Author: C. Allyn Pierson
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402257449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Pride and Prejudice continues... Georgiana Darcy grows up and goes in pursuit of happiness and true love, much to her big brother's consternation A whole new side of Mr. Darcy... He's the best big brother, generous to a fault. Protective, never teases. But over his dead body is any rogue or fortune hunter going to get near his little sister! (Unfortunately, any gentleman who wants to court Georgiana is going to have the same problem...) So how's a girl ever going to meet the gentleman of her dreams?
Author: Patricia Walsh Chadwick
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1682617831
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Imagine an eighteen-year-old American girl who has never read a newspaper, watched television, or made a phone call. An eighteen-year-old-girl who has never danced—and this in the 1960s. It is in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Leonard Feeney, a controversial (soon to be excommunicated) Catholic priest, has founded a religious community called the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Center's members—many of them educated at Harvard and Radcliffe—surrender all earthly possessions and aspects of their life, including their children, to him. Patricia Chadwick was one of those children, and Little Sister is her account of growing up in the Feeney sect. Separated from her parents and forbidden to speak to them, Patricia bristles against the community’s draconian rules, yearning for another life. When, at seventeen, she is banished from the Center, her home, she faces the world alone, without skills, family, or money but empowered with faith and a fierce determination to succeed on her own, which she does, rising eventually to the upper echelons of the world of finance and investing. A tale of resilience and grace, Little Sister chronicles, in riveting prose, a surreal childhood and does so without rancor or self-pity.
Author: Isabel Ashdown
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786043261
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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No one knows you better than a sister—your dreams, your fears, your mistakes, and all your secrets. It was just that way when Jess and her older sister, Emily, were children. Born barely a year apart, they were deeply entwined, complementing each other in their differences. When Jess felt awkward and shy, Emily, the consummate big sister, was happy to take the lead. After a long estrangement, they’ve become close again. Jess moves into the comfortable Isle of Wight home Emily shares with her husband, step-daughter, and toddler. Any misgivings about the past are swept away and forgotten. And then, on New Year’s Eve, little Daisy disappears while in Jess’s care. Jess is in shock, unable to remember what happened. Emily, traumatized, watches helplessly as her life unravels. But as the search intensifies and the police detective’s questions grow more pointed, a different picture emerges. Behind the image of a seemingly happy family—Daisy’s doting teenage sister, Chloe, loving father and husband, James, and siblings Emily and Jess—there are devastating deceptions and long-ago choices that can never be unmade. And underlying everything is the story of what really happened to drive Emily and Jess apart years ago. Unfolding through shifting perspectives, Little Sister is a brilliantly plotted, dark, and constantly surprising tale of love, rivalry, and broken loyalty that reveals how far one sister might go to protect—or destroy—another . . .
Author: Gytha Lodge
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 9781405947039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Is she the victim, or the killer? . . . THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER GYTHA LODGE 'Addictive, fast-paced and so expertly plotted' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Smart, moody, intense and tangled. I loved it' GILLIAN MCALLISTER ________ Two sisters, Keely and Nina, disappear without a trace. Days later, Keely comes back, covered in blood. It's not her blood. Detective Jonah Sheens knows that she must know what happened to Nina. But before she tells him, Keely insists on telling their full story from the beginning. Is she a traumatised young woman, in need of help? Or is she playing a deadly game? Can Jonah find the truth - and the missing girl - before it's too late? . . . ________ 'Brilliantly sharp, and wonderfully paced, it is a page-turner not to be missed' L.V. Matthews, Richard and Judy bestselling author of The Twins 'Perfectly paced, with twists and turns to keep you hooked' Amanda Jennings Praise for Gytha Lodge: 'Gripped me from the first page and kept me turning the pages long into the night' Erin Kelly 'Fast-paced but never rushed, with clues and twists to keep you absolutely hooked from the first page to the last' Jane Casey 'Filled with twists and turns made to suck you in and prove once again that Gytha Lodge is a master of crime detective stories' 5**** Reader Review 'A novel that literally makes you hold your breath then gasp out loud' VAL MCDERMID 'Full of corkscrew twists and subtle turns' DAILY MAIL 'A dark, deep, terrific thriller' NICCI FRENCH
Author: Gytha Lodge
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1984818082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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You never saw him. But he saw it all. When a vibrant young woman is murdered while on a video chat, a small-town detective wades into a circle of friends and lovers with dangerous secrets—from the acclaimed author of the “enjoyably chilling” (The New York Times Book Review) She Lies in Wait. Aidan Poole logs on to his laptop late at night to Skype his girlfriend, Zoe. To his horror, he realizes that there is someone else in her flat. Aidan can only listen to the sounds of a violent struggle taking place in the bathroom—and then the sound of silence. He is desperate to find out if Zoe is okay. But then why is he so hesitant to call the police? When Aidan’s cryptic messages finally reach them, Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens and his team take the case—and discover the body. They soon find that no one has a bad word to say about Zoe, a big hearted young artist at the center of a curious web of waifs and strays, each relying on her for support, each hiding dark secrets and buried resentments. Has one of her so-called “friends” been driven to murder? Or does Aidan have the biggest secret of them all?
Author: Patricia J. MacDonald
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780440147435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Beth Pearson reluctantly returns to her bleak Maine hometown after the death of her father to take charge of her fourteen-year-old sister, Francie, but her plans to return with her sister to Philadelphia are threatened by her sister's boyfriend, the torme
Author: Kathleen N. Daly
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307102560
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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David's little sister, Liz, proves that she is more than just a pest when she rescues a baby from walking over a bed of sea urchins at the beach.
Author: LeUyen Pham
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9780786851829
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Big one gets new clothes. The Little one gets hand-me-downs. The Big one does everything first. The Little one is always catching up But the little one can do some things well, and can even teach the older one a thing or two…. Big sisters and little sisters alike will agree: this is a sassy and touching celebration of sisterhood for all ages.
Author: Jung Chang
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0451493516
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China and a major political figure in her own right. Big Sister, Ei-ling, became Chiang's unofficial main adviser - and made herself one of China's richest women. All three sisters enjoyed tremendous privilege and glory, but also endured constant mortal danger. They showed great courage and experienced passionate love, as well as despair and heartbreak. They remained close emotionally, even when they embraced opposing political camps and Ching-ling dedicated herself to destroying her two sisters' worlds. Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister is a gripping story of love, war, intrigue, bravery, glamour and betrayal, which takes us on a sweeping journey from Canton to Hawaii to New York, from exiles' quarters in Japan and Berlin to secret meeting rooms in Moscow, and from the compounds of the Communist elite in Beijing to the corridors of power in democratic Taiwan. In a group biography that is by turns intimate and epic, Jung Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape twentieth-century China.
Author: BonHyung Jeong
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975335902
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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My name is Grace, not "Kyle's little sister!" Having a good-looking, friendly, outgoing older brother sucks—especially when you're the total opposite, someone who likes staying home and playing video games. Your parents like him better (even if they deny it!), and everyone calls you "Kyle's little sister" while looking disappointed that you're not more like him. I was really hoping I'd get to go to a different middle school, but no such luck. At least I have my friends...until he finds a way to ruin that, too...! Argh! What do I have to do to get out of his shadow?!
