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"After a lifetime of kindly taking care of his irresistible but impossible sister and her wonderful daughter, Tom is finally ready to put himself first. Naturally, that's when his phone rings. Tom does what he always does--answers the call. And therein lies either the beauty or dysfunction, (or perhaps both) of the sometimes too tight ties that bind families together"--
2) La dérive
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À la croisée des chemins volume tome 1
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Connor Fitzgerald et son épouse Ophélie Vaillancourt vivent un quotidien de misère avec leurs treize enfants. Le salaire de mécanicien pour le Canadien Pacifique de Connor ne suffisant pas à nourrir sa famille, les enfants sont contraints de contribuer très jeunes à la subsistance et aux tâches de la maisonnée, quitte à s'exiler.
C'est ainsi que Marjolaine, l'aînée, se retrouve séparée de son jumeau Henry pour la toute première fois....
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Three best friends -- Heather, who finally sees the beauty of family; Daphne, who is trying to fix her marriage after an emotional affair; and Tori, who has fallen in love with a longtime friend, navigate the joy, and heartache of letting people into their hearts for the very first time.
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"William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Who took Avery Wooler?"--
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Powder River novel volume 1
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Grudges run deep between two ranch families. And so do secrets…
There's no avoiding anyone in Powder River's small community-not even a bitter rival. For years, Cooper McKenna has been thrown together with Tilly Stafford, competing against her at summer rodeos. With all the bad blood between their families, he never imagined they'd be forced to work together. Then Tilly's younger sister is shot, and Cooper comes under suspicion.
Determined...
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It's the wedding of the season, and all of Newport is abuzz...
Despite its beauty, Newport is a place Cass Coventry would prefer to forget. But after a long absence, she's back in her hometown to celebrate her sister's engagement-even if she's marrying into the family that stole the Gilded Age Coventry mansion out from under them a decade ago.
The moment Cass pulls up to the estate, she's in for one surprise after another. The bride-to-be is hiding...
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"A funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled--the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across...
15) Going bicoastal
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Told in alternating timelines, Jewish seventeen-year-old Natalya spends one summer in New York with her dad, trying to muster the courage to talk to her girl crush, and the other in Los Angeles with her estranged mom, going for a guy she never saw coming.
16) Charles
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La biscuiterie Saint-Claude volume tome 2
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Direction Laval, une banlieue pleine de promesses o une mère déterminée s'échine à redonner un sens à sa vie.
Charles, le frère de Gabrielle, habite toujours avec leur mère, à Laval-des-Rapides. Vieux garçon, la quarantaine bien entamée, le comptable se découvre de belles affinités avec Carole Thibault, la meilleure amie de sa sœur. Pendant que le couple apprivoise ces balbutiements amoureux, Gabrielle, elle, s'interroge sur un éventuel...
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"In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves"--
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"High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage--and hoping that boredom won't kill her before the cancer does. Then Jack--tiny...
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Sisters of the salt volume 2
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"When the youngest Thaumas sister, Verity, leaves Salann for the lush Bloem on a painting commission, she quickly discovers that the intriguing Laurent family isn't as perfect as they appear"--
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