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1) Grandpa & Bo
Author
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
Young Bo spends the summer with his grandfather in the country and has a wonderful time.
3) Barakamon: 2
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
His house suddenly a hangout for the local kids, weird rumors about him getting spread all over the island in the span of day ... Handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa, unused to rural life, can't take it anymore and collapses from the weight of it all ...?! The equally heartwarming and hilarious tale of a sullen city boy teacher and his tolerant island neighbors continues! Will Handa finally start to learn that living life at a slow pace isn't...
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
It is 1945 and a grown up Anne Shirley returns to Prince Edward Island for an extended visit. She agrees to write a play for a local theatre producer in hopes that it will keep her mind off of her only son who is serving in the Armed Forces overseas. A letter is discovered from the father who abandoned her as a child, bringing up the memories of her early childhood.
5) Shake It Off
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Bria is not happy about being stuck on her aunt and uncle's dairy farm for the summer. Milking cows alongside her cousin Wren? No thanks. Instead, she sticks to mixing up milkshakes in the creamery, where she starts crafting over-the-top shakes like the ones she loved back home in Chicago. Wren, and the customers, aren't impressed. Everyone thinks Bria is just a snobby city girl. There is one person who appreciates the sweet, cold treats: Gabe, her...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others' religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former girlfriend who now lives as a nun at a Christian church and school,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Colton Gentry is riding high. His first hit in nearly a decade has caught fire, he's opening for country megastar Brant Lucas, and he's married to one of the hottest acts in the country. But he's hurting. Only a few weeks earlier, his best friend Duane was murdered onstage by a mass shooter at a country music festival. One night, with his trauma festering and Jim Beam flowing through his veins, Colton stands before a sold-out arena crowd of country...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It's not a river, it's this river. A hot, motionless afternoon. Enero and El Negro are fishing with Tilo, their dead friend's teenage son. After hours of struggling with a hooked stingray, Enero aims his revolver into the water and shoots it. They hang the ray's enormous corpse from a tree at their campsite and let it go to rot, drawing the attention of some local islanders and igniting a long-simmering fury toward outsiders and their carelessness....
Pub. Date
2002, 1987
Language
English
Description
This sequel tells the continuing story of Anne Shirley as she makes the transition from a romantic, impetuous orphan to an outspoken, adventurous young woman. After taking a position to teach in an exclusive private school, Anne still has a knack for finding trouble and adventure.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Being a new mom is murder. Alice didn't think her maternity leave would involve so much, well, murder. Before becoming proud new moms, she and her friends bonded more than members of a prenatal group usually would, as they became accidental amateur sleuths and solved a crime together. Now, with all this behind them and Alice's son Jack somehow already a year old, Alice is keen to finally catch up on some sleep. So when an opportunity presents itself...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A lyrical memoir that begins in a quiet Vermont village with memories of Marilyn's parents, who own a popular restaurant and lively night spot that sits next to their home. While her mother disappears into addiction, Marilyn grapples with feelings of abandonment, though she recalls being uplifted by the village, by her dreams, and by the kindness of others. In young adulthood, she lands on a beautiful estate known as Shelburne Farms, where she helps...
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