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Businesswomen Fiction Family-owned business enterprises Fiction Inheritance and succession Fiction Large type books Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Fiction Mothers and daughters Fiction Photographers Fiction Rainier, Mount (Wash.) Fiction Washington (State) FictionBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: Emma Harte rises from impoverished, pregnant servant to the heights of wealth and power as she parlays a small shop into the world's finest department store, outwitting her enemies, seeking revenge on her betrayers, and realizing her greatest dreams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2009
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Summary: Paula O'Neill has taken over her grandmother Emma Harte's elegant chain of department stores. Her ambition begins to override all other considerations when an opportunity to expand occurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1988
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRAFerrante, Elena
Summary: Elena and Lila are now adults; life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship remained the gravitational center of their lives. Both once fought to escape the violence and corruption of Naples. Brilliant and bookish, Elena succeeded but has returned to be with the man she always loved. And fiery, uncontainable Lila,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cenage Learning 2016
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Summary: "Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her-before her mother, Lina, stepped in. Soon after, Adrian was dropped off at her grandparents' house in Maryland, where she spent a long summer drinking lemonade, playing with dogs, making a new best friend-and developing the stirrings of a crush on her friend's ten-year-old brother. Lina,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBDelinsky, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 1997
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DELKinsella, Sophie
Summary: "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an irresistible story of love and empowerment about a young woman with a complicated family, a handsome man who might be "the one," and an IOU that changes everything. Fixie Farr has always lived by her father's motto: "Family first." But ever since her dad passed away, leaving his charming kitchen supply store in the hands of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KINMacomber, Debbie
Summary: "Inseparable since the sudden loss of their mother as teenagers, Willa and Harper Lakey are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of fearlessness and adventure, but enjoys her peaceful routine as a café owner in their quaint, coastal hometown of Oceanside, Washington. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges her sister to take a chance on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Macomber 2020Steel, Danielle.
Summary: Having missed much of her children's lives while she built a home-furnishings empire, Olivia Grayson arranges a family vacation in the Mediterranean in the hopes of rekindling ties only to confront painful interpersonal dynamics and unexpected revelations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Steel 2012Trigiani, Adriana.
Summary: Valentine Roncalli struggles to save her decades-old family business, finding love and the life she wants along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Trigiani 2009Bradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: Young American fashion designer Evan Hughes embarks on a journey to London to find Emma Harte, an odyssey that brings to life a previously unrevealed part of Emma's life during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRAEphron, Hallie
Summary: Emily Harlow is a professional organizer who helps people declutter their lives; she's married to man who can't drive past a yard sale without stopping. He's filled their basement, attic, and garage with his finds. Like other professionals who make a living decluttering peoples' lives, Emily has devised a set of ironclad rules. When working with couples, she makes clear that the client is only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EPHMichaels, Fern.
Summary: A Texas woman escapes her dirt poor beginnings to become a powerful Las Vegas businesswomen and to found a family dynasty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MICBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: Traces the struggle of Paula McGill Fairley, Emma Harte's granddaughter and heir, to hold on the the empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1985
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRACabot, Meg
Summary: A viral scandal draws notorious celebrity golfer Reed Stewart back to his tiny Indiana hometown, where he reunites with small business owner Becky Flowers in ways that challenge their perceptions about each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Cabot 2016Ephron, Hallie
Summary: "After a video of her organizing her sock drawer goes viral, Emily Harlow uses her moment in the spotlight to start Freeze-Frame Clutter Kickers and launch her career as a professional organizer. The catch: she's married to a man who can't drive past a yard sale without stopping. Like other professionals who make a living decluttering people's lives, Emily has devised a set of ironclad rules....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC EPHKinsella, Sophie
Summary: "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an irresistible story of love and empowerment about a young woman with a complicated family, a handsome man who might be "the one," and an IOU that changes everything. Fixie Farr has always lived by her father's motto: "Family first." But ever since her dad passed away, leaving his charming kitchen supply store in the hands of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINLynch, Sarah-Kate.
Summary: Corporate star Lily Turner abandons the boardrooms of Manhattan for the steep streets of Montevedova when she discovers her "perfect" husband. Daniel, has another family tucked away in the hills of Tuscany. Once there, her plight attracts the attention of the Secret League of Widowed Darners, an all-but-invisible army pulling strings behind the scenes to create happy endings. Soon, founding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LYNMacomber, Debbie
Summary: The Lakey sisters are perfect opposites. After their mother died and their father was lost in grief, Willa had no choice but to raise her sister, Harper, and their brother, Lucas. Then, as an adult, she put her own life on hold to nurse Harper through a terrifying illness. Now that Harper is better and the sisters are living as roommates, Willa has realized her dream of running her own bakery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MACThayer, Nancy
Summary: Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toyshop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers. But when her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina to continue business on the wharf. Even so, Christina firmly believes there may be a warm heart underneath Oscar's steely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC THABradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: Linnet O'Neill, great-granddaughter of Emma Harte, finds herself following in the footsteps of the original woman of substance as she battles to modernize the family business. Returning from her honeymoon full of fresh ideas for bringing the Harte empire into the new century, Linnet locks horns with her mother, Paula, in a battle about the future. But due to unexpected circumstances, Linnet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2006
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Summary: "Beekeeper Beckett Walsh is living her dream, working alongside her father in their apiary, until his untimely death sends her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family business--one who is looking to sell the property. Beck cannot fathom why her father would put her into the position to lose everything they built together. When Callie Peterson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COXKietzman, Susan
Summary: Susan Kietzman's engrossing and thought-provoking novel explores the choices and revelations that come with life's most unexpected events. Grace Trumbull's after work drink with Bradley Hanover, a handsome younger colleague, on a warm summer night turns into an impulsive, intimate encounter. After a few weeks of exhilarating secret dates, Grace--forty-two and divorced--realizes she's pregnant....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIEMacomber, Debbie.
Summary: Inseparable since the sudden loss of their mother as teenagers, Willa and Harper Lakey are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of fearlessness and adventure but enjoys her peaceful routine as a café owner in their quaint, coastal hometown of Oceanside, Washington. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges her sister to take a chance on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio, Inc. 2020
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Summary: "County Mayo is rich in the traditions of Ireland, legends that Branna O'Dwyer fully embraces in her life and in her work as the proprietor of The Dark Witch shop, which carries soaps, lotions, and candles for tourists, made with Branna's special touch. Branna's strength and selflessness hold together a close circle of friends and family--along with their horses and hawks and her beloved hound....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2014