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21) Go East
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The Sweedies are an average modern family with their share of quirks. They face life with humour and cherish family time, especially with the Grannies.
A trip to Spain brings mishaps – Sally Sweedie, mother to Jen and Ted, misplaces her phone while dealing with treacherous weather.
Back home in Southend for Christmas, two new arrivals join the Sweedies. Howard, father of the household, feels restless and buys a motorcycle, much to his wife's chagrin.
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A tale of two brothers, one lucky hat, and a whole lot of style Ben and Charlie are utterly preoccupied with fashion: Older brother Ben thinks he represents the cutting edge of what's hip, and younger brother Charlie tags along. Chief among Ben's treasure chest of dapper duds is his good-luck Bogie hat, a fedora that makes him look like Humphrey Bogart. But when Ben starts dating a girl named Penny, his notion of what's cool and what isn't gets thrown...
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"Fires and Renewal" follows the journey of Mark, a teenager grappling with the tragic loss of his mother. After moving to a ranch with his estranged father, Mark navigates the challenges of a new school and forms connections with classmates, including Isabella and Wayne. As friendships grow, so do unexpected tensions and complications, leading to a cruise that unravels hidden emotions and past secrets. The story weaves themes of loss, friendship,...
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Brent, the coach's son, is his father's best player on the 12-year-old Little League baseball team. The team is playing for the State Championship. His team is ready. They expect to win. But outbursts of uncontrollable anger from players, their parents, coaches, and officials threaten Brent's enthusiasm and concentration for the big game. Game Day comes, and Brent's nerves and emotions are a wreck. Then some unexpected events during the Championship...
25) The Cutters
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Bess Streeter Aldrich has made a big place for herself among novel readers by her wholesome, happy and truthful stories of American small-town life. In The Cutters she takes a family that is typical of many thousands of homes and portrays it with humor and sympathy.
26) Belonging
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Taylor Broderick has two things that matter in her life--Momma and the dream they share to find the gold-seeking father Taylor has never known. When an opportunity arises for them to continue their search for him, Taylor can barely climb the mountain fast enough to tell Momma. After announcing their fondest wish can be realized, Taylor learns the father, her hopes, trusting mother--everything she believes--is a lie. Taylor's quest to find her own...
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Sasha, Mike, and shy young Jacob have a new home with a garden. Mike plants a rose, Times Past. Sasha meets Magda and Stan, and Jacob is soon firm friends with their sons, especially Marcin. The boys delight in playing planet and alien games. There's another apparently welcoming neighbor, Debra, who makes cakes, offers help to the frazzled young parents and talks, sometimes strangely. All is well, and Times Past and new flourish. Until shortly after...
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"If only beauty were a weapon, then people would take it more seriously." How well do we really know our families? How long will we leave things unsaid that should be aired? It was a time of change.The time; 1968. The place; the O'Neill's Guest House in Kempsey, New South Wales. The patriarch of the family, David is suffering from a terminal illness. His wife Caitlin has organized a family gathering for what will be their final Father's day together....
29) Labor of Love
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Principles of Love volume 6
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Love finally connects with her mother-and finds her whole world turned upside down Big changes are afoot for Love Bukowski. Just when she meets her half-sister for the first time in Los Angeles, she gets a call from her long-lost mother and hops a plane back to Martha's Vineyard. Love is ready to embrace the new and exciting steps toward her senior year-but in Massachusetts, she finds more than she bargained for. Her mom is still not there, her boyfriend,...
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Nada une tanto a la familia como un asesinato a la vuelta de la esquina.
La influyente empresaria Lana Rubicon tiene mucho de lo que enorgullecerse: su sagaz inteligencia, un gusto impecable y el imperio inmobiliario que ha construido en Los Ángeles. Pero, cuando se encuentra atrapada a quinientos kilómetros al norte de la ciudad, convaleciente en un aburrido pueblo costero con su hija adulta Beth y su nieta adolescente Jack, a Lana no le queda...
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Bridges Between Our Hearts, the third book in the "Love That Does Not Die" trilogy, continues Larissa's winding journey through the anguish of grief as she resolves to live life to its fullest. Challenges in the world around her and changing family configurations create emotional chasms she never imagined. Faced with choices between connection or further loss, opportunities to build bridges emerge-allowing Larissa to see clearly that love does not...
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**Book Title: "Kindergarten Chronicles: A Journey of Growth and Discovery"Description: "Kindergarten Chronicles" is a heartwarming narrative that follows the adventures of Lily, a curious and spirited young child, as she navigates her way through the transformative landscape of kindergarten. Through vivid storytelling and immersive descriptions, the book invites readers to join Lily on a journey of growth, friendship, and discovery. From the nervous...
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Two intertwined families who live across the borders of Ghana and Nigeria, the Annans and the Olayiwolas, prepare for the wedding of Emmanuel Annan and Naa as the second decade of the twenty-first century ends.
Things begin to go south when Naa gets pregnant for another man and the wedding gets cancelled and another shocking event hits the families. The story unfolds through the private experiences of five characters in the two families who have...
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The 'emoji' in question, in case you were wondering, is Jenny Taylor's involuntary wink, which has landed her in all sorts of scrapes over the years. Together with her farmer parents Jim and Gladys and her siblings Doris, Tom and Fred, Jenny has many adventures in the sleepy Worcestershire town where they all live.
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Pennsylvania, 1913. The four Wittmann brothers manufacture steel precision tools. Jochen (Joe) is a ruthless businessman who seeks to improve the bottom line at any cost. Friedrich (Fred) dabbles in Socialism but would never sacrifice his dividends. Wilhelm (Willie) prefers to collect art rather than visit the factory floor. Only Karl (Charles), a widower, has the vision to keep the family business in the black. Now, as the winds of war sweep across...
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Everyone dreams of an idyllic life with fulfilling work and quiet retirement. This is exactly what the reverend John Leffingwell expected, but his world is turned upside down when his son is diagnosed with AIDS. The emotional and financial drain of his son's illness leads Reverend Leffingwell to a poor neighborhood in Seattle, where he finds crime, devastation, and most importantly, himself.
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Faced with a proposal from a man she despises, impetuous Mei Lin makes a daring declaration: she will only marry the man who can defeat her in a sword fight. She has bested everyone who has so far tried to teach her a lesson...until a handsome stranger comes to her village. In captivating swordsman Shen Leung , Mei Lin finally sees a man she wants to marry. A man she's willing to surrender to in every way....
38) The Bulwark
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Rufus and Hannah Barnes are good Quakers, highly respected in their new community of Dukla, Pennsylvania and strictly loyal to their faith. They pass this loyalty on to their children, including Solon Barnes, who must hold on to his Quaker convictions while living in an increasingly materialistic modern society. After falling for the lovely Benecia_x2014_a daughter of the wealthy Wallin family_x2014_Solon is given a position at her father's bank in...
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A FUR-EVER FAMILY
Baker Lily Langtry isn't one to commit to anything more than her mouthwatering pastries. So when a puppy appears at her door, she's stunned at her new responsibilities...;and how quick she is to fall for the adorable creature. But Lily gets more than she bargains for when she takes the cute canine to visit strikingly handsome town vet Christopher Whitman.
Unaware of the Matchmaking Mamas' scheme to bring them together, Lily...
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Situated deep in the Louisiana bayou is the formerly opulent Sorrow Estate. Once home to a magical family-the Sorrows-it now sits in ruins, ever since a series of murders in 1902 shocked the entire community. Now the ghosts of girls in white dresses shift in and out of view, stuck in time as they live out the past on repeat.
When Frances Green Sorrow is born carrying the "signs" of the so-called chosen one, it is believed she will bring her family...
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