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By: Maddie Dawson
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The Good Father
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Four years ago, 19-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis was at home, changing diapers and worrying about keeping food on the table. But he's never regretted his decision. Bella is the light of his life. The reason behind every move he makes. And so far, she is fed. Cared for. Safe. But when Travis loses his construction job and his home, the security he's worked so hard to create for Bella begins to crumble....
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A must-read tear jerker!
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The Wanderer
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Nestled on the Oregon coast is a small town of rocky beaches and rugged charm. Locals love the land’s unspoiled beauty. Developers see it as a potential gold mine. When newcomer Hank Cooper learns he’s been left an old friend’s entire beachfront property, he finds himself with a community’s destiny in his hands. Cooper has never been a man to settle in one place, and Thunder Point was supposed to be just another quick stop. But Cooper finds himself getting involved with the town. And with Sarah Dupre, a woman as complicated as she is beautiful.
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Serious Moonlight
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Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she's cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide.
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Great characters wrapped in a mystery inside a romance
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He Came in with It
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- By: Miriam Feldman
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
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In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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So Beautifully Written
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By: Miriam Feldman
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Lone Stars
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- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term.
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
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The Night Always Comes
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Barely 30, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in 15 years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home - and obtain the security they’ve never had. While she has enough for the down payment, she needs her mother to cover the rest of the asking price.
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Willy knows tragedy
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A Nail Through The Heart
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- By: Timothy Hallinan
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Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt. But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out.
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Ever been to Bangkok?
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Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is.
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A bit disappointing
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Picture Us in the Light
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When Danny discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined. Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember, and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put into words.
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A poignant, touching novel for the Asian American millennial
- By Jenny on 06-30-23
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The Last Refuge
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- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Sam Acquillo is at the end of the line: he's a middle-aged corporate dropout living in a ramshackle cottage in Southampton's North Sea. But then the old lady next door ends up floating dead in her bathtub, and it seems that Sam is the only one who wonders why.
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A hero who doesn't work and play well with others.
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The Surrogate
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Ruth is a no-nonsense 40-something journalist from the Midwest desperate for a child with her new husband, Hal. Their hope rests with Cally, a 19-year-old who wants to go to college - but doesn’t have the cash. The arrangement seems perfect for everyone. But within a day of the baby’s birth, Cally has a change of heart - and engineers a harrowing escape from the hospital with the newborn. When Ruth and Hal discover that Cally and their daughter are gone, a whole series of doubts and secrets is revealed, and the difference between right and wrong is no longer clear.
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Spectacular - Couldn’t put this book down!
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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
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Striking in their emotional immediacy, the stories in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self are based in a world where inequality is reality but where the insecurities of adolescence and young adulthood, and the tensions within family and the community, are sometimes the biggest complicating forces in one's sense of identity and the choices one makes.
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things we do to oursekves
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- HT
- 10-30-23
Real life
Beautifully written about the reality of marriage and loss. Two people who truly love each other find their way back to each other.
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- L. M.
- 06-01-23
loved the story!
pre-ordered this book because i love this author. i will listen to/read anything she writes. this did not disappoint. i’m also a norbert leo butz fan so the audio was a treat.
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- Lin
- 06-16-24
Love Mary Beth Keane, but this was my least favorite
Mary Beth Keane writes believable characters and stories. She’s one of my favorite authors. However, Malcolm and Jess didn’t always ring true for me. I kept thinking of them as being in their 20s, when they were supposed to be in their 30s & 40s. I did feel that many of their life travails were relatable—infertility, marriage problems, work problems, etc. The subplot of fraud was interesting but didn’t completely tie into the story line. Ask Again Yes & Fever are two of my favorite Mary Beth Keane books & I would give both of them 5 stars. This book was not as solid. The narration was good.
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- MaryFromConcordNC
- 07-11-23
Depressing
Since I used a credit on this book I kept listening and waiting for it to get better, but it was disappointing; dark and depressing
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- Alexa Ashe
- 02-24-24
the writing, but not the storytelling.
Nice writing but no plot. I kept waiting for the payoff, but there really wasn’t any.
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- Ashlie Sandoval
- 06-01-23
Good Listen!
This book is good, interesting & the characters keep you entertained. I’d definitely go to the half moon.
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- Olivia McKenzie
- 05-13-23
It's a Teachable Story
I read a lot of reviews saying how slow and unexciting it was, but I genuinely feel as though those stories are necessary. Reading fiction is used as an escape for most, but there are no rules stating one cannot use it to document the human experience. That is exactly what The Half Moon does. It's a good read for someone, like myself, who is in their twenties and not sure who they are or where they stand in life. It is a testament to being okay with that and learning that your wants and needs change as you grow, and the relationships can change with that. I appreciate this little mundane story for everything it is
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- Henry E. Coletti
- 05-16-23
Wonderful
A great story and narration, I enjoyed every moment! A truthful reflection on marriage,friendship and family
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- jerz reader
- 08-15-23
not sure id recommend
Extremely sad story bogged down with many depressing details last chapters were an excellent mystery and family story; too bad the first 2/3 were so tedious
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- Mary Schultz
- 05-23-23
A long and depressing read
I had looked forward to reading this book but found that the story dragged on and was quite depressing. Would not recommend
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