Summary: Parents can go to great lengths to protect their children and A Nearly Normal Family explores this concept that explores many different points of view to depict this from each character. Stella Sandell is accused of murdering a much older man. Her parents are shocked. She comes from the family of a father who is …
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Summary: Annie Taft's wedding is just a few days away, but Annie has disappeared. Everything was prepared for this to be a perfect southern wedding in her South Carolina town. Why did Annie vanish? Were there second thoughts? Did it have anything to do with the fact that her mother's supposed killer was being released …
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Summary: The year 1969 was an iconic year in which America saw Woodstock, a Kennedy scandal, racism, and Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. As Hilderbrand’s books usually are laid out, this novel follows a family with secrets and rumors that the older generation remains kept locked up. The children in the Levin family always …
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Summary: The First Mistake introduces the readers to Alice, a widow who has overcome her tragedy and finally found happiness. Alice is an entrepreneur who is finally in a happy marriage after the death of her first husband. Alice and her new husband, Nathan, have worked together in the business she started with her husband. Nathan …
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Summary: Lisa Morton takes the readers through the past hundreds of years to explore how the world has celebrated Halloween and how the Celtic celebration of Samhain in addition to All Souls' Day in the Catholic religion helped to shape Halloween in America. Many aspects of Halloween are considered such as horror movies, haunted houses, …
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Summary: Laura and Rosie are sisters but couldn't be any more different. Laura has never had much luck in her love life. Rosie is married with a family living in a stable home in Connecticut. Laura works in the busy setting of New York City in the world of Wall Street. After Laura has another …
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Summary:Harriet and Charlotte have been best friends, although Harriet remains a bit more secretive about her own personal life. Charlotte is asked to watch her best friend's daughter at the school fair. Charlotte is a little overwhelmed at the fair, but tries to watch all the children as well as she can. Soon she realizes, …
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Hockey Sticks, Grips, and trips 