"This is the saga of Homer Zigler, who wanted more than anything else in the world to write "The Great American Novel." Originality, humor, pathos, mark this second novel by the author of The Anointed. It has depth, warmth and a fresh observation of people-this story of a man and his inner and outer life- this chronicle of dreams and hopes framed...
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"Commitment, togetherness, another person's needs? Babies? These were the last things on Chris Gray's mind when he came to the rescue of Lori Lynn Conner after she dropped a soft drink bottle and gashed her foot at the supermarket. A quick trip to the hospital, then a date, more dates, an engagement, a wedding - and Chris and Lori begin a marriage that soon has both of them on the defensive. It isn't that they aren't in love, for indeed they are. And it certainly isn't sexual i...
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"The unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War - the ordeals of the Vietnamese - is powerfully evoked in these fifteen stories, each narrated in a different voice. Old or young, humble or arrogant, puzzled or proud, these are characters for whom the absurdities of contemporary American popular culture and searing memories of war uneasily coexist. Blending Vietnamese folklore and American realities, lyric, dreamlike passages and comic turns, Butler creates a panoramic tapestry of a people struggling to...
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"One never-to-be forgotten day while Norman Pascoe was intent on clipping the privet hedge, he came face to face with a lion: an unusual, not to say disturbing, situation, but handled commendably. The memory of how coolly he 'inveigled' the creatur...
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"A famous gardener, the determined and still beautiful Marjorie, lives at Fordingbridge Castle with her discreetly unfaithful husband Guy. Now the pain of newly awakened memories threatens to engulf her as she faces the prospect of Hubert's arrival. Should she confide in her only daughter, Chloe, whose own husband Ru has just left her for her best friend Lucy? Or the charismatic new vicar of the village, David Doughty, who is so able at helping others but is unable to prevent the growing rift between him and his feminist wif...
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"No bare-bones summary can do justice to the excitement, complexity and resonance of this powerful novel, to its many strong characters and their intricate relationships with each other, or to its unifying narrative drive, which never falters."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"Katherine Forrester Vigneras is a concert pianist who has returned to her house on Tenth Street in New York to come to terms with her memories, until she can look at them with acceptance. But when she agrees to give a benefit concert for an old friend, Felix Bodeway, the retired 15th bishop of New York, she is drawn into the life of 'his 'Cathedral, and that of the people on the Ca...
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"In Abide With Me, Harris returns with the utmost finesse to his signature themes of love, friendship, and family, and craftily guides his irresistible characters through new challenges and heartbreaks, and ultimately to redemption through love. At the end of Just As I Am, Raymond Tyler, Jr. was beginning a relationship with Trent, a fraternity brother from his college days, while Nicole had found love with Jared, Raymond's buddy from Atlanta. As Abide With Me opens, Ray...
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"Second wife. . . . she loved him. She knew that he was the man she had been waiting for - that he was the man she had kept herself for. He was decent and honest and strong. And he loved her. But she wondered if the happiness she could bring him would be enough. Because she could never forget that he had known another happiness with another woman - with the woman who had been his wife."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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"The wind was a distant roar on the crest of Big Lonesome, and the stream rushed and boomed deep in its rocky throat. The sounds came together and were as notes with one voice. One could never be sure whether the noise fell from the wind at the top or arose from the stream as it beat and swirled through the boulders.
In the hidden coves and on the high slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, those who were strong and wily survived; the others did not. The awesome presence...
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"Peggy Tavenner, sensitive and lonely, feels the contrast between herself and her friendly, pretty, popular sister, Gretta. Her moodiness makes her a 'difficult' person; her family and those who want to be her friends are often hurt and puzzled by her rebuffs. Unable to endure her unhappiness, Peggy determines to do something about herself. How she acquires poise and independence and finally happiness is a vivid and fascinating story. The influence of...
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"Born in the East End of London at the turn of the century, Charlie Trumper retains as his earliest memory his grandfather's sales patter from behind his fruit and vegetable barrow, and when Granpa Charlie dies, young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps. But is isn't long before he's spreading his wings beyond the teeming streets of Whitechapel, his burning ambition to own a shop that will sell everything: '...
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"A gripping story about a multimillion-dollar land swindle-and the brave, stubborn man who uncovers it-in the fragile barrier islands off the Mississippi coast."; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"A gripping story about a multimillion-dollar land swindle-and the brave, stubborn man who uncovers it-in the fragile barrier islands off the Mississippi coast."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"His name is Kurt Clausen. A former English major (aka Extraneous Man), he's worked as a salad girl, a porn salesman, and - perhaps most reluctantly - a journalist. Finally, things seem to be looking up. He's found an editor who lets him write the way he wants. He's got a girlfriend who nurses his wounds (born the emotional king and the kind inflicted by flying canned hams), and who laughs at just about everything he says and does. And he's still not drinking. But after taking on everyone from the fundamentalists to th...
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"Lonnie (Pop) Butts, soda pop bottler and stick candy manufacturer in a small Southern town, was content to confection his wares from his mental formulary, then go about the town peddling what he had produced. Then, two things happened at once, an unprecedented event in his life, and for the next forty years he was never quite able to cope with eithe...
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"High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to...
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