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44) Ruby among us
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Pub. Date
2008
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Lucy DiCamillo is safely surrounded by her books, music, and art--but none of these reclusive comforts or even the protective efforts of her grandmother, Kitty, can shield her thoughts from the mother she can barely recall. Lucy senses her grandmother holds the key, but Kitty seems as eager to hide the past as Lucy is eager to find it. From the streets of San Francisco and Sacramento to the lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley, Lucy follows the thread...
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Based on the life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to help found a communal society, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick shows how langscape, relationships, spirituality and artistry poignantly reflect a woman's desire to weave a unique and meaningful legacy from the threads of an ordinary life.
51) Moonshine Murder
Pub. Date
2010
Description
It's 1925. The small cabin deep in the San Juan Mountains is the only home seventeen-year-old Lenora Giovanni has ever known. But when her father dies from tainted moonshine, leaving her alone, she is forced into a life of danger. Lenora is determined to find whoever sold the poison to her father, a determination that leads her into working as an undercover agent in the town of Durango, Colorado.
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Cassie Hendrick Stearns, married to a prosperous Oregon entrepreneur in the early twentieth century, appears to be blessed with a doting husband and daughter, a loving sister, and social standing, but disquiet lurks beneath the surface and she struggles to come to grips with her past choices and find the peace she so desperately craves.
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[2011]
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A mother's tragedy, a daughter's desire and the 7000 mile journey that changed their lives. In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within seven months in an effort to earn $10,000. Bringing along her nineteen year-old daughter Clara, the two made their way on the 3500-mile trek by following the railroad tracks and motivated by the money they needed to save...
60) Matilda's song
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2009
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Matilda escapes marriage to a brutal knight by pretending to be married to her cousin when she is waylaid by a local baron, Lord Geoffrey. Geoff demands his 'first night' rights and now they both know a passion like none they've ever experienced. When the brutal knight returns and sees Matilda with Geoff he has murder on his mind.