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To each of the men and women in "The last time I saw you", this reunion means something different. A last opportunity to say something long left unsaid, an escape from the bleaker realities of everyday life, a means to save a marriage on the rocks, or an opportunity to bond with a slightly estranged daughter, if only over what her mother should wear.
3. Red knife
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Series:
Cork O'Connor mystery volume 8
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English
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Corcoran O'Connor is caught in the middle of a gang dispute between the Aurora Anglos and the Ojibwe Reservation Red Boyz, a situation that turns deadly when the Red Boyz leader and his wife are found murdered.
4. We are okay
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Pub. Date:
2017
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HL: High-Low 660L
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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After leaving her life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit.
5. Untethered
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Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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HIGHLY COMMENDED - The ACT Book of the Year 2024 HIGHLY COMMENDED - ACT Literary Awards 2024, Fiction. Winner of the 2022 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize. A finely observed debut novel of a young Muslim woman's experience of immigration to Australia from Sri Lankan-Australian writer Ayesha Inoon. Zia secretly longs to go to university but as a young woman in a traditional Muslim family, she does what is expected of her and agrees to an arranged marriage to Rashid,...
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Publisher:
Babelcube Inc
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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They say the truth is always better than the lie. But sometimes, certain truths are better when left unsaid. Have you ever thought about telling everyone that the person is ugly? Annoying? Stinky? Ahh! However, my truth is not as simple as that. My truth is something scary. That changes the whole life of a person, or not, depending on what attitude will be taken. Are you curious? So read my story, but don't judge me, it could be you, after all. I...
7. Be Free
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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"Be Free" is a personal memoir themed by redemption. It's a story that's not about perfection or game plans, but one of breaking down the walls that hide the mess. It's about letting your imperfections, mistakes, and insecurities be seen, then loved, then healed. It's an invitation for others to step into that journey as well. This memoir goes from consistently getting hammered drunk while trying to maintain a 'rock star life' image in order to keep...
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H.V.Grullon
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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This poetry collection examines the emotional complexities of unrequited love. It highlights the reality that one's heart cannot choose whom to love, and one cannot simply cease to suffer for unsuitable partners. The work emphasizes that, while love exists, it does not guarantee mutual happiness. It is possible to heal and create new connections despite past heartache. Moreover, it is vital to recognize that the individuals we desire often do not...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Harlan "Harley" Saltz is a writer with a problem. He's invited to a wedding. Weddings make Harley nervous. Especially when the bride is the woman he still she's marrying another man. Harley notices the details, the small moments that make up a minute, an hour, a single day. Losing Teri was his decision because, frankly, he couldn't afford to keep her in the style in which they both feel she should be accustomed. Life is full of ironies. She's like...
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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"From a critically acclaimed group of writers comes an essay collection about what they wish they could share with their mothers--the hilarious, the painful, the awkward, and the downright messy. Raw and poignant, this is an anthology that will resonate with anyone who's ever had a mother." -- Back cover.
"As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize...
11. Stet
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Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Dora Malech is the author of two previous books of poetry, Say So and Shore Ordered Ocean. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, The Best American Poetry, and many other publications. She is assistant professor in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and lives in Baltimore. A fascinating collection of serious and playful poems that tap the inventive possibilities of the anagram and other constraining forms In Stet, poet Dora...
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Princess Berry
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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For Luna, family meant the world to her, but apparently she didn't mean the world to them. Luna Beitar only wants one thing in life, and that's to become a prima ballerina. Nothing else matters. Luna lost her best friend and older sister, Cassie, when she was fourteen. Now is her chance to make Cassie's dream a reality. Things are finally falling into place when Luna receives the opportunity of a lifetime. A principal role in the winter showcase for...