Penelope J Stokes
Author
Publisher
W Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Abby Quinn McDougall is a Southern lady whose once picturesque small-town life seems to be shrinking. Widowed at fifty and burdened by the care of an ailing mother and a cantankerous teenaged daughter, Abby wishes her life were simpler and her responsibilities fewer. Abby's daughter, Neal Grace, devastated by the loss of her doting father and the illness of her beloved grandmother, wishes for change, for the chance to break free from other people's
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Series
Language
English
Description
Four friends gathered in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future, " they whispered, placing tiny pieces of paper into a shimmering blue bottle. But that event happened in the wake of the Depression of 1929, and it is decades later when local news reporter Brenna Delaney stumbles upon the blue bottle . . . and into the most meaningful story of her career. Brenna's search will uncover the secrets of that...
Author
Publisher
Word
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When she discovers her son has designs to sell her home out from under her, Miss Amethyst-ninety-three years old and as sharp as ever-isn't about to let her legacy go. She pins her hopes on her granddaughter, Little Am, a good-natured child who has mutated in her teenage years into something else altogether. Whatever it takes, Little Am will know that the Noble family heritage is worth fighting for.
Author
Language
English
Description
A novel about four women, friends since college. According to the "circle journal" they've used to keep in touch, they seem to have the lives they dreamed of. Liz, the hippie activist, fights for justice in Washington, D.C. Tess who always wanted to be a writer teaches literature in the Midwest and is married to another professor. Amanda, considered the prettiest by the group, enjoys a perfect marriage to her college boyfriend. And then there is Grace....
Author
Publisher
Word Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Just before she dies, Diedre McAlister's mother gives her a fading photograph and tells her, ''Find yourself. Find your truth. Just don’t expect it to be what you thought it would be.'' Armed with these clues to her past, Diedre sets out to find her older sister, Amber, who was mysteriously sent away by her parents when Diedre was very young. Her search will take her across the country -- and into the path of someone who will do anything to stop...
Author
Publisher
WestBow Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at age five and raised by her grandmother, Phoebe longs for a past and a sense of connectedness, but it is not until she stumbles upon a scrapbook dating back to the 1920s that she discovers a terrible secret about her family's history.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
La madre de Dell Haley siempre decía que había dos cosas de las que un hombre nunca se hartaba: un buen plato y un buen abrazo. Dell es una artista en la cocina, por lo que lo primero está asegurado. En cuanto a los abrazos, su olfato le dice que está recibiendo una buena ración de ellos fuera de casa. Y entonces él aparece muerto. Sin dinero ni estudios, Dell se aferra a lo único que nunca le ha fallado: su habilidad culinaria. Lo arriesga...