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1) Coral Cafe
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Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
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When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmers' market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a café on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina must quickly become more creative than ever, especially when her college-aged twins need help. In the midst of it all, her sister Kai decides to create a local musical theater troupe. Their sister Brooke is having marital troubles, while their enigmatic grandmother Ginger continues...
Author
Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
When Marina Moore's life implodes, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house. In her mid-forties, Marina needs her grandmother's gutsy advice to life. Writer Jack Ventana is on a sabbatical to write a book, but soon faces the prospect of unexpected romance when he moves into the guest cottage.
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Amish bookstore volume 2
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With little left to tie her to her to Texas, Yvonne Wilson jumps at the chance to shake things up with a move to Montgomery, Indiana. No longer a part of the Amish community but still a resident of Montgomery, Abraham Byler finds himself in over his head with a fast-moving relationship with Brianna Stone. When Abraham realizes that his old crush is back in town, he finds himself head over heels for Yvonne--and in hot water with Brianna. Meanwhile,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Through the Alentejo family, Saramago conveys the story of rural Portugal from 1920 until 1979, including the Workers Movement Revolution of 1974. The author captures the language of the peasants using a concise and brilliant style, with a dose of black humor that show Saramagoś talent for painting a perfect picture with words.
6) Lookout
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Set in rural Montana, Lookout centers on the dual coming-of-age of a girl and her father amid the natural and cultural forces that shape their family. Lookout tells the story of the Kinzlers, a working-class family firmly rooted in Northwest Montana. Set beneath big skies and spanning four decades, Lookout is an unvarnished look at contemporary life in the rural mountain west, and the interior worlds of people who are different than their surfaces...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early 20th century, Harley recounts that after his father's sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida-mere miles away from what would become Disney World-to join a community of Shakers. Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith, and charity,...
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"The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border [of Pennsylvania], Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting and fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the steady encroachment of gas drilling bring new wealth and erode neighborly trust. The drug trade is pushing heroin into the territory. There are outlaws cooking meth in the woods, guys Henry grew up with. When a stranger turns up dead,...
Author
Series
Henry Farrell novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border [of Pennsylvania], Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting and fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the steady encroachment of gas drilling bring new wealth and erode neighborly trust. The drug trade is pushing heroin into the territory. There are outlaws cooking meth in the woods, guys Henry grew up with. When a stranger turns up dead,...
10) Little cedar
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Little Cedar chronicles the misadventures of two ten-year-old cousins, Pud and Skeeter, during a summer visit to their grandparentś ranch at the foot of Rodney Mountain in the Kiamichi Mountain Range. The ranch is an integral part of the Little Cedar community, which is located a few miles northeast of Antlers, Oklahoma. The time period is at the end of the 1940s. Little Cedar will give young readers a special insight into rural life in Oklahoma...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Tsu, a non- verbal boy whose rural existence appears unbearable until rumors of a monstrous giant upend his mundane life. Tsu finds himself at the center of the mystery, as his strange metaphysical connection with the creature is revealed. As the dragnet closes in, Tsu is forced to choose between a dangerous path leading beyond the periphery of human perception or a life without his only friend.