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421) A woman, in bed
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
411 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 20th century, WWI to WWII and beyond. Simone abandons her body to lust, leaves her husband for Jacques, sleeps with strangers. But she is never satisfied. It is only when she is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, when she appears to be most broken in her body, that she finally finds the tender, fulfilling love she has been seeking"--
"Simone comes of age in WWI. She comes into her own in WWII as part of the French resistance. Frequently,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Yorkshire, 1843: Lydia Robinson - mistress of Thorp Green Hall - has lost her precious young daughter and her mother within the same year. She returns to her bleak home, grief-stricken and unmoored. With her teenage daughters rebelling, her testy mother-in-law scrutinizing her every move, and her marriage grown cold, Lydia is restless and yearning for something more. All of that changes with the arrival of her son's tutor, Branwell Brontë, brother...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, never met a predicament he couldn't charm his way out of. Then a tryst with a government official's wife during a bit of casual espionage in France condemns him to a decade in a dungeon, leaving him a shadow of his former self. Yet his greatest challenge may be the enigmatic spy sent to free his body -- the only woman who might heal his soul. Cassie Fox lost everything in the chaos of revolution, leaving only a determination...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A stunning debut novel set in the rugged, rural landscape of northwest England where two sheep farmers lose their flocks and decide to reverse their fortunes by stealing sheep from a rich farm in the south-for fans of Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy. In early 2001, a lethal disease breaks out on the hill farms of northern England, emptying the valleys of sheep and filling the skies with smoke as they burn the carcasses. Two neighboring shepherds...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"As everything around me starts to blur, I go over the words once more: 'your husband is missing.' Four simple words with the power to shatter my whole world in an instant. Working as a marriage counselor I'm used to the tragedies that come out of nowhere. People trust me to help them through life's big moments. The things that leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the person you love the most. But I never thought trouble would...
426) The maiden
Author
Publisher
Mantle
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Edinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess. Only a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty...
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fiona Kidman's early stories about New Zealand women's experiences scandalised with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love. Her writing made her a feminist icon in the early 1980s and she has since continued to tell the realities of women's lives, her stories resonating with fans over the years and across the world. To mark her 80th birthday, this volume brings together a variety of...
428) A time to be born
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
©1996
Edition
Steerforth Press ed.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the story of a wealthy, self-centered newspaper publisher and his scheming, novelist wife in World War II-era New York City.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
2nd edition.
Physical Desc
x, 324 pages ; illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an annotated edition of the 1899 novel about a Victorian-era woman who finds passionate physical love with a young man she meets while on vacation; and includes biographical, historical, and cultural documents related to the novel's publication, and a selection of critical essays.
Author
Series
Norton critical edition volume N303
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©1962
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
x, 375 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 18th century Boston, a Puritan girl is condemned to wear the letter "A" for bearing an illegitimate daughter.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kate and Matt love each other madly, even though Kate is no longer interested in having sex with her husband. So they agree Matt can have one-night stands with other women on work trips. But family stability is upset. When young widow Annie moves to town and befriends her, Kate is unsure of how to reveal her secrets. But Annie has secrets that could destroy all their lives.
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