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Sally Hepworth novels are Sure to appeal to fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and Lisa Genova; book clubs will be lining up. Library Journal (starred review) All their lives, Alice Stanhope and her daughter Zoe have been a family of two, living quietly in northern California. Zoe has always struggled with crippling social anxiety and her mother has been her constant and fierce protector. With no family to speak of, and the identity of Zoe s father...
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As violence erupted in her once idyllic village in southern Sudan, Adout Goi Ungua fled all she had, known to get her children to safety. Her remarkable journey from that small village to a shining city upon a hill reassures readers that the American Dream is possible. Like many Americans before her, she persevered through one hardship after another to reach the shores of freedom. In so doing, she kept a promise to her children that they would have...
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She'll do anything to keep them together…in this novel by USA TODAY bestselling author Ruth Logan Herne.
To make them a family…
She'll need his help.
Raising three children alone is tough, but single mom Carly Bradley makes it work-until she takes in one more. As she struggles to handle the new arrival, grumpy new neighbor Mike Morris seems to bond with little Hannah. But a past tragedy keeps Mike at arm's length from Carly. Will they both...
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Promise Keeper is a story of God's faithfulness.
Elise courageously shares her life as a young woman, from marriage to motherhood, enduring the pain and loss of multiple miscarriages, while faithfully holding onto the promise of a miracle.
Her story is a beautiful reminder of a loving God and triumphant King, who shares in the intricacies and difficulties of our lives, interweaving His Way through us.
Promise Keeper reveals a life lived with purpose,...
6) Unrevealed Promise: Devoted Pure Unconditional Love of a Mother, A Semblance of Agape Love of Christ
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A desperate loving mom must go into hiding to protect her daughter from a multimillionaire ex-husband and the bought-off legal system. Trying to seek justice, this mom has to defy the law. If she is caught, she will go to prison and her daughter will return to the abuser. Unrevealed Promise is a true life traumatic story on how a mother sacrificed everything to save her three-year-old daughter from a brutal ex-husband's abuse.She shares her story...
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The Toby Press
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[2020]
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"Traveling to study in France for the summer, Canadian college student Kerry Samuels made a stop that would change his life. An unlikely chain of events landed him pursuing theological study in Israel, changing his name to Kalman, and marrying his wife Malki. In 1977 their infant son Yossi was injured and rendered blind, deaf, and acutely hyperactive. During the difficult and isolating years of Yossi's early childhood, his mother promised to dedicate...
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"Amelia Bedelia's mother loves garage sales so much, she decides to have one herself! But Amelia Bedelia loves her garage and does not want to sell it, so she and her parents decide to call it a yard sale instead. People come from all over the neighborhood to buy Amelia Bedelia and her parents' old things, and one woman even buys the yard!"--
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Birdie volume 3
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Little, Brown
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[2014]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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When five-year-old Birdie's mother promises to take her to a salon to tame her long, unruly hair, Birdie looks at magazines and consults her friends to find the style that is perfect for her.
13) One heart to win
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Tiffany reluctantly travels to 1880s Montana Territory to end a family feud, a journey during which a train robbery and a case of mistaken identity lands her in her alluring fiance's ranch home.
14) Minor Prophets
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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After their mother's death, two siblings must navigate the strange world of the occult in this thrilling YA mystery.
Lee has always seen visions: cats that his mother promises aren't really there, a homeless man who he's convinced is out to get him, and three men who give him ominous warnings in the woods. His mother and his sister Murphy try to keep him grounded in the real world. But when his mother dies in a car accident and her horrible husband...
15) Ring of Truth
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How can one ring become embroiled in a catalog of lies, theft, broken promises, unrealistic demands and--love? Noelle McBride vows to walk away from her inheritance when she learns the ring her mother promised would be hers now comes with strings...no, more like ropes, attached. Reed Tanner is within a whisker of recovering the ring stolen from his Grandma until he learns about the conditions that will guarantee its return to his family.
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When God made a mother, He had you in mind.
Are you a mother?
Do you have a mother?
Do you know a mother?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, “So God Made a Mother” is for you.
Join Leslie Means, founder of the popular website “Her View from Home”, as she weaves together a powerful, emotional collection of essays from women of all ages and stages. These real-life, straight-to-the-heart stories will make you laugh, cry, and...
17) Mara's Choice
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When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a child, her world is turned upside down. Aaron Buchanan only discovered that he had a daughter a couple of years ago and now he's desperate to play a part in her life.In the face of her mother's opposition, Mara arranges to go to Australia to meet her father and his family. Will she find him the disappointment that her mother promises? And when Australia...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
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IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
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"In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their...
19) Anticipation
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"After the death of her beloved husband and becoming a single parent to her nine-year-old son Alexander, overworked scientist Helen desperately needs an escape. So when Alexander proposes a trip to Greece--somewhere he's always dreamed of visiting--Helen quickly agrees. After spending several days exploring the tourist-filled streets, they stumble upon the ancient city of Mystras and are instantly drawn to it. Its only resident is Elias, a mysterious...
20) Lucy at Last
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Lucy Kincaid swore she'd never go back to Undraland, but with her mother's promise of possibly finding Linus buried there, Lucy knows she has no choice. She'll stop at nothing to unearth her brother, even if Jens thinks she's lost her mind.
Without a second thought, Lucy barrels through Undraland with her Merry Band of Thieves - plus Tucker. Though she knows she can't trust his reckless antics, she comes to terms with the fact that she has no choice...