Marian D. Schwartz
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Lanie Strickland is sixteen in 1956, and for a while the year seems magical. Shy and unsure of herself, Lanie is dazzled when Alex Thurlow, one of the most popular boys in her high school, asks her to dance at a New Year's Eve party. A star athlete, Alex is as fast with girls as he is on the football field. She's in love for the first time, never dreaming she could be so happy. Soon they are going steady, and Alex is pushing her in a direction that...
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"Sara isn't a quitter. She does what is necessary to survive, and the reader goes on this incredible journey with her…You'll cheer her on as she tells you her compelling story." The Midwest Book Review A single mother fights poverty. She believes she can win. Sara has worked her entire life to overcome the name Barefield. To be a Barefield in the rural Virginia county where she grew up means that you are the poorest of the poor, that you are shiftless...
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There is a myth that the 1950's were a simpler time. Family life is never simple. The Whittakers are stunned when their trusted nanny, Meddie, suddenly leaves without giving notice. Meddie always knows everything before everyone else. What does she know that she isn't willing to tell them? The trouble between Stan and Adele Heussler might have started when Adele backed Stan's car into their house. Or did it start when they bought an antique Queen...
4) Realities
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"The book is by turns humorous, witty, moving, upbeat. Jenny is a warm, sensitive heroine. It's a pleasure to watch her and a privilege to eavesdrop on her thoughts. Highly recommended…" LIBRARY JOURNAL "The author endows Jenny and her circle with attributes that make them linger in one's memory."- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Jenny is smart and funny and so lonely it hurts. Jenny and Richard Weaver were going to live happily ever after. Then Richard took...
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A story for book lovers... Benjamin Clymer was a farmer whose wife taught him to read when he was twenty-three. Devastated after her untimely death and the death of their young son, he abandoned the farm and took a job as a woodcarver in a furniture factory. Alone in a room in a boarding house, books transported him into other people's worlds, allowing him to briefly forget his grief. Years later Benjamin had an idea for a memorial to the family he...
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Megan Danahy loves Dennis Kipphut.Meghan's father wants to be rid of him. Meghan never does anything halfway. When she falls in love with Dennis Kipphut, she falls hard. She is dazzled by his looks and in awe of his determination, working nights to put himself through college. Her dream of their happy future together is shattered when he draws a low number in the Vietnam War draft lottery. He is sure to be drafted as soon as he graduates.Meghan knows...
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What happens when a successful, determined middle-aged man falls in love with a happily married woman?If he's Avery Laird, he hires her to work for him.Buddy and Ginger were high school sweethearts. They've been happily married for 27 years.Avery Laird is divorced. When he meets Ginger, he believes he has found the perfect mate. Determined to marry her, he offers her a job at an inflated salary.Buddy is suspicious. He thinks the job is too good to...