Frances Price--tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature--is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her adult son, Malcolm, is no help, mired in a...
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Author: Myers, AlyseSummary:
Growing up in Queens in the 1960s, Alyse Myers watched her mother settle for a joyless existence. Alyse rejects everything about her mother's life--until she inherits an item that reveals a...
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Author: Wharton, EdithSummary:
A young lawyer endures a moral struggle between passion and social conscience in old New York. Edith Wharton's elegant portrait of desire and betrayal earned her the first Pulitzer Prize for...
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Author: Wallace, Joseph E.Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas has an unusual skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers. Based on a true story, Diamond Ruby chronicles the extraordinary life of a girl...