In this dramatic conclusion to the Eden-Glassie quartet, a terrifying cyclone brings down powerlines and creates havoc. A mysterious and threatening prowler is attracted to the homestead, and Auntie Helen is attacked and injured, but...
Family
- Author:Forrestal, ElaineSummary:
- Author:Glatt, JaneSummary:
Kara Fonti finally has a home, people she considers family, and a magical ability that keeps Reo free from his Guild. Nothing can ruin her happiness; not Mage Guild, not her mother, not even the fact that Reo is avoiding her.
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- Author:JONKER, JoanSummary:
Jenny and Laura Nightingale are as different as chalk and cheese. While Jenny and her friend Janet are being pursued by Mick and John, the local heart-throbs in their street, Laura's resentment towards Jenny's happiness is...
- Author:COOKSON, CatherineSummary:
With her two children and adopted daughter, Tilly returns to Highfield Manor. There, as mistress, she finds little changed, old loves and enmities provide fresh challenges until her final destiny prevails.
- Author:Welty, EudoraSummary:
Edna Earle, a person of large distinction in Clay County, and the talkative owner of the Beulah Hotel, tells the story of her Uncle Daniel Ponder, a local hero whose over-affection for society compels him to give everything he owns away...
- Author:Kingsolver, BarbaraSummary:
An American missionary family lands in the village of Kilanga in the Congo in 1959, and the cultural confrontation begins immediately. The mother and four daughters react to their new environment, the villagers respond to their new...
- Author:Williams, TennesseeSummary:
- Author:PILCHER, RosamundeSummary:
Sitting on a California beach at summer's end, Jane Marsh thought back to her childhood at the estate called Elvie. She remembered not only the heather-covered hills, her grandmother and how she had secretly dreamed of marrying...
- Author:YORKE, MargaretSummary:
Meriel Graham is confident that, as the dominant member of her family, her birthday will, of course, be remembered and celebrated. When her family, involved with problems of their own, forgets, she is devastated.
- Author:KELLOGG, MarjorieSummary:
Discharged from hospital, three physically disabled young people decide to live together, and find in forced interdependence the unexpected possibilities of love.
- Author:Greno, Nathan and Howard, ByronSummary:
The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is. MPAA rating: PG; for brief mild...
- Author:HARRY, LilianSummary:
The village of Burracombe is looking forward to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but 1953 is to prove a year of heartbreak as well as celebration. While Stella Simmons begins to plan her wedding to Felix Copley, her sister Maddy is...
- Author:Alcott, Louisa MaySummary:
A collection of twelve heart warming stories for children. Premise: a winter storm forces a family, who have gathered for the winter holidays, to stay inside and listen to their grandmothers stories.
- Author:Bush, CatherineSummary:
- Author:Kayani, Mohammad SaleemSummary:
These stories highlight the mutual love and respect which should characterize Muslim family life....
- Author:Kennedy, WilliamSummary:
Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike, he ran away again after accidentally & fattaly...
- Author:Christakos, MargaretSummary:
Her Paraphernalia, the new book of creative non-fiction from noted Canadian poet Margaret Christakos, presents an intimate and original collection of midlife writings that seeks to make readers think in a very personalized way about...
- Author:White, James M.Summary:
Presents an introduction to theories of the family. This title balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work with the conciseness needed for ease of use in a one-semester course for upper-division undergraduate...
- Author:Nzegwu, NkiruSummary:
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