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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
: A Memoir
by
Anna Quindlen
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 23 Apr 2013
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In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more. |
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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Jeanette Winterson
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 12 Mar 2013
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Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded search for belonging, for love, identity, home, and a mother. |
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Below Stairs
: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey
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Margaret Powell
Hardcover: Jan 2012
Paperback: 24 Dec 2012
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Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants, Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. |
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The End of Your Life Book Club
by
Will Schwalbe
Hardcover: Oct 2012
Paperback: 4 Jun 2013
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The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close. |
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Catherine the Great
: Portrait of a Woman
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Robert K.
Massie
Hardcover: Nov 2011
Paperback: 18 Sep 2012
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The extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. |
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In the Sea There are Crocodiles
: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
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Fabio Geda
Hardcover: Aug 2011
Paperback: 12 Jun 2012
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When a ten-year-old boy's village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat's remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal. |
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