Download or read book Return to Sweetheart Lake written by Evelyn Jordan and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sure hit for fans of Jill Shalvis, this complex novel illuminates how the secrets of our past can break us...or make us. They were from opposite sides of the tracks: the wealthy Nortons and the working-class Michaels family. Yet Gray Norton and Charlie Michaels had become the unlikeliest of best friends, thick as thieves and utterly inseparable. Consumed with guilt after Charlie's untimely death, Gray fled his hometown to work as a doctor in a war zone. But Charlie's demise isn't the only thing that haunts Gray. For years, Gray and Romey, Charlie's sister, had been lovers--and Charlie never knew. Now a single mom, Romey has moved on from her painful relationship with Gray to work on her business, The Crusty Petal bakery. But when Gray returns to reconnect with the family he left behind--and the girl whose heart he broke--Romey's world comes apart. Romey has no intention of giving Gray the time of day, much less one of her famous pies. But can she resist the plan Gray has set in motion to make amends and win her back? Both have secrets and painful memories they've been harboring for years--but the past always has a way of catching up. Food, family, and the search for self-acceptance come together in a richly drawn novel of exceptional emotional resonance.
Download or read book Return to Wake Robin written by Marnie O. Mamminga and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five generations of Marnie O. Mamminga’s family have been rejuvenated by times together in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. In a series of evocative remembrances accompanied by a treasure trove of vintage family photos, Mamminga takes us to Wake Robin, the cabin her grandparents built in 1929 on Big Spider Lake near Hayward, on land adjacent to Moody’s Camp. Along the way she preserves the spirit and cultural heritage of a vanishing era, conveying the heart of a place and the community that gathered there. Bookended by the close of the logging era and the 1970s shift to modern lake homes, condos, and Jet Skis, the 1920s to 1960s period covered in these essays represents the golden age of Northwoods camps and cabins—a time when retreats such as Wake Robin were the essence of simplicity. In Return to Wake Robin, Mamminga describes the familiar cadre of fishing guides casting their charm, the camaraderie and friendships among resort workers and vacationers, the call of the weekly square dance, the splash announcing a perfectly executed cannonball, the lodge as gathering place. By tracing the history of one resort and cabin, she recalls a time and experience that will resonate with anyone who spent their summers Up North—or wishes they had.
Download or read book Return to Willow Lake written by Susan Wiggs and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her mother, who is unexpectedly pregnant, receives a devastating diagnosis, Sonnet Romano must decide what really matters in life and, putting her career on hold, stays in Avalon and takes a job that forces her to work alongside her biggest mistake--award-winning filmmaker Zach Alger and Sonnet's former lover.
Download or read book You and Three Others are Approaching a Lake written by Anna Moschovakis and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sharp-witted investigation of love, work, and human responsibility in the age of consumption and hyperexposure.
Download or read book Lake Success written by Gary Shteyngart and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Spectacular.”—NPR • “Uproariously funny.”—The Boston Globe • “An artistic triumph.”—San Francisco Chronicle • “A novel in which comedy and pathos are exquisitely balanced.”—The Washington Post • “Shteyngart’s best book.”—The Seattle Times The bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story returns with a biting, brilliant, emotionally resonant novel very much of our times. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND MAUREEN CORRIGAN, NPR’S FRESH AIR AND NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Mother Jones • Glamour • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Newsday • Pamela Paul, KQED • Financial Times • The Globe and Mail Narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge-fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his three-year-old son’s diagnosis of autism, he flees New York on a Greyhound bus in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his old college sweetheart. Meanwhile, his super-smart wife, Seema—a driven first-generation American who craved the picture-perfect life that comes with wealth—has her own demons to face. How these two flawed characters navigate the Shteyngartian chaos of their own making is at the heart of this piercing exploration, a poignant tale of familial longing and an unsentimental ode to America. LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION “The fuel and oxygen of immigrant literature—movement, exile, nostalgia, cultural disorientation—are what fire the pistons of this trenchant and panoramic novel. . . . [It is] a novel so pungent, so frisky and so intent on probing the dissonances and delusions—both individual and collective—that grip this strange land getting stranger.”—The New York Times Book Review “Shteyngart, perhaps more than any American writer of his generation, is a natural. He is light, stinging, insolent and melancholy. . . . The wit and the immigrant’s sense of heartbreak—he was born in Russia—just seem to pour from him. The idea of riding along behind Shteyngart as he glides across America in the early age of Trump is a propitious one. He doesn’t disappoint.”—The New York Times
Download or read book Return to Wake Robin written by Marnie O. Mamminga and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-05-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five generations of Marnie O. Mamminga’s family have been rejuvenated by times together in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. In a series of evocative remembrances accompanied by a treasure trove of vintage family photos, Mamminga takes us to Wake Robin, the cabin her grandparents built in 1929 on Big Spider Lake near Hayward, on land adjacent to Moody’s Camp. Along the way she preserves the spirit and cultural heritage of a vanishing era, conveying the heart of a place and the community that gathered there. Bookended by the close of the logging era and the 1970s shift to modern lake homes, condos, and Jet Skis, the 1920s to 1960s period covered in these essays represents the golden age of Northwoods camps and cabins—a time when retreats such as Wake Robin were the essence of simplicity. In Return to Wake Robin, Mamminga describes the familiar cadre of fishing guides casting their charm, the camaraderie and friendships among resort workers and vacationers, the call of the weekly square dance, the splash announcing a perfectly executed cannonball, the lodge as gathering place. By tracing the history of one resort and cabin, she recalls a time and experience that will resonate with anyone who spent their summers Up North—or wishes they had.
Download or read book Hinted written by Kristeen Groth and published by Feathers & Hearts Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My life needed a time-out. Or a do-over. After my dream of taking New York by storm as a fashion designer dramatically imploded in one fell swoop—culminating with a warm splat on my head—I realized if the city had no more love for me, I might as well go home. Returning to Moonlit Lake feeling like a failure was bad enough, but when I walked into the local bar, the first thing I saw was the love of my life, Rowan, whom I hadn’t seen in fourteen years, on his knee proposing to someone else. Not exactly the welcome home I expected. Letting him go the first time was my biggest regret. One I never got over. I’d do whatever it took to get him back. Maybe opening a clothing boutique in town would show Rowan I was back to stay, and prove I wasn’t a failure. Starting over in my hometown wouldn’t be easy, but surely my luck was changing. When you’ve hit rock bottom and washed the pigeon poop out of your hair, things can only get better, right? Wrong! Hinted is a sweet, second chance, romantic comedy with small-town charm, a meddling matchmaker, swoony kisses, and a touch of mystery. All the fun and feels, without the spice or swears. For lovers of Emma St Clair and Sariah Wilson.
Download or read book The Lake Wobegon Virus written by Garrison Keillor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and humorist Garrison Keillor returns to one of America's most beloved mythical towns, beset by a contagion of alarming candor. A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition. Mayor Alice, Father Wilmer, Pastor Liz, the Bunsens and Krebsbachs, formerly taciturn elders, burst into political rants, inappropriate confessions, and rhapsodic proclamations, while their teenagers watch in amazement. Meanwhile, a wealthy outsider is buying up farmland for a Keep America Truckin’ motorway and amusement park, estimated to draw 2.2 million visitors a year. Clint Bunsen and Elena the hometown epidemiologist to the rescue, with a Fourth of July Living Flag and sweet corn feast for a finale. In his newest Lake Wobegon novel, Garrison Keillor takes us back to the small prairie town where for so long American readers and listeners have found laughter as well as the wry airing of our foibles and most familiar desires and fears—a town where, as we know, "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Beyond The White Curtain written by Shirley McGrath and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Stephanie’s life is turned upside down when her dear Matka dies. The family is just beginning to pull itself together when calamity strikes again, in an unlikely fashion. As Stephanie tries to make sense of the changes in her life, what first seems a minor accident will lead to life-altering transformations—both for her family and herself. Gossip spreads quickly in small prairie towns, and the face people present in public can be far different from the one they wear in private. As Stephanie searches for the true love Matka promised her, she’s faced with hard choices. Family pulls her one direction while her heart pulls her another, and she must make a decision that will bring heartache to those she cares about—regardless of her choice. Strong and unfailingly kind, even in the face of overwhelming adversity, Stephanie cannot help but let her past color her future, even as she seeks to grow—as a woman, wife, and mother. Her unique spirituality and her mother’s death-bed guidance provide her with a lifeline, one she counts upon through the myriad obstacles she faces on her life journey, from true love separated by WWII, suspicious deaths, elder abuse, and revelations of unfaithfulness.
Download or read book The Way Back written by RLC and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One minute Richard is giving tennis lessons at the club to a plump female client who cannot play a lick. The next minute he awakens in a mystical, deserted forest without any idea of how he arrived there. While listening to the multitude of voices in his head, Richard sets out on a quest to find his way back home. Soon, Richard happens upon an ancient cabin and a strange American Indian who commits to helping him unravel the mysteries of not only the strange world he has landed in, but also the one he is attempting to return to. It is not long before Richard realizes that he must first learn the warriors way of life and unveil his true self before he can ever hope to find his way back home. The Way Back reveals the tale of one mans unanticipated philosophical journey into a mystical forest where a warrior mentor helps him learn how to overcome his enemies, live in the moment, and listen to his inner voice.
Download or read book Return to Side Lake written by Jennifer Walters and published by Barbra June. This book was released on 2024-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the enchanting waters of Side Lake, Kat is back in book 3 of The Turtle Creek series in a tale of love and release, wrapped in grumpy banter. In this heartwarming love story, we follow the journey of Kat as she navigates the bittersweet return to her hometown after her mother's passing. As she steps foot back in Side Lake once again, after all these years, she is taken aback to find her long-lost teenage love, Ethan, also back and staying at the Pine Beach resort. Emotions run high as Kat confronts Ethan about his failure to search for her when her mother sent her away years ago. He is also angry for the Dear John letter she left him. They both hold onto a deep grudge and struggle to trust each other again. However, as they engage in witty banter and reminisce about their shared memories, they both begin to realize their hearts may not have moved on as much as they thought. Amidst the complex web of relationships, Kat discovers the profound sense of belonging and familiarity that Side Lake brings. The people she once knew from her small town soon offer her unwavering support and love that helps her heal in ways she never thought possible. As she delves into her mother's journal, a Pandora's box of revelations opens before Kat. Through the pages, she gains insight into her mother's struggles. She also finds solace in the picturesque lakeside town by enjoying days at the lake, and cozy bonfires under the starry night sky. As she reconnects with new and old friends, they soon become her lifelines. Among them, her best friend Lyndsey offers unwavering support and a shoulder for her to lean on. Return to Side Lake is a heartwarming tale of love, forgiveness, and the power of homecoming. Through Kat's journey, she is reminded of the importance of cherishing the past, embracing the present, and opening her heart to the possibility of the future. This captivating love story will leave you yearning for your own Side Lake love story and the serenity it promises.
Download or read book Voices from the Past written by D. L. Ashliman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Title entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington Under the Copyright Law Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book This Billionaire s Returns written by Rachel Foster and published by DM Publishing. This book was released on with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh Reed was the high school jock who all the girls swooned over and the guys wanted to be like. Cocky and arrogant were two terms that usually fit him well. Now his successful company is forced to close after him and his business partner didn’t agree on business deals and lost too many clients because of it. Now he’s forced to return to his smalltown of Huntsville. Marissa owns a party planning business and is gearing up for all the upcoming holidays. Halloween is her favorite because of all the costumes that people wear. She’s shocked when Josh shows up in town, but can’t even keep her cool when the city hires him to help coordinate events. He’s her arch nemesis from high school after he stood her up at prom and she knows this can’t work. Soon, Marissa finds herself asking Josh for business help and Josh is realizing he misses the smalltown life. They begin falling for each other. But Josh’s high school sweetheart shows up at the Halloween party and it makes Harper question everything. Is Josh Pennington still the same high school jerk?
Download or read book Quarterly Review written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1945 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section: "Some Michigan books."
