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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir
Sherman Alexie - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The Instant New York Times BestsellerOne of the most anticipated books of 2017--Entertainment Weekly and Bustle A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The... |
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The Lucky Few: Finding God's Best in the Most Unlikely Places
Heather Avis - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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These are the faces that call me "mom," the three children who made me a mother. When I started my journey into parenthood I never thought it would look like this. I never planned on having three adopted children, and I certainly never imagined that two of them would... |
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Meg Cabot
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Librarian note: AKA (1-800-Where-R-You series) , AKA (historical romance novels) .Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were a |
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Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel
Helen Fielding
Format: Paperback
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The iconic #1 bestseller by Helen Fielding; Bridget Jones is now the inspiration for the September 2016 Working Title film release of Bridget Jones's Baby, starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey and Emma Thompson. Bridget Jones's Diary |
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Fall: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town
Ron Franscell - New Horizon Press
Format: Hardcover
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On a chilly autumn night in 1973, Casper, Wyomings picturesque steel bridge was the scene of a horrific crime. Two young half-sisters, Amy Burridge and Becky Thomson, were abducted, raped, and thrown from the bridge into the swiftly flowing waters 110 feet below. Author and Casper native... |
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Emily Giffin
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Emily Giffin is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia School of Law. After practicing litigation at a Manhattan firm for several years, she moved to London to write full time. The author of seven New York Times bestselling novels, Something Borrowed |
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John Grisham
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Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby--writing his first novel. Born... |
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Joshilyn Jackson
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Jackson's latest novel, THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYONE, pubs on February 16, 2016!New York Times Bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson is the author of gods in Alabama, Between, Georgia, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Backseat Saints, A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty, and most recently, SO |
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Jenny Lawson
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Known for her sardonic wit and her hysterically skewed outlook on life, Jenny Lawson has made millions of people question their own sanity, as they found themselves admitting that they, too, often wondered why Jesus wasn't classified as a zombie, or laughed to the point of bla |
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Erynn Mangum
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I love to read, love to write and am very blessed to be the mama of two precious little boys and the wife of an amazing man. Look for the Lauren Holbrook series (Miss Match, ReMatch and Match Point) , the Maya Davis series (Cool Beans, Latte Daze and Double Shot) Sketchy Behavior |
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Liane Moriarty
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Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of six internationally best-selling novels, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist's Love Story and the number 1 New York Times bestsellers: The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies. The Husb |
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Ann Patchett - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, Run, and Bel Canto, examines her deepest commitments—to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband—creating a resonant portrait of a life in This is the Story... |
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Jodi Picoult
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Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-two novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers "The Storyteller," "Lone Wolf," "Between the Lines," "Sing You Home," "House Rules," "Handle with Care," "Change of Heart,& |
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Mary Roach
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Mary Roach is the author of the New York Times bestsellers STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void; and BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Her most recent book, GRU |
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Taylor Jenkins Reid is an author, essayist, and TV writer from Acton, Massachusetts. Her debut novel, Forever, Interrupted, has been optioned with Dakota Johnson attached to star. Her second book, After I Do, was called a "must read" by Kirkus. Her most recent novel, May |
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Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. She began writing when a blizzard in February 1979 kept her in her hilltop home with a three and six year old for nearly a week of canceled kindergarten and dwindling chocolate supplies. During the now-famous blizzard, she pulled |
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Rainbow Rowell
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Rainbow Rowell writes books. Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS and LANDLINE) . Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK and FANGIRL) . But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they're screwing up. And people who fa |
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Maria Semple
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Maria Semple wrote for the television shows Arrested Development, Ellen and Mad About You. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker and The Los Angeles Times. She lives in Seattle. |
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Nicholas Sparks
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Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 31, 1965, the second son of Patrick Michael (1942-1996) and Jill Emma Marie (Thoene) Sparks (1942-1989). His siblings are Michael Earl Sparks (b. Dec. 1964), and Danielle Sparks (b. Dec. 1966, d. June, 2000). As a chi |
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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Life can be hard —and it can be great. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice. Tiny Beautiful Things brings the best of Dear Sugar in one place... |
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Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love
Anna Whiston-Donaldson - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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I wish I had nothing to say on the matter of loss, but I do. Because one day I encouraged my two kids to go out and play in the rain, and only one came home.Now a New York Times bestseller!On the other side of heartbreak, a story of hope rises. On an ordinary September day, twelve-year-old... |
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