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Published Nov 2016
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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
by Tiffany Baker
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsA multi-generational tale with many dark aspects and a touch of witchcraft, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County is the story of Truly - a girl grown massive due to a pituitary problem. Reviled and brought up in poverty, Truly finds her calling and a future that none expected.
by Tony Earley
Published Aug 2009
Read ReviewsJim Glass has fallen in love with his classmate Chrissie Steppe. Unfortunately, Chrissie is Bucky Bucklaw's girlfriend, and Bucky has joined the navy on the eve of war. Jim vows to win Chrissie's heart in his absence, but the war makes high school less than a safe haven and gives a young man's emotions a grown man's gravity.
by Jan Karon
Published May 2003
Read ReviewsFather Tim takes on a unique and difficult ministry, when an unexpected event propels him on a painful journey that shakes his faith, his marriage, and the whole town of Mitford.
by Kent Haruf
Published Aug 2000
Read ReviewsA heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.
by Bailey White
Published May 1999
Read ReviewsHeartbreakingly tender, often hilarious - a delectable treat from a writer who has been called a national treasure.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
Published May 1997
Read Reviews"Wells' voice is uniquely her own, funny and generous and full of love and heartbreak, in that grand Louisiana literary tradition of transforming family secrets into great stories"
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