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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen
It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm. In New York City, you can disappear into the crowd. At least that’s what... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who live on a narrow boat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press.
Ambitious, intelligent Peggy has been told for... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Favorite Girl by Monica Arya
Every family has secrets -- dark ones, twisted ones, ones they hide. The Ivory family is no different. From the outside of their gated estate, one would see a beautiful, wealthy family. But the more perfect they seem, it only shows how many imperfections they are trying to bury. When Demi Rao, a... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Finding Me by Viola Davis
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.
This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered,... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Audrey Hepburn Estate by Brenda Janowitz
When Emma Jansen discovers that the grand Long Island estate where she grew up is set to be demolished, she can't help but return for one last visit. After all, it was a place filled with firsts: learning to ride a bike, sneaking a glass of champagne, falling in love.
But once Emma... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore
An incredibly thoughtful, disarmingly funny, and intensely vulnerable glimpse into the life and ministry of a woman familiar to many but known by few.
“It’s a peculiar thing, this having lived long enough to take a good look back. We go from knowing each other better than we know... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Across the Winding River by Aimie K. Runyan
A woman unlocks the mystery of her father’s wartime past in a moving novel about secrets, sacrifice, and the power of love.
Beth Cohen wants to make the most of the months she has left with her elderly father, Max. His only request of his daughter is to go through the long-forgotten... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Call of the Wrens by Jenni L. Walsh
The Call of the Wrens introduces the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe carrying secrets on their shoulders.
An orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Marion Hoxton found in the Great War something other than destruction. She discovered a... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Coal River by Ellen Marie Wiseman
One young woman's determination to put an end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town... As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside town, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-wife Julia. It's a picturesque village filled with vacationers and well-off locals, but there's something darker behind the... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler
Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God’s disapproval. At thirty-five, everything in her life seems to... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont
In the tradition of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home or George Hodgman’s Bettyville, Fremont writes with wit and candor about growing up in a household held together by a powerful glue: secrets. Her parents, profoundly affected by their memories of the Holocaust, pass on, to... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey
One baby girl. Two strong Southern women. And the most difficult decision they’ll ever make. Frances “Khaki” Mason has it all: a thriving interior design career, a loving husband and son, homes in North Carolina and Manhattan... everything except the second child she has always... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Falling in Love with English Boys by Melissa Jansen
Sixteen-year-old Catherine Vernon has been stranded in London for the summer--no friends, no ex-boyfriend Adam the Scum (good riddance!), and absolutely nothing to do but blog about her misery to her friends back home.
Desperate for something--anything--to do in London while her... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Baxters (Baxter Family Prequel) by Karen Kingsbury
A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari’s wedding to Tim Jacobs. It’s supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth can’t shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm a sign?... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Awful Beautiful Life: When God Shows Up in the Midst of Tragedy by Rebecca Powell &am...
A gripping story of grace, faith, and triumph for a woman whose world shattered hours after her husband's suicide.
Rebecca Powell faced the unthinkable on May 13, 2013. Her husband Mark called and said, "I've done something terrible." Within hours, she learned that he had taken his own life... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Death of Innocence : The Untold Story of JonBenet's Murder and How Its Exploitati...
Since the murder of their daughter on Christmas night, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey have lived a nightmare of grief, fear, and persecution. Throughout the onslaught, they have remained quiet, patiently trusting that the focus would finally turn to finding the person who committed this heinous... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Bk 1) by Kim Mi...
The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything... everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however,... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Au Pair by Emma Rous
A grand estate, terrible secrets, and a young woman who bears witness to it all. If V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous' The Au Pair would be it.
Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother Danny were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Sco...
The first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s life together, finally revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
Eternal by Lisa Scottoline
A sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome... in the creeping shadow of fascism.
What war destroys, only love can heal.
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends... more
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Mary M. (bkwrm) |
The Accidental Farmers by Tim Young
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When Tim and Liz Young decided to leave their comfortable suburban life and become first-time farmers in rural Georgia, they embarked on a journey that would change their lives. The Accidental Farmers reveals how the couple learned that hamburgers, bacon, and eggs don't come... more
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