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Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
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Samantha (Sam) Morrow's husband wants a divorce and she suddenly finds herself with a mortgage to pay, no job skills, a preteen son, and overwhelming grief. For the first time in her life she's thinking for herself. Finally she meets a man named King who is completely different from her ex-husband. By the time Sam has regained her equilibrium, she is a new person.
Author
Series
George Sand volume 1
Language
English
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At the beginning of this powerful novel, we meet Aurore Dupin as she is leaving her estranged husband, a loveless marriage, and her family’s estate in the French countryside to start a new life in Paris. There, she gives herself a new name — George Sand — and pursues her dream of becoming a writer, embracing an unconventional and even scandalous lifestyle. Paris in the nineteenth century comes vividly alive, illuminated by the story of the loves,...
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
241 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Samantha (Sam) Morrow's husband wants a divorce and she suddenly finds herself with a mortgage to pay, no job skills, a preteen son, and overwhelming grief. For the first time in her life she's thinking for herself. Finally she meets a man named King who is completely different from her ex-husband. By the time Sam has regained her equilibrium, she is a new person.
7) Never change
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Fifty-one-year-old Myra Lipinsky is the classic "old maid". Her job as a home-care nurse brings her into contact with many different people and gives her a sense of strength and importance. When Myra's high school crush Chip Reardon is assigned as her new patient, she longs for him as she did years ago. Chip is dying from a brain tumor and has chosen not to seek further treatment, letting nature take its course. Chip and Myra become lovers at a...
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Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake, but she needs to...
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