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288 pages ; 21 cm
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Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this is the story of two sisters -- one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South -- who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. This classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. -- provided by publisher
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356 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute, unless she does as he says. This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically...
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vii, 563 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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The jailhouse lawyer: A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown -- and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short...
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272 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Growing up in suburban New York, Dylan lived through three years as a victim of sex trafficking at the hands of Vincent, who promised to marry Dylan when he turned eighteen. Years later -- long after a police investigation that went nowhere, and after the statute of limitations for the crimes perpetrated against him have run out -- the long shadow of Dylan's trauma still looms over the fragile life in the city he's managed to build with his fiancé,...
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