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An Irish country wedding [sound recording] / by Taylor, Patrick,1941-; Keating, John.;
Read by John Keating.Love is in the air in the colorful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly has finally proposed to the darling of his youth, Kitty O'Hallorhan. There's a wedding to be planned, but before O'Reilly can make it to the altar, he and his young colleague, Barry Laverty, M.B., must deal with the usual round of eccentric patients and crises both large and small.
Subjects: Pastoral fiction.; Audiobooks.; Country life; Laverty, Barry (Fictitious character); O'Reilly, Fingal Flahertie (Fictitious character); Physicians (General practice);
© p2012., Macmillan Audio,
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Harvey comes home / by Nelson, Colleen.; Anderson, Tara.;
A young boy finds a stray dog and notices that it revives decades-old memories for a bitter resident at the retirement home he volunteers for. This forms a bond between the boy and the resident as he recalls stories about growing up in Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Thanks to having a new friend and his new canine companion, the man is able to pass away peacefully.LSC
Subjects: Pastoral fiction.; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Retirement communities; Depressions;
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An Irish country family [sound recording] / by Taylor, Patrick,1941-author.; Keating, John,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by John Keating."Before Doctor Barry Laverty joined Doctor Fingal O'Reilly's practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was an intern, working long hours, practicing new medical techniques, falling in love, and learning what is most important in the medical field for a family physician--the bonds of family, friendships, and human kindness. Years later, Barry practices everything he has learned in Ballybucklebo, a lovely village where neighbor looks after neighbor. And while his own efforts to start a family with his wife Sue have been frustrated, the community around him couldn't be stronger as they work together to show their solidarity"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Medical fiction.; Pastoral fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Laverty, Barry (Fictitious character); O'Reilly, Fingal Flahertie (Fictitious character); Physicians; Country life;
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An Irish country family / by Taylor, Patrick,1941-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Before Doctor Barry Laverty joined Doctor Fingal O'Reilly's practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was an intern, working long hours, practicing new medical techniques, falling in love, and learning what is most important in the medical field for a family physician--the bonds of family, friendships, and human kindness. Years later, Barry practices everything he has learned in Ballybucklebo, a lovely village where neighbor looks after neighbor. And while his own efforts to start a family with his wife Sue have been frustrated, the community around him couldn't be stronger as they work together to show their solidarity"--
Subjects: Recipes.; Medical fiction.; Pastoral fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Laverty, Barry (Fictitious character); O'Reilly, Fingal Flahertie (Fictitious character); Physicians; Country life;
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Euphoria / by Cullhed, Elin,1983-author.; Hayashida, Jennifer,translator.; translation of:Cullhed, Elin,1983-Eufori.English.;
A woman's life is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What had once seemed a pastoral family idyll has become a trap, and she struggles between being the wife and mother she is bound to be and wanting to do and be so much more. The woman in question is Sylvia Plath in the final year of her life, re-imagined in fictive form, which lends a voice to women everywhere who stand with one foot in domesticity and the other in artistic creation.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Plath, Sylvia; Marital conflict; Motherhood; Poets, American; Women poets;
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Killer on the first page / by Ferguson, Ian(Author of How to be a Canadian),author.; Ferguson, Will,author.;
"The Happy Rock bookstore, with its new majority owner Miranda Abbott, hosts a murder mystery festival. Six archetypal mystery authors arrive, along with a frazzled publicist, a pair of "super fans," and a self-invited Lachlan Todd. (That would be Luckless Lachlan, Miranda's almost-ex-husband Edgar's nemesis from his Pastor Fran days.) Three murders. Three locked rooms. Three impossible crimes."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Authors; Bookstores; Murder; Small cities;
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The Christmas spirit [text (large print)] : a novel / by Macomber, Debbie,author.;
"Peter Armstrong and Hank Colfax are best friends, but their lives couldn't be more different. Peter, the local pastor who is dedicated to his community, spending time visiting the flock, attending meetings, and, with the holiday season approaching, preparing for the Christmas service and live nativity. As a bartender, Hank serves a much different customer base at his family-owned tavern, including a handful of lonely regulars and the local biker gang. When Peter scoffs that Hank has it easy compared to him, the two decide to switch jobs until Christmas Eve. To their surprise, the responsibilities of a bartender and a pastor are similar, but taking on the other's work is more difficult than either Peter or Hank expected. As the two begin to see each other in a new light--and each discovers a new love to cherish--their lives are forever changed"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders; Clergy; Friendship; Holidays; Male friendship; Man-woman relationships;
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The buffalo hunter hunter / by Jones, Stephen Graham,1972-author.;
"A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits. This is an American Indian revenge story written by one of the new masters of horror, Stephen Graham Jones"--
Subjects: Vampire fiction.; Horror fiction.; Novels.; Revenge; Vampires; Siksika;
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In a quiet town / by Garza, Amber,1977-author.;
Tatum hasn't seen her daughter, Adrienne, in years, not since Tatum's husband--the pastor in their small California town--all but disowned her. When she finally gathers the courage to secretly reconnect with Adrienne, Tatum's thrilled she's even willing to talk to her. But then--Adrienne disappears. Tatum tries desperately to get the police or her husband to take her daughter's disappearance seriously, but no one will listen, until a mysterious man shows up claiming to be Adrienne's fiancé. It's a relief to finally have someone who believes her, someone who's trying as hard as she is to find out where Adrienne is. But can she trust that this stranger is who he says he is? And can she find her daughter before it's too late?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters;
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A nearly normal family / by Edvardsson, M. T.,author.; Willson-Broyles, Rachel,translator.; translation of:Edvardsson, M. T.Helt vanlig familj.English.;
Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella's father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? And how far would you go to protect them?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Clergy; Lawyers; Families; Trials (Murder);
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