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Books : Contemporary Fiction

The Crying Tree

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  Meet the Stanley family: Nate, Irene and kids Barbara (Bliss) and Steven (Shep). They live in a rural area of Illinois in the old family home. The Stanley family soon moves to Oregon. Bliss is making friends at her new school and is involved in a lot of extra curricular activities. Shep is still a loner and loves to ride off on his bicycle exploring their new community.

Then tragedy strikes the Stanley family.

Opportunity Rings

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Opportunity Rings by Sheryl Steinberg

Meet Erica Swift, a mid-30’s, married woman who is the marketing director for Rockit. Rockit is the latest in smartphones. It sounds like Erica has it all....

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Repeat after me

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Repeat affter Me by Rachel DeWoskin

Aysha Silvermintz teaches English as a second language at the Embassy School in New York. Her story begins in 1989 when a Chinese student Da Ge first enters...

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The Pretend Wife

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The Pretend Wife by Bridget Asher

How far would you go for an old college flame? That is what happily married Gwen Merchant must decide.

An old college flame, Elliot Hull, told his dying...

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Border Songs by Jim Lynch

Border Songs by Jim Lynch
Border Songs is one of the most unique and wonderful books I have read in some while; it is thickwith well-drawn characters and original writing. 
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