Hannah Curtis
1) The widow
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English
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After her husband is hit by a bus and killed, Jean is not the typical grieving widow--but Glen was not the average spouse either. Four years before his death, Glen was accused of kidnapping Bella, the young daughter of a single mother. Aside from the kidnapping and possible murder charges, investigations by detectives revealed some shameful habits of Glen's--issues sure to persuade any wife to leave. Jean, however, had taken on the role of supportive...
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Unexpected seasons volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
1817. When Thalia, Kalliope, and Charis set off to Regency London for their first Season, they each have clear goals. Thalia means to make her mark among the intelligentsia and publish her poetry. Charis hopes to earn her place among the scientific elite. Kalliope aims to take the fashionable ton by storm. It doesn't take long for things to fall apart: Kalli finds herself embroiled in scandal and reliant upon an arranged marriage to redeem her reputation'...
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English
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Over ten years, Kay Wilkinson watched as Alzheimer's steadily eroded her father into a paranoid lunatic. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline,...
6) Wave
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English
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On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously...
7) Anna O
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive—and hasn’t woken up since. Anna’s condition is a rare psychosomatic disorder known to neurologists as “resignation syndrome.” Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and his methods are the last hope of solving the infamous “Anna O" case. But he must be careful treating such a high-profile...
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Set in one day in 1632, The Anatomy Lesson is a stunning portrayal of Golden Age Amsterdam and a brilliantly imagined back-story to Rembrandt's first great work of art. Told from several points of view, ranging from a curio dealer who collects bodies for the city’s chief anatomist to philosopher Rene Descartes, the novel opens on the morning of the medical dissection that is to be recorded by the twenty-six-year-old artist...