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Possession

by...A.S. Byatt     rating...5      shelf...favourite
tags...academics novel poetry romance victorian_england

entry...'A romance in the grand tradition, Possession features not 1 but 2 pairs of lovers. All are poets, in love with poetry as well as each other & if ...'   view

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Raintree County

by...Jr. Ross Lockridge     rating...5      shelf...favourite
tags...pioneers

entry...'This is such a terrific read, one of my all-time favorites. The movie made from it which starred Elizabeth Taylor is also great. But the book is even ...'   view

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Range of Motion: A Novel

by...Elizabeth Berg     rating...5      shelf...have read
tags...accidents head injuries marriage

entry...'A happily married woman finds her life torn apart when her husband, walking down an icy street, is hit on the head by a chunk of ice fallen from a ...'   view

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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

by...Azar Nafisi     rating...5      shelf...have read
tags...east iran middle nabokov reading_groups_women
viewable entries...none
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Resistance

by...Anita Shreve     rating...4      shelf...have read
tags...fiction france romance ww2

entry...'The story of American pilots shot down over German occupied territory who are rescued by pretty French girls with whom they fall in love has been told more than once. ...'   view

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River, Cross My Heart

by...Breena Clarke     rating...4      shelf...have read
tags...1920s coming_of_age family_life novel washingtondc
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Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony

by...Lee G. Miller     rating...4      shelf...have read
tags...1600s american_history explorersdiscoverers raleigh roakoke_island_virginia sir walter

entry...'Roanoke Island is the colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh & a group of investors in the New World inthe early 1600's. It is famous for being lost. ...'   view

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Saint Maybe

by...Anne Tyler     rating...5      shelf...have read
tags...accidents family life novel

entry...'The book starts off with a series of accidents that leave 3 children orphaned. The brother of the children's dead step-father takes responsibility for what happened &, with the ...'   view

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Scarlet Feather

by...Maeve Binchy     rating...4      shelf...have read
tags...caterers fiction ireland relationships

entry...'A year in the life of 2 friends (male & female) who start a catering business in modern Dublin. Romantic entaglements add to the problems of launching a new ...'   view

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