Halpern, Sue
Summary: A head librarian trying to forget the painful realities of her suburban past unexpectedly bonds with a teenager performing community service, a disgruntled former Wall Street high flyer, and other offbeat regulars who encourage her out of her self-imposed isolation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HALHoneyman, Gail
Summary: A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HONMacomber, Debbie
Summary: Joan Sample is not living the life she thought she would. Now a widow and an empty nester, Joan is content being something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to get back out into the world. With her encouragement, Joan makes big strides, taking care of her overgrown lawn, making new friends through a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MACHyde, Catherine Ryan
Summary: Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised on a farm by their older sister. Stewie steadfastly tends the chickens left by his beloved late grandmother. And every day Stewie goes door to door selling fresh eggs from his wagon, a routine with a surprise just around the corner. It's his new customer, Marilyn. She's prickly and guarded, yet comfortably...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Durrow, Heidi W.
Summary: The daughter of a Danish immigrant and a black G.I., Rachel survives a family tragedy only to face new challenges. Sent to live with her strict African-American grandmother in a racially divided northwest city, she must suppress her grief and reinvent herself in a mostly black community. A beauty with light brown skin and blue eyes, she attracts much attention in her new home. The world wants...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DURBooth, Stephanie (Stephanie Elaine)
Summary: Libby Weeks is the author of a mega-bestselling fantasy series. With the manuscript for the final book in the series months overdue to her publisher and rabid fans around the world growing impatient, Libby is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Desperate for help, Libby turns to eleven-year-old superfan Peanut Bixton, who knows the books even better than she does. Finding the ending they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.George, Alex.
Summary: A Good American is a story of immigrant hope. Set in a fictional Midwestern town and spanning more than a century, the novel tells the story of three generations of the Meisenheimer family. Beginning with an improbable love affair ignited by the power of song, the story follows an unorthodox young couple as they flee to America in search of a new life together. From prohibition to the Kennedy...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2012