomer Joan Lunden delves into the various phases of aging that leave many feeling uncomfortable, confused, and on edge. In her hilarious book, Lunden takes the dull and depressing out of aging, replacing it with wit and humor. After all, laughing is better than crying--unless it makes you pee! Whether you're in your 40s, 50s, 60s, or more, this book is full of helpful...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Newly installed at All Souls Lutheran, Mallory "Pastor Pete" Peterson soon realizes that her church isn't merely going through turbulent waters, but is a sinking ship. With the help of five loyal members of the Naomi Circle, the young, bold minister brainstorms fundraising ideas. They all agree that the usual recipe book won't add much to the parish coffers, but maybe one with all the ingredients on how to heat up relationships rather than casseroles...
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Series
Senior league (C. Ingelman-Sundberg) volume 2
League of Pensioners volume 02
League of pensioners volume 2
League of Pensioners volume 02
League of pensioners volume 2
Language
English
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...unless you're in the League of Pensioners! Martha Andersson and her friends are at it again. Having left behind their restrictive senior home in Stockholm, the gang is off to make it big in the bright lights and big money of The Strip. Armed with electric wheelchairs and some well-placed helium balloons, Martha, The Genius, The Rake, Christina, and Anna-Gretta are ready to take a Vegas casino for all it's worth,...
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Martha and her friends are sitting quite comfortabley in Sweden. A little too comfortabley. Determined to do more for their fellow pensioners-and jazz things up for themselves-they're up to their usual antics: bank robberies, money laundering, and figuring out how to disappear in a garbage-truck-cum-getaway-car. They have their signts set on building a resort village for seniors, but that's going to take money. Lots of money. While jealously...
11) Leota's garden
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Pub. Date
cp2004.
Language
English
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Despairing at the age of eighty-four of reconciling with her adult children because of painful family secrets, Leota's life is changed by a college student and the granddaughter she'd never thought she would know.
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