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Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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After her village is devastated by famine, 10-year-old Sixiang is sold to a human trafficker for a bag of rice and six silver coins. Her mother is reluctant to let her go, but the promise of a better life for her beloved daughter ultimately sways her. Arriving in America with the profits from her sale and a single photograph of Guifeng, her absent father, Sixiang journeys across an unfamiliar American landscape in the hopes of reuniting her family....
Author
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club--devoted entirely to romance novels--and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In 1943 Hollywood, aspiring murder mystery screenwriter Annie Laurence, to get a foot in the door, volunteers at the Hollywood Canteen, a club run exclusively by industry members, and gets an opportunity to prove her worth by solving a real-life murder case, chronicling her investigation in an anonymous magazine column"--
Author
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a prominent Sacramento businessman is killed and his wife injured in a brutal home invasion, Detective Emily Hunter and her partner, Javier Medina, are called to investigate. At first glance, it seems like a crime of opportunity gone horribly wrong, but Emily soon finds there might be more to both the crime and the dead man. The high-stakes investigation also comes at a time when Emily is caring for her mother, who has early-onset Alzheimer's,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be married. The couple soon moves to San Jose, California, with an infant and Sungho's overbearing mother-in-law. Adrift in a new country, Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come. From the Gwangju Massacre to the 1988...
Author
Series
Forgetters volume 2
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
90 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this long short story, or short novella, Dave Eggers gives us an unforgettable duo, Helen and Peter Mahoney, a homebody niece and her adventurous, almost-British uncle. Helen designs invitations to parties and galas to which she is not welcome, and is quite comfortable with that. One day, though, Peter wonders, "Why not print an extra invite and I'll be your plus one?" What starts out as an innocuous lark becomes much more -- a very funny and...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Romance writer Penelope Banks can write the perfect love story, but when it comes to family all she's got is a rough draft. Penny shelved the idea of fitting in with her high-achieving family years ago, but when her new business venture--a romance bookstore--is at risk of closing before its doors have opened, she's forced to ask for help from the one place she never expected. Home" --
Author
Series
Aunties (Jesse Q Sutanto) volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
While in Jakarta to spend Chinese New Year with her family, newlywed Meddy Chan is unwittingly drawn into a decades-long war between Jakarta's most powerful business factions along with her Aunties and must come with a plan to save them all.
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Since his release from prison, where he served a two-year sentence for growing cannabis, Benjamin Hecht has grown increasingly reclusive. He keeps busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes outside the town of Natoma, California, but he interacts with almost no one, except for his wife, Ada, and almost never leaves his farm. Most notably, his relationship with his son, Yoel, whose trust he betrayed years ago, has continued to degrade. When Yoel comes...
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Language
English
Description
"The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start...
Author
Language
English
Description
In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives her--to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who murdered her mother and vowed to eliminate everyone in her family. Then Joe Grantham arrives at her door and, for the first time, Rowan lets her guard down--a dangerous mistake when he blackmails her to go...
15) Dream town
Author
Series
Eve Ronin novels volume 5
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hidden Hills is a private celebrity enclave of white picket fences and horse trails that seems to exist in a dreamworld. But when reality superstar Kitty Winslow is killed within their gates and corpses are found in the vast state park outside them, LASD detective Eve Ronin realizes there is a deadly, razor-thin line between what's real and what's imagined. Eve discovers that Kitty's surreal on- and off-camera life, a blur of fact and fantasy, shockingly...
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