The Allard's
The Allard's

Author: Patricia McDonald

Publisher: Patricia McDonald

Published: 2023-07-12

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13:

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When an estranged brother Bobbie receives two mysterious letters in the mail from his hometown, it sparks enough curiosity as it brings him back to a town he hasn't stepped foot in in over twenty years. As Bobbie arrives, he finds himself doing a delivery job addressed to a wealthy property with the same last name as his. Upon arrival to deliver an abused and injured horse, he soon discovers that the owner of this incredible property is his own brother Joseph. A brother, Bobbie, hasn't seen or spoken to in over twenty years. Soon discovering there had been a terrible accident, sending his brother via ambulance to the hospital, Bobbie soon finds himself in a weird and freaky situation. As he must choose between helping and protecting his brother's family and home, or collecting and delivering the cargo asked of him. Will he crack and resort to his own evil self-centered ways, helping those who seek to harm his brothers family, or will he change family history between him and his estranged brother Joseph once and for all!

by George
by George

Author: Wesley Stace

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2007-08-22

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0316007668

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In the illustrious history of the theatrical Fishers, there are two Georges. One is a peculiar but endearing 11-year-old, raised in the seedy world of `70s boarding houses and backstages, now packed off to school for the first time; the other, a garrulous ventriloquist's dummy who belonged to George's grandfather, a favorite traveling act of the British troops in World War II. The two Georges know nothing of each other -- until events conspire to unite them in a search to uncover the family's deepest secrets. Weaving the boy's tale and the puppet's "memoirs," By George unveils the fascinating Fisher family -- its weak men, its dominant women, its disgruntled boys, and its shocking and dramatic secrets. At once bitingly funny and exquisitely tender, Stace's novel is the unforgettable journey of two young boys separated by years but driven by the same desires: to find a voice, and to be loved. "By George is one of those rare works of fiction with an essential triple helix -- it's funny, it's clever and it's perfectly woven together with story. If writing is how we imagine not being lonely, as Wesley Stace suggests, then his conjuring trick as a writer is that he brings a large crowd along with him. This is a wonderful follow-up to his debut novel, Misfortune." -- Colum McCann, author of Zoli and Dancer

Happiness: A Memoir
Happiness: A Memoir

Author: Heather Harpham

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2017-08-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 125013157X

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Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine’s April 2018 book pick A shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices. Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-roaming California girl, and Brian, an intellectual, homebody writer, kind and slyly funny, but loath to leave his Upper West Side studio. Their magical interlude ends, full stop, when Heather becomes pregnant—Brian is sure he loves her, only he doesn't want kids. Heather returns to California to deliver their daughter alone, buoyed by family and friends. Mere hours after Gracie's arrival, Heather's bliss is interrupted when a nurse wakes her, "Get dressed, your baby is in trouble." This is not how Heather had imagined new motherhood – alone, heartsick, an unexpectedly solo caretaker of a baby who smelled "like sliced apples and salted pretzels" but might be perilously ill. Brian reappears as Gracie's condition grows dire; together Heather and Brian have to decide what they are willing to risk to ensure their girl sees adulthood. The grace and humor that ripple through Harpham's writing transform the dross of heartbreak and parental fears into a clear-eyed, warm-hearted view of the world. Profoundly moving and subtly written, Happiness radiates in many directions--new, romantic love; gratitude for a beautiful, inscrutable world; deep, abiding friendship; the passion a parent has for a child; and the many unlikely ways to build a family. Ultimately it's a story about love and happiness, in their many crooked configurations.