Fiction, Friendship
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The Beckoning Sky
by Maryke Schouten
llse is healing from a failed marriage as a result of her mother’s betrayal. Ziltan is the sole caregiver to his abusive father. When he dies a secret is revealed which shatters Ziltan’s entire world. Through these two very different lives coming ...
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The Reunion
by Raj Velamoor
The Reunion tells the story of six close friends from India. It begins in Hyderabad and chronicles their destinies from the 1960's as they navigate religious, cultural, political and caste differences in and around their families. After they ...
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Passageways and Provence
by Cheryl Dougan
Traveling can be fun, mysteries can be even more fun – when things don’t go as planned... Our host Adelle is looking forward to leading her girlfriends on another river cruise, this time in France from Lyon to Avignon. However, when she discovers ...
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My Summer with Vi
by Susan Jonson
A deep friendship develops between a twelve year old girl and an elderly woman that will change both of their lives. Althea's thirst for a world bigger than her own, leads her to Violet who welcomes the opportunity to share her experiences, her ...
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It's About Time
by Frances Schepp Ruh
Friendships last a lifetime in It’s About Time, and each begins and ends with stories—stories ranging from the daily struggles of child rearing and marital strife to an unresolved, forbidden love, and the loneliness of widowhood. It’s About Time ...
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Changganli
by Jiwen
This story received Chinese National Best Network Novel Award for 2019. In the fictional Chinese city of Nandu, the ancient walls have enclosed the neighborhood of Changganli for 600 years. In the 1950s, as the citizens wanted to develop as fast as ...
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Thaw A Frozen Heart
by Debbie Nelson
It has been twenty years since Ben broke Kate's heart. Kate has built a life for herself in the years since she left her home town, the memory of her last day with Ben carefully tucked away. When she encounters him at their high school reunion, the ...
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Snapshots of Life
The Story of Pinnie and Bella by Frank Maraj
“As Bella looked back over her shoulder, she saw the outline of a form staggering into the roadway. It was Vindoo. She had not killed him. But, he was still coming after her.” The novel begins with the brief intersection of two young lives: Pinnie ...
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Anahita
by Nazanin Sahebnassagh
After a simple farmer finds a dead little girl who’s been mystically resurrected in front of his eyes, he can have no way of knowing that she has unique powers… something the lost little girl doesn’t know either. Years later, that little girl, ...
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Diamonds on the Danube
A River Cruise Novel by Cheryl Dougan
Adelle is bored of retirement and ready for adventure. When her travel agent friend falls ill and asks Adelle to step in for her as a tour host for a group of four women on a two-week river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam, Adelle jumps at the ...
