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Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been "molded to the smallest space possible." So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself...
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2014
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8 audio discs (9 hr., 21 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Mary Morrissey is living the life with a loving husband, Tom, two daughters, and twin boys. But Mary hasn't taken a calm breath in ten years. She lives in a state of panic, afraid the secret she's kept hidden will be revealed, shattering her perfect life. When ex-boyfriend Landon James reappears during his Senate campaign, Mary's fears become even more real. Mary bargains with God, negotiates deals, and promises to be the best wife and mother ever;...
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"Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what's expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a famous Jazz musician, Viv knows that a swift wedding is the only answer. Her only solace is that marrying Joshua will mean escaping her strict mother's scrutiny....
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