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Fiction Book Club
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Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
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"Barely employed millennials Tom and Jenny Decker have to grow up fast when they lose their cheap Manhattan apartment. Leaving "the city" is hard, but the blow is softened when they stumble upon a surprisingly affordable house in the suburbs. For Tom, the bills, the mortgage, and Jenny's unexpected pregnancy add up to terror. He's not ready for this kind of responsibility. Then he finds the thing in the basement. It makes him feel like a winner even...
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For most of the citizens of Hidden Refuge, it's an ordinary Friday night in an ordinary American town. But when men claiming to be police officers show up at their doorsteps in the middle of the night, ordering them to evacuate for their own safety, it's only the beginning of a long, dark night that will prove to be anything but ordinary. Because, unbeknownst to most of its residents, Hidden Refuge contains something that very dangerous men want very,...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
viii, 341 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Twenty-nine-year-old widower Doug Parker struggles to come to terms with grief, love, and family while dealing with a bossy twin sister who urges him to begin dating again, a younger sister planning her wedding, and a hostile teenage stepson.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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x, 194 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Pepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked down the wall at the end of the street to make way for a road to a new housing development. Now, that's not good, it's just not good at all. Satirically exploring what happens when a smug suburban neighborhood is breached by...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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1st ed.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 16
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406 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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When a deadly pandemic strikes, Ann Brooks's town is locked down and, as time passes, she is forced to confront her failing marriage and fight for survival as resources dwindle and neighbor turns against neighbor.
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