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The Good Wife Strikes Back
By Buchan, Elizabeth
2005/01 - Penguin Books
0143034499 Find It

Now in paperback, this "guiltfree bonbon" ("The Dallas Morning News") is written by the bestselling author of "Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman"). This wise and entertaining novel is about a woman who veers off the beaten path and finds much more than she bargained for. ...More

We Are All Welcome Here
By Berg, Elizabeth
2006/04 - Random House
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It is the summer of 1964. Tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations, but Paige Dunn, challenged by the polio she contracted during her last month of pregnancy, is determined to raise her daughter, Diana, in the way she sees fit with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie. Hate and adversity will visit this modest home. Despite the difficulties thrust upon them, each of the women will find her own path to independence, understanding, and peace. ...More

The bestselling author of "Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn" introduces five singular women about to embark upon a most remarkable--and inspiring--journey. …More

My Enemy's Cradle
By Young, Sara
2008/01 - Harcourt
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Cyrla has been warned that her neighbors know she is half Jewish--grounds for certain arrest in their Nazi-occupied town. A cruel twist of fate places Cyrla in a terrible dilemma in this page-turning debut novel. ...More

After This
By McDermott, Alice
2006/09 - Farrar Straus Giroux
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Witty, compassionate, and wry, this novel captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of the middle decades of the 20th century through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four children, and the changing worlds in which they live. ...More

Evenings at Five
By Godwin, Gail
2003/04 - Ballantine
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A woman reflects on the 30 years of rituals she shared with her recently deceased husband. A literary jewel, "Evenings at Five" captures the cyclical nature of commitment--and the eternal quality of a romance completed. ...More

Dearest Dorothy, If Not Now, When?
By Baumbich, Charlene Ann
2007/10 - Penguin Books
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The colorful characters of Partonville, Illinois, are back once again to delight fans. Dorothys spirit and the Partonvillers antics dont disappoint in this sixth book in the Dearest Dorothy series. ...More

The only thing certain about a journey is that it has a beginning and an end--for you never know what may happen along the way. And so it is with this journey into the minds and souls of two very different men--one of them in search of the truth, the other a man who may have already found it. When Otto Ringling, a husband, father, and editor, departs on a cross-country drive from his home in a New York City suburb to the North Dakota farmhouse in which he grew up, he is a man on a no-nonsense mission: to settle the estate of his recently deceased parents. However, when his flaky sister convinces him to give a ride to her guru, a crimson-robed Skovordinian monk, Otto knows there will be a few bumps in the road. As they venture across America, Otto and the affable, wise, irritating, and inscrutible holy man engage in a battle of wits and wisdom. Otto, a born skeptic, sees his unwanted passenger as a challenge: a man who assumes the knowledge of the ages yet walks a mortal's path. But he also sees their unexpected pairing as an opportunity to take Volya Rinpoche on a journey of cultural discovery, with visits to quintessentially American landmarks (the Hershey's factory, Wrigley Field) and forays into some favorite American pastimes (bowling, miniature golf, dining out).  …More

Lunch at the Piccadilly
By Edgerton, Clyde
2003/09 - Shannon Ravenel Books
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The much-loved author of the bestselling Raney and Walking Across Egypt is back with an endearing novel of calamity and comedy that celebrates the spirit and spunk of old age. A Shannon Ravenel Book. 50,000 first printing. Advertising. 20-city author tour. ...More

Winter Solstice
By Pilcher, Rosamunde
2000/08 - Thomas Dunne Books
0312244266 Find It

With "Winter Solstice", the bestselling author of "The Shell Seekers" brings her readers into the lives of five very different but equally intriguing people. Plagued by loneliness, regret, abandonment, and loss, they are united by fate in a dilapidated estate house in Northern Scotland. It is in this house, on the shortest day of the year, that they will find each other and ultimately find themselves. ...More

The Cemetery Yew
By Riggs, Cynthia
2003/09 - Thomas Dunne Books
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In her third appearance, Island poet Victoria Trumbull returns to solve the puzzle of a missing coffin. ...More

Woman in Red
By Goudge, Eileen
2007/06 - Vanguard Press
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Bestselling author Goudge presents a powerful story of love, redemption, and the things one woman will do to overcome the buried secrets of her past. ...More

The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society
By Trobaugh, Augusta
2005/07 - Dutton Books
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A Southern comedy-of-manners crosses with the classic film "Arsenic and Old Lace," in this surprising new novel by the author of "Sophie and the Rising Sun." Trobaugh spices up her pitch-perfect Southern style with a witty murder plot--providing a hilarious twist that is sure to draw new readers to her work. ...More

The New Woman: A Staggerford Novel
By Hassler, Jon
2006/10 - Plume Books
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Populated with the charming crew of eccentrics and quirky characters that keep Hassler's fans clamoring for more, this novel follows 87-year-old Agatha McGee as she discovers that friends and family are the secrets to longevity and that the essence of life lies in the details. ...More

The Madonnas of Leningrad
By Dean, Debra
2006/03 - William Morrow & Company
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Winner - 2007 ALA Notable Fiction Selection
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In this sublime debut novel, set amid the horrors of the siege of Leningrad in World War II, a gifted writer explores the power of memory to save . . . and betray. ...More

The Inheritance of Loss
By Desai, Kiran
2005/11 - Atlantic Monthly Press
0871139294 Find It

Winner - 2007 ALA Notable Fiction Selection
The author of the acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard takes readers to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency in Nepal challenges the old way of life--and opens up a grasping world of conflicting desires. ...More

Getting Old Is the Best Revenge
By Lakin, Rita
2006/06 - Thorndike Press
0786286296 Find It

With sass and charm, the oldest living private eye and her eccentric friends will do anything to catch a cold-blooded killer--even if it means losing more than a Bingo tournament in this latest from the author of "Getting Old Is Murder." Original. ...More