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The Almond Picker: A Novel

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby

Published: 2006-02-21

Paperback: 336 pages

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The child of poor farmers, La Mennulara became a maid for a well-to-do local family when she was only a girl; by dint of hard work and intelligence, she became the indispensable administrator of the family's affairs. Still, she was a mere servant, and now (as this story begins) she is dead...

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Almost a Woman

by Esmeralda Santiago

Published: 1999-09-07

Paperback: 336 pages

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"Not only for readers who share [Santiago's] experiences but for North Americans who seek to understand what it means to be the other."--The Boston GlobeIn her new memoir, the acclaimed author of When I Was Puerto Rican continues the riveting chronicle of her emergence from the barrios of ...

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Almost Amish

by Kathryn Cushman

Published: 2012-07-01

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"Cushman crafts strong characters that areeasy to connect with."--Romantic TimesJulie Charlton is at the breaking point. She's overwhelmed and burned out, and in today's unrelenting society, her kids are, too. When her sister-in-law Susan, a Martha Stewart-in-training, lands the chance to participate...

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The Almost Archer Sisters

by Lisa Gabriele

Published: 2008-12-30

Paperback: 272 pages

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Georgia ?Peachy? Archer Laliberte has almost gotten her life under control. Peachy, her husband Beau, and their two rambunctious sons live on the family farm in a small town in Canada, just across the border from the U.S.. Their closest neighbor is Peachy's draft-dodging hairdresser fath...

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Almost Dead

by Lisa Jackson

Published: 2007-08-01

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

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A Woman Who Wants To Get Even - The first victim is pushed to her death. The second suffers a fatal overdose. The third takes a bullet to the heart. Three down, more to go. They're people who deserve to die. People who are in the way. And when she's finished, there will be no one left. Will Do Whatever...

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Almost French, Love and a New Life in Paris

by Sarah Turnbull

Published: 2003-01-01

Paperback: 304 pages

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Almost Home

by Pam Jenoff

Published: 2009-01-22

Paperback: 384 pages

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A breathtakingly poignant novel of suspense from one of fiction's newest leading voices. From bestselling author and Quill award nominee Pam Jenoff comes a rich, ambitious, and startling novel about a woman who must face a past she'd rather forget in order to uncover a dangerous legacy...

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Almost Home: A Novel

by Pam Jenoff

Published: 2010-02-16

Paperback: 400 pages

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A RICH AND STARTLING NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN WHO MUST FACE A PAST SHE'D RATHER FORGET IN ORDER TO UNCOVER A DANGEROUS LEGACY THAT THREATENS HER FUTURE Ten years ago, U.S. State Department intelligence officer Jordan Weiss's idyllic experience as a graduate student at Cambridge was shattered wh...

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Almost Like a Song

by Ronnie Milsap, Tom Carter

Published: 1990-05

Hardcover: 259 pages

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The Almost Moon

by Alice Sebold

Published: 2008-09-08

Paperback: 291 pages

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A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown childr...