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Book cover for "The god of the woods"
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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"When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked, terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn't just any camper: she's the daughter of the wealthy family who owns the camp--as well as the opulent nearby estate, and most of the land in sight. And this isn't the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared in this region. Barbara's...
Book cover for "Good dirt"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solved--and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England--the case has had an enduring, voyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want...
Book cover for "Happy wife"
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"A young woman must find her missing husband and prove her innocence in this ... novel set in an ultrawealthy Florida community where looks can kill."--Provided by publisher. "A young woman must find her missing husband and prove her innocence in this ... novel set in an ultrawealthy Florida community where looks can kill"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Meant to be"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
"A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins"--
Book cover for "Pineapple Street"
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Average Rating:
3.4 stars
Description:
"A deliciously funny, sharply observed novel of family, wealth, love and tennis, this zeitgeisty debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one, the millennial conscience of the family, who wants to give it all away. Darley, the eldest daughter in the Stockton family, has never worried about money. The product of generational wealth and capitalist success, Darley renounced her...