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(0)Penelope J Stokes
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Abby Quinn McDougall is a Southern lady whose once picturesque small-town life seems to be shrinking. Widowed at fifty and burdened by the care of an ailing mother and a cantankerous teenaged daughter, Abby wishes her life were simpler and her responsibilities fewer. Abby's daughter, Neal Grace, devastated by the loss of her doting father and the illness of her beloved grandmother, wishes for change, for the chance to break free from other people's...
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Four friends gathered in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whispered, placing tiny pieces of paper into a shimmering blue bottle. But that event happened in the wake of the Depression of 1929, and it is decades later when local news reporter Brenna Delaney stumbles upon the blue bottle . . . and into the most meaningful story of her career. Brenna's search will uncover the secrets of that...
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When she discovers her son has designs to sell her home out from under her, Miss Amethyst-ninety-three years old and as sharp as ever-isn't about to let her legacy go. She pins her hopes on her granddaughter, Little Am, a good-natured child who has mutated in her teenage years into something else altogether. Whatever it takes, Little Am will know that the Noble family heritage is worth fighting for.
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Just before she dies, Diedre McAlister's mother gives her a fading photograph and tells her, ''Find yourself. Find your truth. Just don’t expect it to be what you thought it would be.'' Armed with these clues to her past, Diedre sets out to find her older sister, Amber, who was mysteriously sent away by her parents when Diedre was very young. Her search will take her across the country -- and into the path of someone who will do anything to stop...
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Vita Kirk is a travel writer who has never left her hometown. In fact, she rarely leaves her house. Due to deep wounds and bitter losses, Vita has chosen isolation over vulnerability. But when she stumbles across an antique chest in a hole-in-the-wall boutique, she discovers a puzzling link to her past and her physical surroundings mysteriously begin to change. Inscribed in the treasure chest are the words, "Love is the key that unlocks every portal."
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Before Diedre McAlister's mother dies, she gives her daughter an old photograph and says: "Find yourself. Find your truth. Just don't expect it to be what you thought it would be." The truth will shake up Diedre's world, threaten lives, challenge her faith-and quite possibly save her life.
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Popular novelist Penelope J. Stokes entertains and inspires legions of fans with her heartwarming stories. In Home Fires Burning, she spins a stirring tale of love and faith, tested by the turbulence and uncertainty of World War II. The deadly conflict in Europe seems far away to 18-year-old Libba Coltraine; all she cares about is escaping her domineering father. Searching for excitement, she defies her father and attends a USO dance at the army camp...
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In 1944, when her father dies, Libba Coltrain discovers that he has lied to her about Link Winsom, the love of her life. Link did not die in the war. Although his legs are paralyzed, he is alive. Now Libba is determined to rely on faith and love to make a new life with Link. The couple's struggles are a moving testimony to the power of God's guidance, and narrator Ruth Ann Phimister captures their thoughts and prayers.
10) Remembering You
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Remembering You is the last novel of a trilogy set in the U.S. during World War II. To Willie's delight, her lost love, Owen, has returned from the war. Unfortunately, he has amnesia, and remembers nothing of their relationship. Now Willie must struggle to have hope that things will turn out for the best. Penelope J. Stokes is known for her compassionate novels about faith and understanding. Combined with Ruth Ann Phimister's heartwarming narration,...
11) Delta Belles
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2006
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358 p. ; 22 cm
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English
12) Circle of grace
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
2004
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358 p. ; 22 cm
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English
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Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
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286 p. ; 23 cm
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Twenty-three years ago, beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now, divorced and heartbroken, she's back and trying to figure out how her life went so miserably wrong, and how to put the pieces back together again. To escape her mama's scrutinizing gaze, she spends her days in a little storefront diner called the Heartbreak Café, where, in the back booth, she scribbles away in her journal, waiting for enlightenment....
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Without a Trace Bree thinks a plane crash took the lives of her husband and young son, but her son Davy survived the accident. Can she find him before it's too late? It's been months since the crash. K-9 search-and-rescue worker Bree Nicholls knows the chances of finding her husband and son in the vast wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula grow more remote by the day. But her heart and her faithful dog, Samson, demand she keep searching. Deep in...