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Edna O'Brien, the author of "The Country Girls" trilogy, "The Light of Evening," and "Byron in Love," portrays the events, people, emotions, and landscape that contributed to her rich and heady life. She is the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal, and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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All seems well in the Black Country, Aurelia having sacrificed her own happiness for her newly found half-sister's future after returning from a separation to her husband's bleak and unhappy house. That is until Benjamin discovers that Aurelia had an affair, and serves her with divorce, demanding custody of his son. Aurelia, once a woman with the world at her feet, suddenly finds herself a fallen woman. As the rumors of her disgrace are discussed...
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Phoebe Sharp has long red braids. She wears old beat-up sneakers and clothes from Goodwill. She lives with her father and brother on a small farm in Maine, where she reads fairy tales to her goats and snaps pictures with her Instamatic camera. Phoebe doesn't have a single friend, never mind a boyfriend-that is, not until she meets Melita.
Melita arrives at the Sharps' farm in a see-through T-shirt and strappy platform sandals that show off her drawn-on...
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When bad boy Matt leaves the small town of Port Canatangua, Delia follows him to the big city. Delia's crazy about Matt, and refuses to believe the rumours surrounding his departure. As soon as he finds a good job, he's sure to get in touch. Until then, Delia takes a dingy little apartment and a position as a security guard at the art gallery. When she falls asleep on the job and finds herself inside a painting alongside Jacob the handsome shepherd,...
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Modern quilting meets country style in these 11 patterns from the mother-daughter design team behind Jo's Country Junction.
Jo Kramer and her daughter Kelli Hanken have been quilting together for years, sharing their unique designs through their brand Jo's Country Junction. Now they're bringing modern quilting to the country with 11 updated quilts inspired by open air, traditional roots and contemporary fun. Country Girl Modern features a quilt for...
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Bestselling Australian author Cathryn Hein returns with a moving and uplifting rural romance about facing hard truths and moving on in pursuit of life.
Can this love story find a new beginning?
After landing a major cookbook deal, star food blogger Tash Ranger swaps city life for the family farm. But, Tash's homecoming is bittersweet, for now she can no longer avoid seeing her best friend Maddy, who was severely injured in a riding accident. No one...
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"One of America's great dramatists rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and Georgie, his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption." --from book description, Amazon.com.
11) The Country Girl
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Grace Kelly received an Oscar® for her brilliant portrayal of the wife, and Bing Crosby gave one of the most outstanding performances of his varied career as an alcoholic, guilt-ridden and has-been actor. When he is given an opportunity to star in a new musical show, his wife (Grace Kelly) and the show's director (William Holden) attempt to bolster his ego and help him make a comeback. This superb and timeless drama, based on Clifford Odets' play,...
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Sometimes going hard means sacrificing the very thing you love the most in order to be at the top. Gwen knows firsthand about this sacrifice as she struggles to get her son back from a heartless killer bent on revenge. Niya, on the other hand, is sitting at the top of the throne. Still, she will have to determine whether she's willing to sacrifice her girls' lives in order to make MHB a dominant force in North Carolina's drug trade. She's about to...
13) Country Girls
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Welcome to the South, where women are raised to be mothers and wives, and to stand by their man no matter what. It's a place where, if you're a size eight, you're too small. When Niya, the head of MHB (Money Hungry Bitches) decided to put her family's future first, nothing and nobody else mattered. You were either going to stand behind her or be the one standing on the other end of her gun. Any and every nigga known to get money in North Carolina...
14) Country Girls 3
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The Ladies of MHB are all together again and ready to take their newfound success to the next level, but with success comes more haters and rivals who are shooting at the team on top. After living through the largest shootout in downtown Charlotte's history, the women have decided to take the group all the way legit. MHB owns enough real estate to secure the future of all the original members and new recruits alike. There's only one problem: Nobody...
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Irish Country books volume 4
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The unflappable Mrs. Kinky Kincaid is a trusted fixture in the life of the Irish village of Ballybucklebo, and it often seems that she's been there forever. But some forty years before and many miles to the south, she was Maureen O'Hanlon, a precocious farmer's daughter growing up in County Cork. On the cusp of womanhood, Maureen had a head full of dreams, a heart open to romance, and something more: a gift for seeing into the mystic realm ...
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In this story, Mahogany, a 24-year-old aspiring journalist, has her entire life planned out and has since middle school. When she lands an interview to be a writer for the magazine, She Mail, she thinks that she's on her way to pursuing her dreams. Until she meets Miguel and realizes that, when it comes to her, he has other plans...
Mahogany knows that the next step in living her dream life is to begin the career that she always wanted. She doesn't...
19) The country girl
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2004
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A story of an alcoholic has-been actor who is given a chance to star in a new show. When his wife appears to be dragging him down the director tries to force her to leave. Based on Clifford Odets' play.
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