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The sudden death of a young novice nun raises a series of puzzling questions in the latest Reverend Mother historical mystery. The Reverend Mother is delighted with her new entrant to the convent. Young Sister Gertrude is well-educated, has worked for an accountant and has an appealing sense of humor. But one autumn morning, Sister Gertrude is found dead inside a small wooden shed, just beside the river. Surely a young nun could not die from alcohol...
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Eighteen-year-old twins Adina, a viola prodigy, and Tovah, a future surgeon, find their relationship tested when they learn that one of them will develop Huntington's, the degenerative disease ravaging their mother.
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"Family stories grow to be bigger than the experiences themselves," writes Judy Goldman in her memoir, Losing My Sister. "They become home to us, tell us who we are, who we want to be. Over the years, they take on more and more embellishments and adornments until they eclipse the actual memory. They become our past-just as a snapshot will, at first, enhance a memory, then replace it." As she remembers it now, Goldman's was an idyllic childhood, charmed...
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Scarred Earth volume 3
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As two sisters battle for a single throne in G.A. Aiken's newest fantasy, warring factions take up arms, a land is divided, and uncertain allies become very certain lovers . . .
Gods save the queen!
Ainsley Farmerson has always planned to break free of the family business-and the family drama. But what was once farming, smithworking, and bickering over the dinner table has turned into open warfare between sisters. Sides have been taken, lives...
66) Bursts of fire
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Addicted to Heaven volume 1
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"A multi-generational family saga of betrayal, survival, deception, revenge, and redemption caused by a chain of addictions. Sister against Sister. Three Sisters and a Man. A devotion between sisters bonded by a promise to their mother and their quest for survival and revenge. Brother against Brother. Three Brothers and a Secret. A bond between brothers bound to a kingdom and their struggle for power among themselves. When the struggle for power meets...
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Summary of Debbie Macomber's Last One Home is a novel about persevering through tough times. It also shows how strong the bond between sisters can be.
Sisters Karen, Cassie, and Nichole have a happy childhood. They play hide-and-seek and other games with the children in the neighborhood. This changes when Cassie, at the age of eighteen, goes against the advice of her family and marries Duke Carter. She leaves her family after a terrible argument with...
68) The girls
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot the size of a bread plate.
When Rose, the bookish sister, sets out...
When Rose, the bookish sister, sets out...
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The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section...
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The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section...
71) A Sister's Story
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FINALIST FOR THE 2021 STREGA PRIZE
From the internationally acclaimed author of A Girl Returned, a spellbinding story about family, memory, love, and the relationships that define us.
It's the darkest time of night. Adriana, a baby in her arms, hammers on her sister's door. Who is she running from? What uncomfortable truth is she carrying with her? Like a whirlwind, Adriana upends her sister's life bringing chaos and cataclysmic revelations.
Years...
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Some days, it can be tough being an identical twin, especially when your other half is in deep trouble. Billie Delphine has always been content standing on the sidelines while her identical twin sister, Blythe, gets all the attention, including a glamorous lifestyle with billionaire Ethan Kheiron, who will do anything to wrestle back control of the family fortune from his younger brother, Heath. But when Blythe and Ethan disappear while Billie is...
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The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section...
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Love walked in volume 5
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Marisa de los Santos returns to the world of her beloved, bestselling novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in an enthralling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love.
"Bring me the Northern Lights."
Cornelia Brown is reeling from a terrifying act of violence when she gets word that her mother has been badly injured in an accident. Cornelia returns to Virginia, to the house she grew up in, and in the weeks that follow, she...
75) Empire girls
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"Ivy and Rose Adams may be sisters, but they're nothing alike. Rose, the eldest, is the responsible one, while Ivy is spirited and brazen. After the unexpected death of their father, the women are left to reconcile the estate, when they make a shocking discovery: not only has their father left them in financial ruin, but he has also bequeathed their beloved family house to a brother they never knew existed. With only a photograph to guide the way,...
76) Bite of Magic
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She swore to hunt vampires. But can she kill her own flesh and blood?Talented witch Kori is a seasoned vampire hunter – but she never agreed to kill her own family. When her beloved younger sister, Grace, is turned by the powerful vampire Alaric de Carnac, her family begins to tear apart at the seams.Torn between sisterly love and sworn duty, Kori finds herself caught in the middle of a struggle between the vampire world and her witch coven. Rejected...
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The Westons were among the most well-known abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the Weston sisters played an integral role in the family's work. The eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, became one of the antislavery movement's most influential members. In an extensive and original look at the connections among women, domesticity, and progressive political movements, Lee V. Chambers argues that it was the familial cooperation and support...
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From New York Times bestselling author Shirley Jump comes a heartwarming tale about friendship, family, and the unbreakable bond between sisters.
THE SECRET INGREDIENT FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE
Nora has always been the sister who binds the O'Bannons together. No matter what crisis hits, smart, dependable Nora knows how to fix it. But for Nora, the pressure of perfection is taking its toll.
Nora's marriage is in trouble, and she has been reluctant to...
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The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section...
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The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section...