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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
403 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the heat of late summer, two New Orleans families-one black and one white-confront a storm that will change the course of their lives.
SJ Williams, a carpenter and widower, lives and works in the Lower Ninth Ward, the community where he was born and raised. His sister, Lucy, is a soulful mess, and SJ has been trying to keep her son, Wesley, out of trouble. Across town, Craig Donaldson, a Midwestern transplant and the editor of the city's alternative...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Everybody reads Danielle Steel! Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a powerful and dramatic novel that once again confirms her reputation as America's favorite storyteller"--
"A 38-year-old American interior designer based in London and her independent-minded 74-year-old architect mother; a British investment banker in New York to see his ex-wife and young children; a resident ER doctor who experienced Hurricane Sandy when...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank's own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
270 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a tornado rips through her town, salon owner Abigail comes across a piece of fabric from a wedding dress in the rubble. As she struggles to reconcile her right to happiness in light of the destruction, Abigail helps piece together a patchwork quilt from the salvaged fabric in the hope that it will bring some peace.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First North American edition
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all 43 of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze. Following the disaster, the bull-headed and proudly self-sufficient Barnabas is forced to reach out to the community for assistance. But resentment simmers over the farmhand's death, and Barnabas and his family begin to believe their...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A love beyond words: Rescuing Allie Matthews from the rubble of her home should have been all in a day's work for Ricky Wilder. But her quiet intensity sparked his protective instincts, and unexpectedly, the feisty beauty soon had Ricky rethinking his bachelor ways. But vulnerable Allie preferred things predictable and risk-free--until Ricky stormed her life and coaxed her out of her cautious world. Could she trust her heart to a man who had always...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Malia is enjoying a summer day in her backyard when she glances at the sky -- and it looks very strange. A forest fire is sweeping into the area where she lives, and Malia soon learns that she and her family will have to evacuate their home. As they quickly get ready to leave, Malia's mother tells her to pack only what's important. At first, Malia struggles to decide what to take with her. She wants everything - and the "to bring" pile in her room...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a brand-new love story in the Baxter Family collection about two people who lost their parents in the same national tragedy two people desperate to find each other and the connection they shared for a single day a day that changed everything. Brady Bradshaw was a child when the Oklahoma City bombing killed his mother. Every year, Brady visits the memorial site on the anniversary to remember...
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