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Katie Wilkinson has finally found the perfect man but one day he suddenly disappears, leaving behind only a diary written by a new mother named Suzanne for her baby, Nicholas. In it she ultimately reveals the romance between herself and the child's father, her hopes for their marriage, and her unparalleled joy in motherhood.
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When Eliana moved to Italy the future was bright with promise. But once she settled into the small village, she found her husband to be a very different man. Over time he distanced himself from her, leaving her to care for their young son.
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This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his fatherand she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his life. But somewhere between this world...
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When Frances' husband punches her again, she believes he's crossed the line--that the next time he will kill her. She decides to put her life--and that of her son--in the hands of a network which helps women start over. She becomes Beth and begins a new life in Florida with her son. It could be wonderful ... but she lives in fear of being found by Bobbie.
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"Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son Ben when he asks if he can run ahead. It's an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry--until Ben vanishes. Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from...
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Originally published in 1978, and now reissued in a Modern Library paperback classics edition, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP occupies a special place in American letters as a beloved modern classic. Author John Irving provides a new Introduction for this edition. As the Chicago SUN-TIMES said, "Like all extraordinary books, GARP defies synopsis".
11) The Farm
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If you refuse to believe me, I will no longer consider you my son. Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden. But with a single phone call, everything changes. Your mother... she's not well, his father tells him. She's been imagining things - terrible, terrible things. She's had a psychotic breakdown, and been committed to a mental hospital. Before Daniel can board a plane to Sweden, his mother...
13) The Silent Gift
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The 1930's were a decade of enormous uncertainty for the world, for America, and in particular for one struggling mother and son. When her husband leaves her for someone whose time isn't wrapped up in a silent, handicapped kid, Mary and little Jack are out on their own in a world that has no room for the poor and disabled. But then arrives The Gift...
14) The kissing hand
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When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
15) The letter
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Christmas box trilogy volume 2
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A letter left on his daughter's grave sends a man searching for his mother who abandoned him in childhood. For David Parkins, it's a chance at happiness, his wife having just left him. A sentimental tale set in 1930s Salt Lake City.
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Good news! Fannie's back in town--and the town is among the leading characters in her new novel. Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their ninety-eight-year-old Aunt Elner; the oddly sexy and charismatic...
17) Kiss good night
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Even after a story, being tucked in, and warm milk, Sam is not ready to go to sleep until his mother kisses him good-night.
19) Little Bear
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Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.
20) Prodigal son
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As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name--The Nowhere Man--and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer--in exchange for an unofficial...