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1) Little women
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"For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
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"From New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary comes the captivating story of a wealthy, but unconventional New England family, told from the perspective of a reclusive 29-year-old who has a secret (and famous) life on the Internet. Charlotte Maynard rarely leaves her mother's home, the sprawling Connecticut lake house that belonged to her late stepfather, Whit Whitman, and the generations of Whitmans before him. While Charlotte and her sister,...
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Sparrow sisters volume 1
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"The Sparrow sisters are as tightly woven into the New England seaside town of Granite Point as the wild sweet peas that climb the stone walls along the harbor. Sorrel, Nettie and Patience are as colorful as the beach plums on the dunes and as mysterious as the fog that rolls into town at dusk. Patience is the town healer and when a new doctor settles into Granite Point he brings with him a mystery so compelling that Patience is drawn to love him,...
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"From the author of It's Always the Husband comes a riveting new suspense novel about privilege, power, and what happens when we let ambition take control. When twin sisters Rose and Bel Enright enroll in The Odell School, a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But the sisters could not be more different. The school brings out a rivalry between them that few ever knew existed. And the school itself...
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In This Intimate Historical Epic, the Heart-wrenching Dilemmas of The Meeting Place Come to Rest on...The Sacred Shore Oceans and circumstances have forced families apart. For the banished French Acadians drifting in exile, the shore means safety--though it is a safety at a terrible price. For the lonely British nobleman, the shore holds a single chance to secure his legacy. For Andrew and Catherine Harrow, the shore marks a tragic separation. An...
11) Amity
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"Two teens narrate the terrifying days and nights they spend living in a house of horrors"--
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Electra d'Aplièse is a woman who seems to have it all: as a top model, she has beauty, fame, and wealth. But beneath the glittery veneer, she's cracking under the pressure of it all. The last straw comes when she finds out her father has died and she turns to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain. As friends and colleagues fear for her health, Electra receives a shocking letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother. In 1939, Cecily...
13) Blue moon
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Luanne Rice, the New York Times best-selling author of Firefly Beach (L1033), masterfully conveys the emotionally complex bonds that tie families together. In Blue Moon, restauranteur Cass and her fisherman husband Billy have a passionate marriage, filled with steamy sex. But the strain of raising a hearing-impaired daughter is wearing their love thin. When disaster at sea strikes, Cass must lean on her family for the support she needs.
16) No such person
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"A murder mystery in a small town raises suspicions when a member of a well-regarded family in the community is implicated"--
17) Dark rooms
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"[M]urder and glamour set in the ambiguous and claustrophobic world of an exclusive New England prep school"--
"Death sets the plot in motion: the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen. The crime is solved, and quickly--a lonely classmate, unrequited love, a suicide note confession--but memory and instinct won't allow Nica's older sister, Grace, to accept the case as closed. Dropping out of college and living at home,...
19) Mujercitas
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El señor March se ha marchado a la guerra y sus cuatro hijas deben quedarse en casa con su madre, su tiacutea y sus amigos, en medio del bullicio de la vida burguesa de Nueva Inglaterra.
Chronicles the joys and sorrow of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 5
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Someone is leaving books on their doorsteps. Each comes with a mysterious message asking them to read the book and do something new. The four friends now have a secret girls-only book club. Who's sending these packages? And what will the next book be? The girls can't wait to find out.
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