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Walker, Alice

Summary: Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 0000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC WAL

Walker, Alice

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this is the story of two sisters--one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. This classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL

Feehan, Christine

Summary: Torpedo Ink is Aleksei 'Absinthe' Solokov's whole life. They're his brothers, his family - his everything. But that doesn't stop him from wanting something that only belongs to him. That's why the tough biker has spent the last six weeks at the library, reading every book he can get his hands on and watching the prim and proper librarian who makes his blood rush. For the past six weeks, Scarlet...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FEE

Barry, Sebastian

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAR

Harrison, Rachel

Summary: "A young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gripping, incisive novel from the author of Cackle and The Return. Rory Morris isn't thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary. There are bad memories there. But her twin sister, Scarlett, is pregnant, estranged from the baby's father, and needs support, so Rory returns to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

Chee, Alexander

Summary: Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CHE

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