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Jenny and Bill are a married couple whose love is absolute. They're certain they're fated to be together until the end of time, but tragedy strikes when they least expect it. More than thirty years later, Bob, will meet his match in Lillibet, a shy Amish girl who is a talented writer. Though these two couldn't be less alike, they immediately sense a deep connection that spans their differences. And there's the unshakable sense that they've known each...
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Genet…Beckett…Burroughs…Miller…Ionesco, Oe, Duras. Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. Hubert Selby Jr. and John Rechy. The legendary film I Am Curious (Yellow). The books that assaulted the fort of propriety that was the United States in the 1950s and '60s, Lady Chatterley's Lover and The Tropic of Cancer. The Evergreen Review. Victorian "erotica." The Autobiography of Malcolm X. A bombing, a sit-in, and a near-fistfight with Norman Mailer. The...
10) Consent
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"A French memoir in the age of #metoo. A literary sensation, Vanessa Springora's Consent weaves her personal narrative of a relationship during her childhood with a famous, much older writer into a stunning and forceful indictment of the literary world that allowed sexual abuse of minors to occur unchecked"--Publisher.
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The essential guide for Canadian writers seeking to have their work published today.
How do you get your writing published in Canada? What are the industry standards for publishable work and how do you reach them? This lively, practical guide shows you how to think more creatively, cultivate a strong writing voice, and make your sentences powerful. It explains the elements of style and offers writing prompts to help you apply what you learn. It gives...
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Abingdon Press
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"The charming and uncertain journalist is delighted with her decision to keep The Green News-Item and excited about the possibility of romance with her good-looking catfish farmer/coach neighbor--and the growth of her fresh faith and friendships. Her second year in Green has scarcely been rung in, though, before Lois is wrung out. The former owners of the paper want it back. The mayor's dog bites her on the face. A series of fires threatens Lois....
13) Laugh out loud
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Little, Brown and Company
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.
14) Meant to be
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The chairman of Parade magazine describes how he learned the identity of his true father, a Russian Jewish man secretly loved by his German protestant mother, and how he met his half-brother thirty-five years later.
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Death in Dordogne mysteries volume 2
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Doubleday
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Stumbling upon the body of a murdered infant, dead for more than a century, while restoring the home of wealthy Christophe de Bonfond, designer Mara Dunn teams up once again with orchidologist Julian Wood to investigate the case.
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
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In 1958 Greenwich Village, three ambitious young people--Cliff, the son of a successful book editor; Eden, who dreams of being an editor; and Miles, a talented black writer from Harlem--will do anything to succeed in the competitive world of book publishing.
17) Gone to Green
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Abingdon Press
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Lori Barker trades in her life as a corporate journalist for ownership of a tiny rural newspaper, but when she arrives at the village, she finds herself battling prejudice and inner doubt while making friends with the quirky villagers.
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Cate, Lauren, Olivia and Max all have one thing in common: they're overworked, overtired and underpaid assistants to some of the most powerful men in the entertainment industries. When they secretly start an anonymous blog detailing their experiences, their posts go viral and hundreds of other women come forward with stories of their own. Confronted with the risks of newfound fame and the possibility of their identities being revealed, they have to...
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