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- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society / by
Shaffer, Mary Ann.
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Barrows, Annie.
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As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.- Subjects: Epistolary fiction.; Women authors; Book clubs (Discussion groups);
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© 2008., The Dial Press,
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- The reader by Schlink, Bernard; Janeway, Carol Brown.;
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- Subjects: Love stories.; Psychological fiction.; Bildungsromans.; German fiction.; Middle aged women; Young men;
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© 1997, Pantheon
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- The book of negroes : [a novel] / by
Hill, Lawrence,
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- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Canadian fiction.; Slavery; Slaves; African American loyalists; Black loyalists; African American loyalists; Antislavery movements; Freedmen;
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© c2007., HarperCollins,
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- Water for elephants : a novel / by Gruen, Sara.;
- A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.--From publisher description.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Circus; Depressions; Circus performers;
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© 2007., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
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- March : a novel / by Brooks, Geraldine.;
- An extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history by the author of the international bestseller Year of Wonders From Louisa May Alcott s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With"pitch-perfect writing" (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brooks s place as a renowned author of historical fiction.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; War stories.; March family (Fictitious characters); Fathers and daughters; Soldiers;
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© 2006., Penguin Books,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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