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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
... Read more
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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Moonlight On Linoleum

A Daughter's Memoir

by Terry Helwig ...

Narrated by Ann Richardson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

Even if others abandon you, you must never abandon yourself.This simple truth became Terry Helwig’s lifeline as she was forced to grow up too soon.Terry grew up the oldest of six girls in the big-sky country of the American Southwest, where she attended twelve schools in eleven years. Helwig’s stepfather Davy, a good-hearted and loving man, proudly purchased a mobile home to enable his family to ... Read more

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Even if others abandon you, you must never abandon yourself.This simple truth became Terry Helwig’s lifeline as she was forced to grow up too soon.Terry grew up the oldest of six girls in the big-sky country of the American Southwest, where she attended twelve schools in eleven years. Helwig’s stepfather Davy, a good-hearted and loving man, proudly purchased a mobile home to enable his family to
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The Silent Treatment

A Novel

by Abbie Greaves ...

Narrated by Adrian Rawlins, Olivia Darnley, Alison Downing ...

Unabridged

9 hours 26 min

“A remarkably assured debut which doesn’t go where you expect it to go. I very much look forward to seeing what she writes next.” — Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author“The premise alone had me, but The Silent Treatment itself is just heartrendingly lovely. It’s beautiful, so moving and clever. I truly adored it.” — Josie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in ... Read more

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“A remarkably assured debut which doesn’t go where you expect it to go. I very much look forward to seeing what she writes next.” — Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author“The premise alone had me, but The Silent Treatment itself is just heartrendingly lovely. It’s beautiful, so moving and clever. I truly adored it.” — Josie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in
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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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As Close to Us as Breathing

A Novel

by Elizabeth Poliner ...

Narrated by Janet Metzger ...

Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones).In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with ... Read more

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A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones).In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with
... Read more

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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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Pale Morning Light With Violet Swan

A Novel of a Life in Art

by Deborah Reed ...

Narrated by Andi Arndt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 53 min

The story of a famous abstract painter at the end of her life—her family, her art, and the long-buried secrets that won’t stay hidden for much longer.Ninety-three-year-old Violet Swan has spent a lifetime translating tragedy and hardship into art, becoming famous for her abstract paintings, which evoke tranquility, innocence, and joy. For nearly a century Violet has lived a peaceful, private life ... Read more

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The story of a famous abstract painter at the end of her life—her family, her art, and the long-buried secrets that won’t stay hidden for much longer.Ninety-three-year-old Violet Swan has spent a lifetime translating tragedy and hardship into art, becoming famous for her abstract paintings, which evoke tranquility, innocence, and joy. For nearly a century Violet has lived a peaceful, private life
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