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Author
Series
Wilderness series (Sara Donati) volume 4
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
In 1812, Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner mark the return of Nathaniel's daughter Hannah, while her half-brother Daniel joins the militia and his twin, Lily, falls in love with a dark and dangerous stranger.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies" (The New York Times Book Review), Leila Slimani draws on her own family's inspiring story for the first volume in a planned trilogy about race, resilience, and women's empowerment. Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with Amine, a handsome Moroccan soldier in the French army during...
Author
Series
The Berrybender narratives volume ; 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Holed up with other moms-to-be in a secret maternity home in Los Angeles, Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, where she worked in a factory job and fell in love with the owner, Boss Yeung. Now she's carrying his baby. Already married with three daughters, he's overjoyed because the doctors confirmed he will finally have the son he has always wanted. To ensure that his son has every advantage, he has shipped Scarlett off to give birth on American...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory. Kim's hard work earns her a place at an elite private school, where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to America.
13) Orchard: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"Ned Weaver, an internationally acclaimed painter, is famous in Door County, Wisconsin, for his luminous work - and for his affairs with his models. His wife, Harriet, has learned to accept these dalliances in the belief that his immense talent will ultimately make up for his shortcomings as a husband." "Sonja Skordahl, a Norwegian immigrant, came to America looking for a new life. Instead, she married Henry House, only to find herself defined, like...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America's identity for centuries--yet America has periodically turned its back at the times of greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle for the twenty-first century American dream, having won...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Living in Brixton and awaiting the return of her husband and young son from Nigeria, Obiajulu Ejiofor received shattering news. There had been a fatal car crash, and one of them was dead. In Where the Children Take Us, Obiajulu's daughter, Zain Asher, tells the story of her family and her mother's deeply personal fight to protect her children from the daily pressures of poverty, crime, and racism in 1980s and '90s South London as a widowed emigrant....
20) In a gilded cage
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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