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For fans of Kate Atkinson, Barbara Trapido, and Alice Hoffman-the magical story of an unconventional family in the English suburbs
Eve has grown up in a decidedly unconventional family, one of seven multi-racial children with different fathers and a mother named Victory who raises them her own way. When Eve is eight, Victory calls upon her hidden talent-second sight, 'the ability to harness chance.' It's a gift that often brings Victory forebodings...
2) Dark angel
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A riveting tale of deception and murder-past and present On an April night in 1910, just after the appearance of Halley's comet, a man dies violently at an English manor called Winterscombe. More than half a century later, Victoria Cavendish tries to root out the secrets that have haunted three generations of her family. With the aid of a timeworn journal, she begins an unconventional voyage into the secrets of the past. As Victoria moves closer to...
3) Rich again
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Walk-in closet full of designer everything? Check. Private Caribbean island? Check. Connection to the aristocracy? Working on it. Cunning, malicious stalker? Double check.
Welcome to the world of the Kents, a charismatic, ambitious, and fabulously wealthy English family with two sisters — one as strong and sparkling as the other is delicate and wounded — who must somehow put their differences aside to keep an unknown enemy from bringing them...
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Kate is in her fifties, recently widowed, and coping with the difficulties-and occasional pleasures-of flying solo. But when her daughter Joanna's husband walks out, and Joanna instantly assumes that Kate will step into the supporting Granny role while she goes career and man-hunting, Kate realizes it is time to step outside her family's preconceived expectations-with devastating results. What follows is a delightful story of the relationships and...
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Miss Silver mystery volume 7
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Detective and mystery stories. New Year's Eve, 1940, is unusual for the Paradine family. Departing from tradition, James Paradine makes a speech that changes the course of many lives. Valuable documents have disappeared. A member of the family has taken them. The culprit has until midnight to confess and return the papers. A few minutes after twelve James Paradine is dead. It is left to Miss Silver to disentangle the threads that bind the Paradine...
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"In the picturesque Kent countryside, the lovable Larkins are looking forward to a fun-filled summer of 1959. After Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door to waspish newcomers for more than it's worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool. But the new neighbors soon plot their revenge, catching Pop in their snare. Can Ma and the rest of the family manage to keep him out of prison? Meanwhile, daughter Primrose longs for love when handsome...
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