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Beneficence

A Novel

by Meredith Hall ...

"People stay together, fall apart, come back together, altered. It is a book about work, about grief, about thick ongoing love" from the bestselling author ( The Boston Globe).In the midst of a nearly perfect life, Doris Senter is thankful but wary. "We can't ever know what will come," she says. When an unimaginable tragedy turns the family of five into a family of four, everything the Senters ... Read more

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"People stay together, fall apart, come back together, altered. It is a book about work, about grief, about thick ongoing love" from the bestselling author ( The Boston Globe).In the midst of a nearly perfect life, Doris Senter is thankful but wary. "We can't ever know what will come," she says. When an unimaginable tragedy turns the family of five into a family of four, everything the Senters
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Without a Map

A Memoir

by Meredith Hall ...

Meredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where ... Read more

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Meredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where
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Without a Map

A Memoir

by Meredith Hall ...

**The national best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family“This sobering portrayal of a pregnant teen exiled from her small New Hampshire community is a testament to the importance of understanding and even forgiving the people who . . . have made us who we are.”—O, The Oprah Magazine**A New York Times Bestseller, now with a new epilogue from the authorMeredith ... Read more

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**The national best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family“This sobering portrayal of a pregnant teen exiled from her small New Hampshire community is a testament to the importance of understanding and even forgiving the people who . . . have made us who we are.”—O, The Oprah Magazine**A New York Times Bestseller, now with a new epilogue from the authorMeredith
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Our Vietnam

by Guy Hall ...

When an eight-year-old boy's father goes to war, life changes. He learns much. About separation. About fear. About the way he sees his father. About the strength of his mother. About the consequences of war. Any war.Our Vietnam is a short but powerful read about a child's perspective on war, and how that perspective changes - from when his father is away to when he comes home.When we read books ... Read more

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When an eight-year-old boy's father goes to war, life changes. He learns much. About separation. About fear. About the way he sees his father. About the strength of his mother. About the consequences of war. Any war.Our Vietnam is a short but powerful read about a child's perspective on war, and how that perspective changes - from when his father is away to when he comes home.When we read books
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Colours of the Sea

... a Norfolk story

by Hall ...

A successful, 'forty something'-year-old professional embarks on a long overdue journey back to Norfolk Island - her birthplace and spiritual home.Sailing solo, as she did decades ago, she wrestles not only with the sea but with her regrets as well. Clinging to hopes, memories, and a powerful connection with one man, she pushes beyond the limits of human endurance and doggedly sails onwards - to a ... Read more

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A successful, 'forty something'-year-old professional embarks on a long overdue journey back to Norfolk Island - her birthplace and spiritual home.Sailing solo, as she did decades ago, she wrestles not only with the sea but with her regrets as well. Clinging to hopes, memories, and a powerful connection with one man, she pushes beyond the limits of human endurance and doggedly sails onwards - to a
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Beneficence

A Novel

by Meredith Hall ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Rachel Jacobs, Tom Taylorson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

A family’s only hope to heal their shattered lives is that love is stronger than griefWhen they meet in the 1930s, Doris and Tup’s love is immediate. They marry quickly and Doris commits to the only life Tup ever wanted: working the Senter family farm, where his parents and grandparents and great-grandparents are buried under the old pines. Their lives follow the calming rhythms of the land—chores ... Read more

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A family’s only hope to heal their shattered lives is that love is stronger than griefWhen they meet in the 1930s, Doris and Tup’s love is immediate. They marry quickly and Doris commits to the only life Tup ever wanted: working the Senter family farm, where his parents and grandparents and great-grandparents are buried under the old pines. Their lives follow the calming rhythms of the land—chores
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Small Blessings

A Novel

by Martha Woodroof ...

Narrated by Lorelei King ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

From debut novelist Martha Woodroof comes an inspiring tale of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year-old son he never knew he had.Tom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare shelves at the campus bookstore, managing the oddball ... Read more

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From debut novelist Martha Woodroof comes an inspiring tale of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year-old son he never knew he had.Tom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare shelves at the campus bookstore, managing the oddball
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Earthquake Child, The

A Novel

by Elayne Klasson ...

Narrated by Kimberly M. Wetherell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

Nature Versus Nurture? Adopted soon after birth, Joshua is a beautiful, lovable boy--but as he grows, his high-risk, self-destructive behaviors drive his adoptive mother to despair. Told through the voices of an adoptee, his desperate young birth mother, and his loving but grieving adoptive mother who never gives up hope, this novel will resonate with anyone who has been part of the adoption ... Read more

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Nature Versus Nurture? Adopted soon after birth, Joshua is a beautiful, lovable boy--but as he grows, his high-risk, self-destructive behaviors drive his adoptive mother to despair. Told through the voices of an adoptee, his desperate young birth mother, and his loving but grieving adoptive mother who never gives up hope, this novel will resonate with anyone who has been part of the adoption
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Before I Knew You

A heartbreaking book club pick from Amanda Brookfield

by Amanda Brookfield ...

Narrated by Deryn Edwards ...

Unabridged

13 hours 4 min

The heart-breaking page-turner from bestselling author Amanda Brookfield Perfect for fans of Erica James, Elizabeth Noble and Joanna Trollope!Would you swap houses with a family of strangers? The price you pay might be greater than you think...Sophie and Andrew are looking for relief from the daily grind - if not each other - so when a friend puts them in touch with William and Beth, newlyweds ... Read more

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The heart-breaking page-turner from bestselling author Amanda Brookfield Perfect for fans of Erica James, Elizabeth Noble and Joanna Trollope!Would you swap houses with a family of strangers? The price you pay might be greater than you think...Sophie and Andrew are looking for relief from the daily grind - if not each other - so when a friend puts them in touch with William and Beth, newlyweds
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To Save My Daughters

An utterly unforgettable, heart-wrenching read from Louise Guy

by Louise Guy ...

Narrated by Taryn Ryan ...

Unabridged

13 hours 5 min

Brand new emotional page-turner from bestselling author Louise Guy ⭐️ Must-read for fans of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes and Kate Hewitt! I loved him… but I loved my daughters more. I knew what I had to do. I had to protect them.When June Marlow was arrested for the murder of her husband nearly thirty years ago, she feared she would never see her daughters again.Terrorised by the man who claimed to ... Read more

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Brand new emotional page-turner from bestselling author Louise Guy ⭐️ Must-read for fans of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes and Kate Hewitt! I loved him… but I loved my daughters more. I knew what I had to do. I had to protect them.When June Marlow was arrested for the murder of her husband nearly thirty years ago, she feared she would never see her daughters again.Terrorised by the man who claimed to
... Read more

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The Woman Who Met Herself

A heartbreaking and life-affirming story from Laura Pearson

by Laura Pearson ...

Narrated by Julie Maisey ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

A heartbreaking, life-affirming BRAND NEW story from the No.1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont. Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman, Colleen Hoover, and Jojo Moyes.What would you do, if you met your double?Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband a year ago, she’s ready for whatever the world might throw her way. Being in her sixties doesn’t mean ... Read more

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A heartbreaking, life-affirming BRAND NEW story from the No.1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont. Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman, Colleen Hoover, and Jojo Moyes.What would you do, if you met your double?Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband a year ago, she’s ready for whatever the world might throw her way. Being in her sixties doesn’t mean
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Garden of Stones

by Sophie Littlefield ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years old, living in Los Angeles, when the bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor. Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are ripped from their home, rounded up—along with thousands of other innocent Japanese-Americans—and taken to the Manzanar prison camp.Buffeted by blistering heat and choking dust, Lucy and Miyako must endure the harsh living conditions of the camp. ... Read more

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Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years old, living in Los Angeles, when the bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor. Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are ripped from their home, rounded up—along with thousands of other innocent Japanese-Americans—and taken to the Manzanar prison camp.Buffeted by blistering heat and choking dust, Lucy and Miyako must endure the harsh living conditions of the camp.
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