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If You Like... Jan Karon... Check out one of these authors!
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The shop on Blossom Street
by Debbie Macomber
When Lydia Hoffman, a cancer survivor and owner of A Good Yarn, starts a knitting class for her patrons, she forms a special friendship and bond with three extraordinary women--Jacqueline, Carol, and Alix--and together they share laughter, heartbreak, and dreams.
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Village school
by Read
Miss Read, a teacher, describes the course of one school year in the rural English community of Tyler's Row.
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The quilter's legacy : an Elm Creek Quilts novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Sylvia Bergstrom Compson and her fiancT Andrew embark on a difficult journey to find her mother's missing heirloom quilts, all the while discovering secrets regarding her mother's life and untimely death, as Sylvia begins to reflect on her mother's compassion and connection to her.
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Grace will lead me home
by Katherine Valentine
While Father James mentors a young man with a troubled past, misunderstandings compromise the nuptial plans of Harry and Nellie, and Lori discovers that the baby she carries may be disabled. By the author of A Gathering of Angels.
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Sisterchicks do the hula! : a sisterchick novel
by Robin Jones Gunn
Best friends Hope and Laurie are both turning 40 this year. What better way to celebrate than on a sandy beach in Waikiki? Their husbands and children urge them to go, but a few months before she boards the plane, Hope discovers she is carrying a little surprise. When she lands in Hawaii, she's packing a maternity bathing suit along with her tour brochures. Will these two sisterchicks still learn to do the hula?
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Miss Julia speaks her mind : a novel
by Ann B. Ross
Recently widowed and newly wealthy, Miss Julia is visited one day by Hazel Marie who claims that her nine-year-old son is the bastard child of Julia's late husband, and when Julia is left to care for the child, she reveals the scandal that precipitated her husband's death.
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Home to Harmony
by Philip Gulley
The inaugural volume of the "Harmony series" introduces readers to this beloved fictional small town in America's heartland as the new pastor in a small Indiana town experiences one humorous adventure after another as he acclimates to his new congregation and lifestyle.
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The Christmas angel : a Cape Light novel
by Thomas Kinkade
As the town of Cape Light prepares for the Christmas holidays, Emily, the town mayor, stumbles upon an abandoned baby girl, who could provide her with a second chance at motherhood, but the infant ignites tensions between Emily and her husband, Dan, who does not want the responsibility of raising another child.
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Friendship cake
by Lynne Hinton
Five women, working together to create a church cookbook, share their passions, loves, and losses: including pastor Charlotte Stewart, who is suffering a crisis in faith; widow Margaret, the town confidante; and Jessie, the only African-American in an all-white church.
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The whole town's talking : a novel
by Fannie Flagg
The late citizens of a small Missouri community wake up underground after death and reconnect with loved ones over the course of 150 years before some of them begin to actually disappear, prompting a town-wide investigation. By the New York Times best-selling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Tour
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