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The Sugar Queen
by Sarah Addison Allen
Published 2008 by Bantam
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780553805499
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In this irresistible follow-up to her "New York Times"-bestselling debut, "Garden Spells," author Allen tells the tale of a young woman whose family secrets--and secret passions--are about to change her life forever. More...
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Summer Snow
by Nicole Baart
Published 2008 by Tyndale House Publishers
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781414316239
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""Why are you here?" I whispered achingly, afraid to hear the answer.
She didn't even pause. "I had a dream that you forgave me."" Julia DeSmit is finally learning to accept her new life. Optimistic and anxious to begin again after dropping out of college, she is taking fumbling steps down a challenging yet hope-filled road.... More...
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Sticky Fingers: A Tess Camillo Mystery
by Morgan Hunt
Published 2007 by Alyson Books
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781593500030
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Shortly after amateur sleuth Tess Camillo discovers a rattlesnake under the bed of her San Diego home, another lesbian is killed with a snake. Police worry that they have a herpetophile serial killer on their hands. Neither Tess nor the police make much progress until a psychic contacts Tess, offering clues.... More...
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Traveling Light
by Katrina Kittle
Published 2008 by Harper Perennial
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780061451379
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A dancer-turned-school teacher encounters a string of bad luck in the form of a career-ending injury and the slow death of her brother. But it is in trying to fulfill a promise made long ago that Summer will meet her greatest challenge and realize how truly fortunate she is. More...
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Beijing Coma
by Ma Jian
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374110178
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At once a powerful allegory of a rising China, racked by contradictions, and a seminal examination of the Tiananmen Square protests, "Beijing Coma" is a novel spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and a deep rage. More...
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So Long at the Fair
by Christina Schwarz
Published 2008 by Doubleday Books
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385510295
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The bestselling author of "Drowning Ruth" returns to the small-town Wisconsin she has so brilliantly evoked, with this gripping novel about love, marriage, and adultery. More...
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The Wednesday Sisters
by Meg Waite Clayton
Published 2008 by Ballantine Books
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780345502827
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Humorous and moving, this novel--set in California during the tumultuous 1960s--is a literary feast for book lovers that earns a place among those popular works that honor the joyful, mysterious, unbreakable bonds between friends. More...
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I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
by Nora Ephron
Published 2008 by Vintage Books USA
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780307276827
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With her disarming, intimate, and dry sense of humor, Ephron shares her ups and downs in this bestselling look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself. More...
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Letter from Point Clear
by Dennis McFarland
Published 2008 by Picador USA
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780312427917
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Siblings return to their Southern hometown to rescue their younger sister from her marriage to an evangelical preacher, only to find their expectations turned completely upside down in this novel that reveals the common ground shared by these flawed yet captivating characters. More...
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Nappily Faithful
by Trisha R. Thomas
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780312361310
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Hoping to get away from emotional baggage in Los Angeles, Venus and Jake move to Atlanta. Yet the constant cloud of the past follows them: a difficult pregnancy and Jake being charged for the murder of his accountant. Though Jake never spent one night in jail, he fears the case will be reopened and he'll once again have to fight for his freedom.... More...
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