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1) Little women
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The March sisters -- Beautiful Meg, headstrong Jo, delicate Beth, and spoiled Amy -- live in genteel poverty against the backdrop of the American Civil war, as they face their first Christmas without their beloved father, who is serving as a chaplain in the Union Army. We follow the sisters as they grow from children into women, mothers, and wives and experience all of the trials, tragedy, loss, and love that life encompasses along the way.
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William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family’s dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline...
3) The pearl
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For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.
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"The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into the experiences of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery, and Sofia"--
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The two engagement parties of Shelby Cambria and Fred Stiftel, one in South Carolina and one in Chicago, bring about changes in the lives of all concerned. Both bride and groom are only children, and their parents want the best for them. The Cambrias' dearest wish is for their daughter to be happy. If Shelby wants to marry Fred, they will not stand in her way, although they hope her friends will not think she is marrying more than a few degrees beneath...
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Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley’s wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and cherish—’til death did them part—for tanned and toned young Barbie brides. If losing the social life and close friends she adored wasn’t painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Les’s world and push her to the edge. She’s had enough...
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A few weeks before Christmas Jacob Churcher receives a call informing him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him. Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try to reconcile with the past. While cleaning out the house, he discovers a diary left by a woman named Noel, who stayed with Jacob's family during her pregnancy. Then Jacob has an unexpected visitor: Rachel, a woman looking for the mother who put her up for...
8) Dune
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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. Considered a classic in the Sci-Fi genre, this novel won the first Nebula Award and shared the Hugo Award.
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In 1804, Ruth is taken from her home in Saint-Domingue and sold into slavery in Savannah, Georgia. There she is put into service at Tara, the cotton plantation of the O'Hara family. This prequel to Gone with the Wind, authorized by the estate of Margaret Mitchell, explores the past of Mammy, one of the most beloved characters from the original classic novel.