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1) The guilty
Author
Series
Will Robie novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When his father is charged with murder and refuses to do anything to prove his innocence, Will Robie returns as an outsider to his hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi--where is he is met with distrust--to conduct his own investigation.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A senior partner at a prestigious New York law firm, Kate Morgan couldn't be prouder of her three grown children. Tamara, Anthony, and Claire all went to great schools, chose wonderful career paths, and would have made their father proud. A single mother for years after the death of her husband, Kate keeps a tight rein on her family, her career, and even her own emotions, never once asking herself if she truly knows her children . . . or if her hopes...
4) Men and dogs
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Left penniless and shattered by devastating secrets revealed in the aftermath of her seemingly successful lawyer husband's sudden death, Georgia rallies herself to pursue a new relationship and support her two daughters.
11) Smut: stories
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents two short tales of sex, secrets, and misrepresentation, including "The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson, " in which a widow supplements her income by being a test subject for medical students.
12) The green road
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ardeevin, County Clare, Ireland. 1980. When her oldest brother Dan announces he will enter the priesthood, young Hanna watches her mother howl in agony and retreat to her room. In the years that follow, the Madigan children leave one by one: Dan for the frenzy of New York under the shadow of AIDS; Constance for a hospital in Limerick, where petty antics follow simple tragedy; Emmet for the backlands of Mali, where he learns the fragility of love...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Luke Millward is a man who does not know he is lost. His girlfriend loves him, his career is going well, and every night he falls asleep knowing that his life is good and meaningful. Only when the past reveals its twisted smile in a phone call and a disconnected voice asks him to come find his father in post-Katrina New Orleans is Luke compelled to find out what kind of man he truly is.
14) At last
Author
Series
Patrick Melrose novels volume 5
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Friends, relatives, and foes trickle in to pay final respects to Patrick's mother, Eleanor. An American heiress, Eleanor married into the British aristocracy, giving up the grandeur of her upbringing for "good works" freely bestowed on everyone but her own son, who finds himself questioning whether his transition to a life without parents will indeed be the liberation he had so long imagined.
Author
Language
English
Description
Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, it's a high-risk game. Kate Madison's stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now they are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their mother's dismay. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when...
16) Sing them home
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
542 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This novel is a portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother's disappearance when they were children. Everyone in Emlyn Springs knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician's wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope's three young children, the stability of life with their preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother's spitfire best friend,...
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