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1) The rescue
Author
Language
English
Description
Reluctant to take chances in the world of romance, volunteer firefighter Taylor McAden experiences a dramatic change of heart after a near-fatal automobile accident leads to a fateful encounter with Denise Holden.
Author
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Suspense, humor and plenty of heart . . . spooky and satisfying.”—People
Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America . . . to a place she never knew existed—a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation. What awaits her there will change her life and the life of everyone she knows—if she can find...
Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America . . . to a place she never knew existed—a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation. What awaits her there will change her life and the life of everyone she knows—if she can find...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Her promising career in 1960s London interrupted by an affair with a married professor that renders her a single mother, Jessica Speight faces wrenching questions about responsibility, potential, and compassion when her sunny child reveals unique needs.
Author
Language
English
Description
One year after her divorce, Joyce invites her older sister Lydia, who is also divorced, to live with her until she finds a place of her own. Their relationship begins to fray as new revelations from their family's history come to light. The sisters rarely discuss the loss of their sister, Eleanor, who was significantly disabled and died when she was only ten years old. Will secrets revealed further split them apart, or course-correct their connection...
10) Mortal suns
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
335 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized. When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year...
12) A Christmas home
Author
Series
McCray Family novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Todd has been working for years at the local animal shelter when he learns that it's being shut down. With his best friend, Laura, he struggles to place the animals in homes before the shelter closes, and Todd becomes torn between a dairy job close to home and a dog-trainer job three hours away, a decision that is further complicated when he realizes that he and Laura may be more than friends."--Publishers Weekly.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While in heaven reviewing her short life with the help of the Assembler of Parts, 8-year-old Jess, who was born with a syndrome of birth defects, discovers the true meaning and purpose of her life after her death unleashes events beyond her control.
Author
Series
Jared McKean mystery volume 1
Publisher
Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Nashville private investigator Jared McKean is accused of murder, he works to prove his innocence while keeping up with his reponsibilities.
15) Flying at night
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Learning that her abrasive hero pilot father has sustained a debilitating brain injury at the same time her young son is confirmed on the autism spectrum, Piper embarks on a journey of devotion and self-discovery while watching her son and his grandfather start to connect in near-miraculous ways.
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Preparing to start over in idyllic Provence, France, after learning she is pregnant, Anna and her easygoing musician partner, Tobias, embark on an unexpected journey of the heart when their daughter is born with severe disabilities, a situation that is further complicated by a rickety home, eccentric neighbors, and frequent trips to the hospital.
17) Joe Speedboat
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After surviving a coma, 13-year-old Frankie Hermans is left paralyzed, mute, and bound to a wheelchair. He sees his life as hopeless until he meets Joe Speedboat, a new boy in town whose sheer kinetic energy and boundless enthusiasm gives Frankie--and the rest of his sleepy Dutch town--a new lease on life.
Author
Series
Angelus trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xxx, 493 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set 16 years later, this follow-up to The watchers finds former escort Katherine Taylor and her son Max living content but haunted lives in a small Washington State town under Swiss Guard protection while an exhausted Harper's compelled to investigate a defrocked priest's discovery of a monster in the Catacombs of Paris.
Author
Series
Hope's Crossing volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seeking a quieter life, physical therapist Evie Blanchard puts her plans on hold when single dad Brodie convinces her to help his injured daughter, Taryn, and she finds it hard to keep an emotional distance from Brodie and Taryn.
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Berlin. After an encounter with a dog in which he was worsted, Marek begins attending a support group for young people with physical disabilities. Marek is dismissive of the other members of the support group, seeing little connection between their misfortunes and his own. The one exception to this is Janne, the wheelchair-bound woman with whom he has fallen in love. When a family crisis forces Marek to face his demons, he is in dire need of support....
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