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Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
v, 309 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Bernadette Baker lives through every mother's worst night nightmare when her adopted sixteen-year-old daughter, Veronica, is brutally murdered in a shocking and random act of violence. Ten years later the murderer, Raelynn Blackwell, is facing execution for her crime, and despite being united in their grief over Veronica, the Baker family is deeply divided on the subject of the death penalty.--From publisher description.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Six years ago Maddie lived in Washington D.C. with her father, a Secret Service agent assigned to the President's family, and her best friend was Logan, the President's son; but after her father was wounded in an attempted kidnapping the two of them moved to a remote cabin in Alaska and Logan never replied to her letters-- but now he has suddenly turned up on her doorstep, and, while she has no intention of forgiving him for his silence, she soon...
85) All my rage
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
86) Homeland
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vii, 590 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Here is the story of two families in small-town Basque country, pitted against each other by the ideology and violence of the terrorist group ETA (Basque Homeland and Liberty), from the unrelentingly grim 1980s to October 2011 when the group proclaimed an end to its savage insurgency. Erstwhile lifetime friends--especially the generation of parents on both sides--the two families become bitter enemies when a father of one is killed by ETA militants,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
209 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"In the small Tuscan town of Collodi, a lonely woodcarver longs for the companionship of a son. One day, "as if the wood commanded me," Giuseppe--better known as Geppetto--carves for himself a pinewood boy, a marionette he hopes to take on tour worldwide. But when his handsome new creation comes magically to life, Geppetto screams . . . and the boy, Pinocchio, leaps from his arms and escapes into the night. Though he returns the next day, the wily...
88) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
When an energetic child inadvertently upsets one of his classmates, everyone is reminded that it is important to take responsibility for a mistake, and it is equally important to be ready to forgive. Includes information about apologies and forgiveness.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Bex, Jenni, Ellory, Ret. To Ellory they were Venus. Earth. Moon. Sun. Electric, headstrong young women; Ellory's whole solar system. Now Ellory is alone, her once inseparable group of friends torn apart by secrets, deception, and a shocking incident that changed their lives forever. She's returning to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a two-month suspension and summer away. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a mysterious...
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Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Based on a true story, Crossroads : a Story of Forgiveness follows a family struggling with a sudden loss as they face the future together. When the beloved wife and daughter of Bruce Murakami (Dean Cain) are killed in a tragic accident, he begins a desperate search to find out what actually happened. Aided by a determined lawyer (Peri Gilpin), Bruce discovers that they were innocent victims of a street racing incident and he begins a campaign to...
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When a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow, the event forever alters the 11-year-old's understanding of the world. A brilliant and beautiful contemporary novel about love and memory from the author of the bestselling novels All He Ever Wanted and The Pilots Wife. The events of a December afternoon, during which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow, will forever alter the 11-year-old girls understanding...
100) Forever my own
Author
Series
Ladies of the Lake volume 2
Description
"In 1871, Kirstin Hallberg arrives in Duluth, Minnesota, to find the city council intent on building a canal and ensuring the city's rise to greatness. She's come to care for her elderly grandmother Lena Segerson only to discover Lena very full of life and full of secrets. For when Kirstin opens their front door one day, she finds the brother she long thought dead on the other side. Domar begs his sister to say nothing to their parents, viewing their...
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