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Decades ago, after the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. But when he dies suddenly at the age of sixty-four, the ranch is inherited by his three daughters--each of them finding it impossible to believe that this larger-than-life figure is gone from their lives. JT's...
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The hotel was old, run-down. But to Hugues Martin, it is a rough diamond, tucked away on a quiet, Manhattan street. Under his tireless supervision, the Hotel Vendome is soon renowned---the ideal refuge for the rich and famous, as well as the perfect home for his family. But when his wife runs off with a rock star, Hugues is suddenly single-parent to four-year-old Heloise. As the years pass, Hugues and the hotel are the center of Heloise's life. She...
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Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. But it is not an easy life for...
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Warned by well-placed friends to flee late 1930s Germany because he is partly Jewish, the aristocratic Nicolas von Bingen heads to America with his two sons?and two snowy white Lipizzaner horses, which serve as Nick's entrée into the magical world of the Ringling Brothers Circus.
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Faithless and feckless if charming Paul Parker hurt his wife and left his three daughters deeply suspicious of men. But when he died, he also left these four women tellingly appropriate bequests that give their lives new meaning and free them to pursue their dreams.
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To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful—a secret realm only they inhabited.
Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered...
Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered...
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"When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side, working at grueling, poorly paid jobs. Decades later, through talent, faith, fortune, and relentless hard work, Jakob has achieved success...
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