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2.5 stars
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One year after her divorce, Joyce invites her older sister Lydia, who is also divorced, to live with her until she finds a place of her own, but their relationship begins to fray as new revelations from their family's history come to light, forcing them to finally reckon with their childhood.
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Publisher:
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"From the New York Times bestselling author of West of Here, a novel that chronicles a hundred-and-seventy years of American nation-building from numerous points-of-view across place and time, and explores the Great American Experiment from its formative days to the present moment and asks whether or not our nation has made good on its promises"--
3. Small world
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Pub. Date:
2019
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 570L
Language:
English
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First, Nanda's entire world is the circle of her mother's arms but as she grows, she sees the wonder of whirligigs, fractals in the snow, and even the circle of the Earth, itself.
4. Small World
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Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
What will happen when the alien ships strike Earth? And later? Who will survive? What will life be like in that latter-day jungle? William F. Nolan, well known in SF circles on the West Coast, returns with this grim story of the days and the nights of Lewis Stillman-survivor . . .
7. Small World
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Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
At times angry and despairing, these poems evoke hospital conditions and social attitudes toward the ill, but focus on the intricate reality of living day to day and trying to bring memory to bear on the future. In this collection, The Patient' suffers a brain hemorrhage, causing the poet to carefully examine the days before and after this heartbreaking event. A multilayered compilation, it builds a rich portrait of love under almost intolerable pressure....
8. Small World
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Publisher:
AMZ Publishers House
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Melody Brooks is a strikingly beautiful 26-year-old, trapped in a job that no longer brings her joy. As the receptionist at Curtly and Curtly, a prestigious criminal law firm in Portland, Oregon, she endures the daily scowls of her boss, John Curtly, and the superficial charm of his son, Joseph. Despite her six years of dedication, Melody feels unappreciated and dreams of finding a place where she truly belongs. Her life takes a turn when she receives...
9. Small worlds
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Language:
English
Description:
"Set over the course of three summers, Small Worlds follows Stephen, a first-generation Londoner born to Ghanaian immigrant parents, brother to Ray, and best friend to Adeline. On the cusp of big life changes, Stephen feels pressured to follow a certain track-a university degree, a move out of home-but when he decides instead to follow his first love, music, his world and family fracture in ways he didn't foresee. Now Stephen must find a path and...
12. Small World
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Publisher:
URBNET Communications Inc./Fontana North
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
19. Small World Play
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Publisher:
Andrews UK
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Small World Play is a practical and informative book for practitioners and home-based professionals to use in their daily work with young children at all ability levels. It is designed to show how small world play contributes to the EYFS curriculum and to other important areas of children's lives. Explaining exactly what small world play is and why it is so important to all areas of children's development, it describes the different types of small...