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"Nina Hill's life may not seem like much, but for a person battling anxiety, it's more than enough. She enjoys her job at a bookstore and her small circle of friends. Until a visit from a lawyer changes everything ... The father that Nina never knew existed has died, leaving behind an enormous extended family. Nina now has innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, and cousins all living within a twenty-mile radius--some welcoming and some not...
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Atlantic Monthly Press
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2017.
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English
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"From a remarkable new voice in fiction, Bethany Ball, comes a transporting debut; a hilarious multigenerational family saga set in Israel, New York, and Los Angeles that explores the secrets and gossip-filled lives of a kibbutz community near Jerusalem. Meet Marc Solomon, an Israeli ex-Navy commando now living in L.A., who is falsely accused of money laundering through his asset management firm. As the Solomons' Santa Monica home is raided, Marc's...
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Simon & Schuster
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2014.
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English
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"Set in Ireland on the wild coast of Connemara, this hauntingly romantic novel tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of her family's past and ends up discovering her future. Ellen Trawton is running away from it all. She hates her job, she doesn't love the aristocratic man to whom she is engaged, and her relationship with her controlling mother is becoming increasingly strained. So Ellen leaves London, fleeing to the one place she...
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St. Martin's Press
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2012.
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English
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Cherry Truong's parents have exiled her wayward older brother from their Southern California home, sending him to Vietnam to live with distant relatives. Determined to bring him back, twenty-one-year-old Cherry travels to their homeland and finds herself on a journey to uncover her family's decades-old secrets-hidden loves, desperate choices, and lives ripped apart by the march of war and currents of history.
The Reeducation of Cherry Truong tells...
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Wydawnictwo Świat Książki
Pub. Date
2021.
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Polish
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"Wciągająca historia poróżnionej rodziny, skrywanej przeszłości i miłości, która nigdy nie umiera. Ellen Trawton ucieka od swojego płytkiego londyńskiego życia i władczej matki, która rozpaczliwie próbuje ją sobie podporządkować. Czy istnieje lepsza kryjówka niż dom pośród surowej scenerii Connemary, zamieszkany przez skrywaną przed rodziną ciotkę, z którą matka Ellen od lat nie utrzymuje kontaktów? Jednak dzikość i piękno...
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