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With Florie's best friend Kacey set to head off to college, they decide to take a road trip to San Francisco, but when Florie's forever crush Sam volunteers to drive them, she will have to deal with her feelings and the romantic signals Sam is starting to send.
Powerful, instructive, and full of humanity, this book challenges the current understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique—a naturally rich country—into the world's poorest nation. Before going to Mozambique, William Finnegan saw the war, like so many foreign observers, through a South African lens, viewing the conflict as apartheid's "forward defense." This lens was shattered by what he witnessed and what he heard from Mozambicans, especially those who had lived with the bandidos armado, the "armed bandits" otherwise known as the Renamo rebels. The shifting, wrenching, ground-level stories that people told combine to form an account of the war more local and nuanced, more complex...
A recently married young woman from a rural town starts a new life as a journalist in the 1970’s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was in the turmoil of repression by a military dictatorship and its cherished National Football Team was preparing to play in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, another country engulfed not only in its passion for sports but also political instability. She will enter a world that will change her life forever, as she makes new acquaintances and is forced to ask herself what it is she is really searching for.
These are the things Dustin knows about Willow: - She is the love of his life - He would do anything for her - They are happy together These are the things Willow knows about herself: - Dustin is the love of her life - When he is gone, her world crumbles - She has to leave him When Dustin returns home one day to find Willow has disappeared, leaving just a note behind to say goodbye, he can't believe it's happening. Ever since they met at seventeen, they've been head over heels - and now they have their daughter Zara to complete their family. But as Dustin sets about finding Willow, determined to bring her back home, he begins to feel like he's trying to solve a puzzle without all the pieces. Could there really have been things he didn't know about Willow? Or was he just not looking closely enough in the first place? Emotional and full of hope, this is the perfect book for readers who loved The Shape of Us, The Day We Met and If Only I Could Tell You.
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Seventeen-year-old Ruby arrives home to find that her father has fallen down a flight of stairs. After he dies, Ruby tries to hold the pieces of her life together, while her mother Cristina recalls her marriage and compares it to her mother Lina’s. Bella M. explores the impact of intergenerational trauma on this family, revealing a web of disfunction and violence. Shadows Fade is a bittersweet tale which gives voice to three women and their life choices as defined by cultural demands, family obligations, and economic challenges. About the Author The author lives in Queens, New York with her husband. She has two grown children and two grandchildren. A former teacher, she currently spends her time writing, and pursuing various forms of art. Bella M. published Symphonic Ritual, a poetry chapbook in 2023. Shadows Fade is her debut novel.
Welcome back to Hawk Island and the village of Two Brooks. Hawk Island is plunged into crisis when a series of daring break-ins target the island's most wealthy and powerful families. The Sacristy--a group of unconventional women from the village of Two Brooks--tries to get to the bottom of the burglaries, while also bent on solving the murder of an old foe. Always performing a balancing act between truth and justice, Monsignor Inocente prods the villagers to accept newcomers as well as a prodigal son coming home to either ask for forgiveness or settle an old score.