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The girl who came home : a novel of the Titanic / by Gaynor, Hazel.;
Subjects: Historical Fiction.; Titanic (Steamship);
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Before Dorothy. by Gaynor, Hazel.;
Long before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt, Emily Gale, sets off on her own unforgettable adventure. Emily and Henry have established a home among the farming community in Kansas. But drought and devastating dust storms threaten to destroy everything, and her much-loved home becomes a place of uncertainty and danger. When the past catches up with the present and old secrets are exposed, Emily fears she will lose the most cherished thing of all: Dorothy.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / General; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Women;
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Last Christmas in Paris : a novel of World War I / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; World War, 1914-1918;
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The Cottingley secret / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Wright, Elsie, 1901-1988; Griffiths, Frances, 1907-1986; Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930; Fairies; Deception;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Three words for goodbye : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
Two estranged sisters fulfill their dying grandmother's final wish by traveling across Europe and delivering three goodbye letters to those who she has not seen since traveling to Europe four decades earlier.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sisters; Letters; Grandmothers; Voyages and travels; Estranged families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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When we were young & brave : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.;
Enduring privation when Japan declares war on England, a teacher at a British missionary school in China is sent to a distant internment camp, where she provides support and instruction to incarcerated children taken from their parents.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; British; Teacher-student relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The lighthouse keeper's daughter : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.;
1838: Northumberland, England. When lighthouse keeper's daughter, Grace Darling, is involved in the daring rescue of the stranded survivors of a terrible shipwreck, she becomes one of the most celebrated women of her age. But the friendship that develops between Grace and an artist who sets out to capture her subtle beauty, is far more precious to her than her unwanted fame. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old, pregnant and in disgrace, Matilda Emmerson has been banished from Ireland to stay with her reclusive relative, Harriet, the assistant lighthouse keeper. When a discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into her family history, Matilda finds her destiny inextricably linked to Grace Darling.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Lighthouse keepers; Fame; Artists; Teenage pregnancy; Unmarried mothers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Christmas with the Queen [text (large print)] : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
"December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue the tradition of her late father's Christmas Day radio broadcast. But even traditions must evolve with the times, and the queen faces a postwar Britain hungry for change. As preparations begin for the royal Christmas at Sandringham House in Norfolk, old friends-Jack Devereux and Olive Carter-are unexpectedly reunited by the occasion. Olive, a single mother and aspiring reporter at the BBC, leaps at the opportunity to cover the holiday celebration, but even a chance encounter with the queen doesn't go as planned and Olive wonders if she will ever be taken seriously. Jack, a recently widowed chef, reluctantly takes up a new role in the royal kitchens at Sandringham. Lacking in purpose and direction, Jack has abandoned his dream to have his own restaurant, but his talents are soon noticed and while he might not believe in himself, others do, and a chance encounter with an old friend helps to reignite the spark of his passion and ambition. As Jack and Olive's paths continue to cross over the following five Christmases, they grow ever closer. Yet Olive carries the burden of a heavy secret that threatens to destroy everything. Christmas Day, December 1957. As the nation eagerly awaits the Queen's first televised Christmas speech, there is one final gift for the Christmas season to deliver ... "--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Sandringham House (Sandringham, England); Christmas stories.; Cooks; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Occasional speeches; Reporters and reporting; Secrecy; Single women; Women journalists;
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Christmas with the Queen : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
"December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue the tradition of her late father's Christmas Day radio broadcast. But even traditions must evolve with the times, and the queen faces a postwar Britain hungry for change. As preparations begin for the royal Christmas at Sandringham House in Norfolk, old friends-Jack Devereux and Olive Carter-are unexpectedly reunited by the occasion. Olive, a single mother and aspiring reporter at the BBC, leaps at the opportunity to cover the holiday celebration, but even a chance encounter with the queen doesn't go as planned and Olive wonders if she will ever be taken seriously. Jack, a recently widowed chef, reluctantly takes up a new role in the royal kitchens at Sandringham. Lacking in purpose and direction, Jack has abandoned his dream to have his own restaurant, but his talents are soon noticed and while he might not believe in himself, others do, and a chance encounter with an old friend helps to reignite the spark of his passion and ambition. As Jack and Olive's paths continue to cross over the following five Christmases, they grow ever closer. Yet Olive carries the burden of a heavy secret that threatens to destroy everything. Christmas Day, December 1957. As the nation eagerly awaits the Queen's first televised Christmas speech, there is one final gift for the Christmas season to deliver ... "--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Sandringham House (Sandringham, England); Christmas stories; Cooks; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Occasional speeches; Reporters and reporting; Secrecy; Single women; Women journalists;
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Meet me in Monaco : a novel of Grace Kelly's royal wedding / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d'Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate, and second-chances"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982; Friendship; Man-woman relationships; Royal weddings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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