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Mama's boy : a story from our Americas
by Dustin Lance Black
The Academy Award-winning screenwriter and political activist presents a candid, resonant memoir of his experiences as a young gay Mormon in Texas whose polio-disabled mother taught him about surviving against all odds.
Reader rating: 10/10
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Swagger on our doorstep by Nell HartleyThe author recalls her upbringing in the 1920s in the Hauraki Plains, a raw, isolated country district. She also reflects on the changes she saw by the end of the Second World War. Reader rating: 9/10
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The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir
by Bill Bryson
The best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods and I'm a Stranger Here Myself describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his his remarkably normal 1950s family life.
Reader rating: 8/10
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The Leaden Heart
by Chris Nickson
When an old friend asks Superintendent Tom Harper for help, he finds himself drawn into a deadly web of intimidation, corruption and misery on the streets of Leeds. Leeds, England. July, 1899.
Reader rating: 8/10
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Written in red [electronic resource] : a novel of the Others
by Anne Bishop
Blood prophet Meg Corbyn escapes enslavement by Others and teams up with a shape-shifter who employs her as a Human Liaison in the first novel of a new fantasy series from the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Jewels Trilogy.
Reader rating: 7.5/10
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The Survivors
by Kate Furnivell
This is a powerful, epic story of love, loss and the long shadow of war. Germany, 1945. Klara Janowska and her daughter Alicja have walked for weeks to get to Graufeld Displaced Persons camp. In the cramped, dirty, dangerous conditions they, along with 3,200 others, are the lucky ones. They have survived and will do anything to find a way back home.
Reader rating 8/10
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The Librarian
by Sally Vickers
Sylvia Blackwell, a young woman in her twenties, takes up the post of Children's Librarian in a run-down library in the market town of East Mole. But the seemingly pleasant town is not all it seems. When Sylvia falls in love with an older married man, her job and the existence of the library are put in danger. It's her relationship with his young daughter and her neighbour's son which will permanently affect their lives. 'The librarian' is a moving testament to the joy of reading and the power of books to change and inspire us all...
Reader rating: 7/10
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This Changes Everything
by Jennifer Ashley
See that gorgeous guy over there? Standing behind his brother at the altar, best man while I'm maid of honor. Zach McLaughlin. He was my first love. Hot, enticing, out of reach. Now he's back in my life, the two of us reconnecting when my best friend marries his brother. I haven't seen Zach for years, now he's next to me, irresistible in his tux. He looks at me with his sweet blue eyes, and his mouth quirks just a little.
Reader rating: 7/10
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Santorini sunsets
by Anita Hughes
Brigit Palmer is thrilled to be on the Greek Island of Santorini. She's here for her wedding to Hollywood heart-throb Blake Crawford, one of America's most eligible bachelors. Brigit's parents have rented a villa, and soon guests will arrive from all over the world for the intimate ceremony. Brigit is a New York socialite, and she's just given up her position at a Manhattan law firm to run her father's philanthropic foundation.
Reader rating: 1/10
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