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The beach at Summerly : a novel / by Williams, Beatriz,author.;
"As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly's year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island's settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She's also the beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep, with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Intelligence service; Man-woman relationships; Nuclear weapons; Seaside resorts; Summer resorts; Traitors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The beach at Summerly [sound recording] : a novel / by Williams, Beatriz,author.; Maarleveld, Saskia,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Saskia Maarleveld."As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly's year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island's settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She's also the beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep, with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Spy fiction.; Intelligence service; Man-woman relationships; Nuclear weapons; Seaside resorts; Summer resorts; Traitors;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The beach at Summerly [text (large print)] : a novel / by Williams, Beatriz,author.;
"As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly's year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island's settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She's also the beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep, with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Intelligence service; Man-woman relationships; Nuclear weapons; Seaside resorts; Summer resorts; Traitors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Winter wives : a novel / by MacIntyre, Linden,author.;
"Two old friends, who first met in university, get together for a weekend of golfing: Allen, a football hero, worldly and financially successful, and his quieter friend, nicknamed Bryon, lame from a childhood injury, a smart fellow who became a lawyer but who has never left home, staying put so he could care for a mother with Alzheimer's. During a long night of drinking, the fault lines between them start to show. One of the biggest: the two men married sisters, though Allen was the one who walked down the aisle with Peggy, the sister both of them loved, and Bryon had to settle for Annie. Out on the course the next morning, Allen suffers a stroke. In one traumatic moment, he loses control of his life, his wife and his business empire, which turns out to have been built on lies and the illegal drug trade. And Bryon has to suddenly confront his own weaknesses and strengths, his tangled relationship with Allen and the Winter sisters. Both the woman he married and the one he thought was the love of his life. Brimming with twists and turns, no one will anticipate the lengths to which Bryon will go to make sense of his life."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Businessmen; Cerebrovascular disease; Corruption; Dementia; Man-woman relationships; Married people; People with disabilities; Secrecy; Sisters;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Scandalous women : a novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann / by Paul, Gill,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.1966, NYC: Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls hits the bookstores and she is desperate for a bestseller. It's steamy, it's a page-turner, but will it make the big money she needs? In London, Jackie Collins's racy The World Is Full of Married Men launches her career. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for being women who dare to write about sex. Jacqueline and Jackie are lambasted by the literary establishment, deluged with hate mail, and even condemned by feminists. In public, both women shoulder the outcry with dignity; in private, they are crumbling ... particularly since they have secrets they don't want splashed across the front pages. 1965, NYC: College graduate Nancy White is excited to take up her dream job at a Manhattan publishing house, but she could never be prepared for the rampant sexism she will encounter. While working on Valley of the Dolls, she becomes friends with Jacqueline Susann, and, after reaching out to Jackie Collins about a US deal, she is responsible for the two authors meeting. Will the two Jackies clash as they race to top the charts? Will Nancy achieve her ambition of becoming an editor, despite all the men determined to hold her back? Three women struggle to succeed in a man's world, while desperately trying to protect those they love the most.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Collins, Jackie; Susann, Jacqueline; Authors; Female friendship; Feminism; Women authors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Scandalous women [text (large print)] : a novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann / by Paul, Gill,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.1966, NYC: Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls hits the bookstores and she is desperate for a bestseller. It's steamy, it's a page-turner, but will it make the big money she needs? In London, Jackie Collins's racy The World Is Full of Married Men launches her career. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for being women who dare to write about sex. Jacqueline and Jackie are lambasted by the literary establishment, deluged with hate mail, and even condemned by feminists. In public, both women shoulder the outcry with dignity; in private, they are crumbling ... particularly since they have secrets they don't want splashed across the front pages. 1965, NYC: College graduate Nancy White is excited to take up her dream job at a Manhattan publishing house, but she could never be prepared for the rampant sexism she will encounter. While working on Valley of the Dolls, she becomes friends with Jacqueline Susann, and, after reaching out to Jackie Collins about a US deal, she is responsible for the two authors meeting. Will the two Jackies clash as they race to top the charts? Will Nancy achieve her ambition of becoming an editor, despite all the men determined to hold her back? Three women struggle to succeed in a man's world, while desperately trying to protect those they love the most.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Collins, Jackie; Susann, Jacqueline; Authors; Female friendship; Feminism; Women authors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Scandalous Women A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann [electronic resource] : by Paul, Gill.aut; cloudLibrary;
Mad Men meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul’s new novel about Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann, two dynamic, groundbreaking writers renowned for their scandalous and controversial novels, and the beleaguered young editorial assistant who introduces them. 1966, NYC: Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls hits the bookstores and she is desperate for a bestseller. It’s steamy, it’s a page-turner, but will it make the big money she needs? In London, Jackie Collins’s racy The World Is Full of Married Men launches her career. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for being women who dare to write about sex. Jacqueline and Jackie are lambasted by the literary establishment, deluged with hate mail, and even condemned by feminists. In public, both women shoulder the outcry with dignity; in private, they are crumbling—particularly since they have secrets they don’t want splashed across the front pages. 1965, NYC: College graduate Nancy White is excited to take up her dream job at a Manhattan publishing house, but she could never be prepared for the rampant sexism she will encounter. While working on Valley of the Dolls, she becomes friends with Jacqueline Susann, and, after reaching out to Jackie Collins about a US deal, she is responsible for the two authors meeting. Will the two Jackies clash as they race to top the charts? Will Nancy achieve her ambition of becoming an editor, despite all the men determined to hold her back? Three women struggle to succeed in a man’s world, while desperately trying to protect those they love the most.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Biographical; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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The death of Vivek Oji / by Emezi, Akwaeke,author.;
One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son's body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet. What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family's struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection between self and surroundings. As adolescence gives way to adulthood, Vivek finds solace in friendships with the warm, boisterous daughters of the Nigerwives, foreign-born women married to Nigerian men. But Vivek's closest bond is with Osita, the worldly, high-spirited cousin whose teasing confidence masks a guarded private life. As their relationship deepens--and Osita struggles to understand Vivek's escalating crisis--the mystery gives way to a heart-stopping act of violence in a moment of exhilarating freedom.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Cousins; Families; Friendship; Sons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Outlander. [videorecording] / by Balfe, Caitriona.; Gabaldon, Diana.Outlander.Videorecording.; Heughan, Sam,1980-; Lacroix, Duncan.; Lewis, Gary.; Mctavish, Graham.; Menzies, Tobias,1974-; O'Rourke, Grant.; Verbeek, Lotte,1982-; Walters, Stephen.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Graham Mctavish, Duncan Lacroix, Tobias Menzies, Grant O'Rourke, Stephen Walters, Gary Lewis, Lotte Verbeek.Claire Randall is a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. She is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746; Man-woman relationships; Stone circles; Television programs.; Time travel; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
© c2015., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Outlander. [videorecording] / by Balfe, Caitriona.; Gabaldon, Diana.Outlander.Videorecording.; Heughan, Sam,1980-; Lacroix, Duncan.; Lewis, Gary.; Mctavish, Graham.; Menzies, Tobias,1974-; O'Rourke, Grant.; Verbeek, Lotte,1982-; Walters, Stephen.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Graham Mctavish, Duncan Lacroix, Tobias Menzies, Grant O'Rourke, Stephen Walters, Gary Lewis, Lotte Verbeek.Claire Randall is a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. She is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746; Man-woman relationships; Stone circles; Television programs.; Time travel; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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