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Devon Hales
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Sara Ackerman
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Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested.
Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their lives together one year after the disappearance of her husband. As rumors swirl and questions about his loyalties surface, Violet believes Ella knows something. But Ella is stubbornly silent. Something - or someone - has scared her. And with the island overrun by troops training for a secret mission, tension and suspicion between neighbors is rising.
Violet bands together with her close friends to get through the difficult days. To support themselves, they open a pie stand near the military base, offering the soldiers a little homemade comfort. Try as she might, Violet can't ignore her attraction to the brash marine who comes to her aid when the women are accused of spying. Desperate to discover the truth behind what happened to her husband while keeping her friends and daughter safe, Violet is torn by guilt, fear, and longing as she faces losing everything. Again.
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Award-winning journalist Elyse Singleton delivers what Essence calls “a gem - the perfect book to curl up with.”
Best friends Lilian and Myraleen, two African American women from rural Mississippi, travel to Europe during World War II to act as members of the Women’s Army Corps. During this time of segregation and destruction, both women discover love and heartbreak, triumph and defeat.
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A Breath of Fresh Air
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By: Elyse Singleton
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Stories
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- Narrated by: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, and others
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The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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Something for Everyone
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By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, and others
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The Hollow Ground
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The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced 11-year-old Brigid Howley and her family to seek refuge with her estranged grandparents, the formidable Gram and the black lung-stricken Gramp. Tragedy is no stranger to the Howleys, a proud Irish-American clan who takes strange pleasure in the "curse" laid upon them generations earlier by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Maguires. The weight of this legacy rests heavily on a new generation, when Brigid, already struggling to keep her family together, makes a grisly discovery in a long-abandoned bootleg mine shaft.
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Disfunction makes a good read
- By NHull on 05-30-14
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The Sound of Glass
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It has been two years since the death of Merritt Heyward's husband, Cal, when she receives unexpected news - Cal's family home in Beaufort, South Carolina, bequeathed by Cal's reclusive grandmother, now belongs to Merritt. Charting the course of an uncertain life - and feeling guilt from her husband's tragic death - Merritt travels from her home in Maine to Beaufort, where the secrets of Cal's unspoken-of past reside among the pluff mud and jasmine of the ancestral Heyward home on the Bluff.
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You'll LAUGH, LOVE, and maybe CRY a little
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The Beach House
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Caretta Rutledge thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother – coming just as her own life is spinning out of control – has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide “turtle lady” and renews old acquaintances long thought lost.
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Good story, very poor audio quality
- By Dawn on 04-11-16
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White Dog Fell from the Sky
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Botswana, 1976: Isaac Muthethe thinks he is dead. Smuggled across the border from South Africa in a hearse, he awakens covered in dust, staring at blue sky and the face of White Dog. Far from dead, he is, for the first time, in a country without apartheid. A medical student in South Africa, he was forced to flee after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force.
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Unexpectedly Stunning Work!
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Sometimes a Great Notion
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A literary icon sometimes seen as a bridge between the Beat Generation and the hippies, Ken Kesey scored an unexpected hit with his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. His successful follow-up, Sometimes a Great Notion, was also transformed into a major motion picture, directed by and starring Paul Newman. Here, Oregon’s Stamper family does what it can to survive a bitter strike dividing their tiny logging community. And as tensions rise, delicate family bonds begin to fray and unravel.
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Sometimes a Great Novel Pops up out of Nowhere
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The Choice
- Lancaster County Secrets, Book 1
- By: Suzanne Woods Fisher
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Lancaster County has always been her home - but where does her heart belong? One moment Carrie Weaver was looking forward to running away with Lancaster Barnstormers pitcher Solomon Riehl - plans that included leaving the Amish community where they grew up. But the next moment she was staring into a future as broken as her heart....
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Literary Amish Story
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Shadow Show
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Ray Bradbury - peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors - is a literary giant whose remarkable career spanned seven decades. Now 26 of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists.
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THE MAN WHO FORGOT RAY BRADBURY
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Angel of Harlem
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Inspired by the extraordinary events of Dr. May Chinn’s life, Angel of Harlem is a deeply affecting story of love and transcendence. Weaving seamlessly scenes from the battlefields of the Civil War, during which her father escaped from slavery, to the Harlem living rooms and kitchen tables where May is sometimes forced to operate on her patients, this fascinating novel lays bare the heart of a woman who changed the face of medicine.
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Really Enjoyed!
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- W. Turner
- 09-15-22
Pacific views
I could feel and see the scenery and smells. I loved falling into this book.
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- B.
- 05-31-18
Delightful
Really enjoyed this book. It brought so many memories. I wonder if it was based on stories from family and or friends.
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- Lynda
- 11-03-22
In a time of war
My father survived Pearl but never came home to talk about it. I had found the pictures he took pre and post Dec 7,41 9f Hawaii and the women he also photographed. That was definitely a different time and alot classy then now. This novel is so realistic it is like the author has a ti e machine or a novel of day by day events and the struggles that were really happening. I was completely immersed in the storyline and I seriously hope these characters storyline continues in a sequel. Great narration by both narrators and great writing by the author. I recommend this novel for sure.
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- Alison Pence
- 07-17-20
Nice story! Great author.
I enjoyed this book. However, it irritates me when Hawaiian words are not pronounced correctly. There weren’t a lot of words to learn. Ask any local. They would have helped.
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- JIM
- 01-03-23
Thoroughly Enjoyed It!
I thoroughly enjoyed this interesting story. Well read. So glad I did not listen to the people who didn’t like the story. It was a good story of love, loss, sorority among women during war. A big plus is that it was not overtly sexual like so many other books are. I will definitely find more books from this author.
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- Patricia
- 10-10-23
Entertaining
The story gives you a new perspective of war, especially from a young child’s view.
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- Richonette
- 07-31-22
Well written story
I enjoyed some of the historical facts in the story. I was annoyed with the way the reader pronounced many of the Hawaiian and Japanese words.
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- Mary A. Wade
- 08-27-23
Slow read
I really enjoyed “Radar girls” and “Codebreakers”. I was thoroughly engrossed in these books.
This book dragged a bit for me. I admit that i skipped ahead a few times to see where it was going. I did go back though. I guess i worried a lot about Roscoe. I know the fate of so many wild animals raised as pets.
I did finish the book and i’m glad i did. I rarely give up on a book.
The narration was fine. No complaints.
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- Reading Grandma
- 01-17-24
An excellent read though really depressing about how humanity treats each other in times of stress & especially war!
Well written from both the mother’s & young daughter’s point of view. Emotional issues are explored & the value of friendships shown. The love story is downplayed but very sweet!
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- Beckybtc
- 01-17-21
great narration good story
excellent narration, good story, entertaining, fairly realistic, not to sappy, overall I really liked it
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