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“betsy carter”

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  • Nothing to Fall Back On

    The Life and Times of a Perpetual Optimist

    by Betsy Carter ...
    Betsy Carter seemed to have it all: a gorgeous husband with Paul Newman eyes, a thriving career as a journalist at Newsweek and Esquire, and invites to the hottest parties in the best city in the world. Carter was the ultimate "New York woman," and so it was no wonder that she founded a magazine by that name.But in her early thirties, her luck turned toxic: a fire, illness, divorce, a devastating ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swim to Me

    A Novel

    by Betsy Carter ...
    It's a fresh start for Delores Walker when she boards a Greyhound bus bound for Florida. Leaving the Bronx far behind, she's headed for sunny Weeki Wachee Springs, frayed roadside attraction in danger of becoming obsolete with the opening of Walt Disney's latest creation, only miles up the road. Always more suited for a life underwater, Delores joins a group of other aquatic hopefuls in this City ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lost Souls at the Neptune Inn

    by Betsy Carter ...
    When an elusive Southern stranger arrives in 1960s New Rochelle, three generations of women are forever changed.When the heart finds its home, anything is possible.Geraldine, Emilia Mae, and Alice Wingo couldn't be more different from each other. Geraldine is a fiery beauty, turning heads while running the local bakery with her devoted husband, Earle-but she never quite takes to motherhood. Her ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • We Were Strangers Once

    A Novel

    by Betsy Carter ...
    For fans of The Nightingale and Brooklyn comes an exquisite and unforgettable novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City."Carter's warm and beautiful prose brings us love, tragedy, mystery and hope in a moving celebration of America and the people who have come to it." -- Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Orange Blossom Special

    by Betsy Carter ...
    When we first meet Tessie Lockhart in 1958, she is pinning her hair into a French twist, dabbing Jean Naté on her wrists, and getting ready to change her life. This widowed mother of a thirteen-year-old has decided it's time for a fresh start for both of them, time to leave behind Carbondale, Illinois, and the pain of loss. Tessie and her daughter move to Gainesville, Florida, where they discover ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Lost Souls at the Neptune Inn

    by Betsy Carter ...
    Narrated by Molly Parker Myers ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 13 min

    When an elusive Southern stranger arrives in 1960s New Rochelle, three generations of women are forever changed.When the heart finds its home, anything is possible.Geraldine, Emilia Mae, and Alice Wingo couldn't be more different from each other. Geraldine is a fiery beauty, turning heads while running the local bakery with her devoted husband, Earle-but she never quite takes to motherhood. Her ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    We Were Strangers Once

    by Betsy Carter ...
    Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 2 min

    For fans of The Nightingale and Brooklyn comes an exquisite and unforgettable novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City."Carter's warm and beautiful prose brings us love, tragedy, mystery and hope in a moving celebration of America and the people who have come to it." -- Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The Essence of Perfection

    by Nita Brooks ...
    Narrated by Kecia Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 16 min

    Wickedly entertaining, insightful, and always surprising, Nita Brooks delivers a delicious new novel abouta celebrity perfume designer forced to add a daring new ingredient to her carefully curated life …Among the uber-famous, she’s the most highly sought-after fragrance maker—and a well-kept secret. But designinga scent for pop’s newest superstar could take Nicola King and her family’s business ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Nagasaki

    Life After Nuclear War

    by Susan Southard ...
    Narrated by Traci Kato-Kiriyama ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 16 min

    A powerful and unflinching account of the enduring impact of nuclear war, told through the stories of those who survived On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, theUnited States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a small port city on Japan's southernmost island. An estimated 74,000 people died within the first five months, and another 75,000 were injured. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The World of Tomorrow

    by Brendan Mathews ...
    Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 12 min

    One whirlwind week of love, blackmail, and betrayal follows three brothers through teeming prewar New York in this "entertaining . . . outsized . . . big, expressive debut" (Wall Street Journal).June 1939. Francis Dempsey and his shell-shocked brother, Michael, are on an ocean liner from Ireland bound for their brother Martin's home in New York City, having stolen a small fortune from the IRA. ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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    The Risen

    A Novel

    by Ron Rash ...
    Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 21 min

    New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one long-ago summer—and one bewitching young woman—and the secrets that could destroy their lives.While swimming in a secluded creek on a hot Sunday in 1969, sixteen-year-old Eugene and his older brother, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    The Eighth Girl

    A Novel

    by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung ...
    Narrated by Jo Mei, Frazer Douglas ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 27 min

    Optioned by Netflix and a most anticipated book of 2020 from The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and LitHub."The Eighth Girl is an exquisite exploration of childhood trauma and its impact on the psyche. Part thriller, part character study, I devoured this novel in one sitting, reflecting on each sentence, each passage, and each astute observation of humanity. A true gem!" — Wendy Walker, bestselling ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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