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  Happiness Sold Separately

  by Lolly Winston

  Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, marriage, successful corporate career. But suddenly her world is falling apart. In her late 30s, she's discovered that she and her podiatrist husband, Ted, can't have children. When Elinor withdraws from Ted into an interior world of heartbreak and anger, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym--a young woman with an... (more)
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  The Home-Maker

  by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  Evangeline Knapp is the perfect, compulsive housekeeper, while her husband, Lester, is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed: Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family.
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  The Man Who Loved Children

  by Christina Stead

  With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who... (more)
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  The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden

  by Katherine Swift

  In 1988 Katherine Swift arrived at the Dower House at Morville to create a garden of her own. This beautifully written, utterly absorbing book is the history of the many people who have lived in the same Shropshire house, tending the same soil, passing down stories over the generations. Spanning thousands of years, The Morville Hours takes the form of a medieval Book of Hours. It is a meditative journey through... (more)
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  Magical Housekeeping

  Simple Charms & Practical Tips for Creating a Harmonious Home

  by Tess Whitehurst

  Let your home nourish your soul and uplift your spirits.    Swirl magical botanicals into your cleaning supplies, call fairies into your garden, ask a spider for advice.   Clear clutter for clarity, perform the oatmeal cookie ritual for abundance, or make a sweet dreams charm for a good night’s sleep. In this delightful book, intuitive counselor Tess Whitehurst reveals how your home can be a powerful... (more)
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  My Sister's Keeper

  by Jodi Picoult

  New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her... (more)
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  My Ántonia

  by Willa Cather

  Willa Cather, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, considered My Ántonia to be one of her best works, and critic H.L. Mencken claimed it was one of the best American novels ever written. Published in 1918, the novel compassionately and intimately traces the story of a Bohemian family as they settle on the Great Plains in Nebraska. This American classic is still lauded internationally by scholars and everyday readers.
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  Marley & Me

  Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

  by John Grogan

  The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.
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  Midnight Magic

  by Sandra Bonaldi

  Nick Roland never had a problem playing the white knight. The problem was that Victorias form of protection was not of the ordinary variety.Is there a chance for happiness after domestic violence? Nick and Victoria are uncertain but when faced with some old-fashioned Midnight Magic they might rethink their positions
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  Sing You Home

  by Jodi Picoult

  Every life has a soundtrack.All you have to do is listen.Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter's life. There's the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant.For better or... (more)
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  GET OUT! Save Your Life: I Did!

  by Tami Keele

  This is a true story about my life experiences and the years of circumstances that went beyond my control and the abuse I have suffered starting at age 3. I was abused by my father as a child and then by my husband as an adult. My marriage of abuse lasted 18 years. I am a survivor, not a statistic. This book is full of the truth. It takes you through the tragic and triumphant moments and the struggles I've... (more)
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  Domestic Gods: Book 3

  Breakfast in Bed

  by Robin Kaye

  The third funny, sexy, contemporary romance from a fresh new voice in romance fiction "Delightfully fun…a writer to watch." Booklist Rich, the epitome of "anti-domestic," can't cook to save his life, and his idea of cleaning his apartment is to invite his mother over. But he's ready to settle down, and he can't stop thinking about the ex-girlfriend who got away. When he notices that his soon-to-be-married... (more)
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  Triad

  by Mary Leader

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  The Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home [MAGICAL HOUSEHOLD]

• Designs for a happy homeMatthew Reynolds

  

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  Designs for a happy home

  by Matthew Reynolds

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  The Gin Closet

  by Leslie Jamison

  From a bold, sensitive, and shrewd young writer: a hotly anticipated debut novel, about flesh, fear, poverty, privilege, and the sheer and inescapable brutality of love. In the beginning, there was Tilly: fabulous and free, outrageous and untamable, vulnerable and terrified. Was it the Sixties that did her wrong, or the drugs, or the men, or was it the middle-class upbringing she couldn't abide? As a young... (more)
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  Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises

  by Federico Sturzenegger

  Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007. The debt crises in emerging market countries over the past decade have given rise to renewed debate about crisis prevention and resolution. In Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises , Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer examine the facts, the economic theory, and the policy implications of sovereign debt crises. They present detailed case... (more)
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  The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism

  by Nicola Humble

  Middlebrow has always been a dirty word, used disparagingly since its coinage in the mid-1920s for the sort of literature thought to be too easy, insular and smug. Aiming to rehabilitate the feminine middlebrow, Nicola Humble argues that the novels of writers such as Rosamund Lehmann, Elizabeth Taylor, Stella Gibbons, Nancy Mitford, played a powerful role in establishing and consolidating, but also in resisting,... (more)
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  Always Go to Bed on an Argument: And Other Useful Advice from the Non-Domestic Goddess

  by Deborah Ross

  One of Britain's finest comic writers offers handy tips on every aspect of household management—skin care, fashion and beauty, children, dealing with blackened oven dishes (soak, soak, soak, then throw away when nobody is looking), leftovers (transfer carefully into Tupperware, place in fridge, leave for a week, then throw away when nobody is looking ), and freezing (leave for a decade, then throw away when... (more)
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  WILLIAM

  by E. H. Young

  'An extraordinary good book, penetrating and beautiful. All its characters are very real and alive, and William himself is a masterpiece.' May Sinclair.