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5) A whole life
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Set in the mid-twentieth century and told with beauty and tenderness, Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life is a story of man's relationship with an ancient landscape, of the value of solitude, of the arrival of the modern world, and above all, of the moments, great and small, that make us who we are.
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Titouan ne sort plus de sa chambre. Alix rêve de théâtre. Luce reste inconsolable depuis la mort de son mari. Gabrielle tient trop à sa liberté pour s'attacher. Armand a construit sa vie entière autour de sa fille. Cinq personnages, cinq solitudes que tout sépare. Il suffira pourtant d'un numéro inconnu s'affichant sur un téléphone pour que leurs existences s'entrelacent.
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Westcott novels volume 9
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Major Harry Westcott was once the Earl of Riverdale until he and his family fell apart when they discovered their father had committed bigamy when marrying their mother. That left Harry and his sisters as illegitimate offspring. Harry was no longer the Earl, no longer able to support his mother and sisters. Their place in society was gone. The life they knew was in tatters. Stripped of title, lands and funds this was the Great Disaster.
10) Last survivors
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"A father and son, who have been living off grid for 20 years, encounter an outsider who threatens to destroy the utopia they've built."--Container.
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Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. One day, she simply vanishes into thin air and Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl's disappearance....
13) Book of dreams
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"The Donovan legacy continues in these two classic tales of love and magic! Charmed: Anastasia Donovan has sworn off romance. After a past boyfriend refused to accept Ana's gift of witchcraft, Ana decided she would move on and start fresh. So when Ana befriends her new next-door neighbor -- six-year-old Jessie -- she doesn't plan on falling for Jessie's protective single father, Boone Sawyer. Boone and Ana have an undeniable connection and their relationship...
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"Winner of the Brage Prize, the most prestigious award in Norwegian Literature, The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman's Life is a quiet, beautiful exploration of solitude and how we relate to other beings. It has been lauded by European critics for doing something very rare: offering deep pleasure and joy in reading with little theatrics. Having grown up as an only child in Northern Sweden, Lydia is used to isolation and being on her own. She fills her...
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"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...
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