Author: Debra Ginsberg Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101602139 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Whispers of the past… When young Eden Harrison receives a heart transplant from an unknown donor, her seemingly charmed life falls apart. Haunted by dreams of people and places she doesn’t recognize, Eden is convinced that her new heart carries the memories of its original owner. Eden leaves her old life behind as she is mysteriously drawn to the city of San Diego. Whispers of the mind… There, Eden becomes fast friends with Darcy, a young woman recently widowed by Peter, her wealthy, much older husband. But Darcy is unsettled by her inability to mourn, and more unsettled by recurring thoughts of Adam, a young musician she was having an affair with--who has suddenly vanished. Whispers of the heart… Yet, the more Eden learns about Darcy, the more she realizes that all is not as it seems, and she begins to suspect foul play behind Peter's and Adam’s fates. As the tension around them escalates, Eden’s mysterious dreams become more and more frequent. Can Eden listen to what her heart is trying to tell her before it is silenced forever?
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker Publisher: Other Press, LLC ISBN: 159051842X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 400
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The highly anticipated final book in the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats trilogy, a moving story about love’s power to transcend distances and heal seemingly irreparable wounds. Twelve-year-old Ko Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. An unusually perceptive child, Bo Bo can read people’s emotions in their eyes. This acute sensitivity only makes his unconventional home life more difficult: His father comes to visit him once a year, and he can hardly remember his mother, who, for unclear reasons, keeps herself away from her son. Everything changes when Bo Bo discovers the story of his parents’ great love, which threatens to break down in the whirlwind of political events, and of his mother’s mysterious sickness. Convinced that he can heal her and reunite their family, Bo Bo decides to set out in search of his parents. A gripping, heartwarming tale that takes the reader from Burma to New York and back, The Heart Remembers is a worthy conclusion to Jan-Philipp Sendker’s beloved series.
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer Publisher: Bethany House ISBN: 0764208160 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 351
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Heartwarming historical fiction from a bestselling favorite set in the heartland just before WWI; friends who grew up in an orphanage long for home and find love.
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 1441269959 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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Bestselling Author Kim Vogel Sawyer Delivers Heartwarming Historical Romance Sadie Wagner has always been devoted to her family. So when her stepfather is injured and can't work, she decides to leave home and accept a position as a clerk at the mercantile in Goldtree, Kansas. Goldtree also offers the opportunity to use her God-given singing talent--though the promised opera house is far different from what she imagined. With her family needing every cent she can provide, Sadie will do anything to keep her job. Thad McKane comes to Goldtree at the request of the town council. The town has been plagued by bootlegging operations, and Thad believes he can find the culprit. After he earns enough money doing sheriff work, he wants to use it to pay for his training to become a minister. Thad is immediately attracted to the beautiful singer who performs in Asa Baxter's unusual opera house, but when he hears her practicing bawdy tunes, he begins to wonder if she's far less innocent than she seems. And when Sadie appears to be part of the very crimes he's come to investigate, is there any hope the love blossoming between them will survive?
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker Publisher: Other Press, LLC ISBN: 1590514645 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 337
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A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader’s belief in the power of love to move mountains.
Author: Jayson L. Woodward Publisher: ISBN: 9780578575988 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 154
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The Heart Remembers chronicles a widow's journey as she comes to terms with her husband's untimely death. Beginning with the first signs of illness, and continuing through the unexpected events that led to her husband's death, Jayson shares the process of grief and provides insight into the emotions, actions, and thoughts one might experience in a similar circumstance. Both heartbreaking and uplifting, this narrative of a spouse's death is one that many have already experienced, and many more will experience. It presents a candid and personal exposure to a situation that is impossible to prepare for, yet lends the information that may alleviate some of the pain and loneliness inherent in such an occurrence. This memoir offers a glimpse into one woman's efforts to turn tragedy into enlightenment, confusion into understanding, and shows that hope exists in all things...even death.
Author: Mary Higgins Clark Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1982132558 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 416
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"Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancé, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show Under Suspicion, are just days away from their midsummer wedding when Alex's seven-year-old nephew, Johnny, vanishes from the beach. Witnesses recall Johnny playing in the water and collecting shells near an ice cream shack, but when his new sitter turned her head, he had vanished. As the sun sets, Johnny's skim board washes up on shore, and everyone realizes that he could be anywhere, even in the ocean. Could the abduction be related to the wedding? Was Laurie's ten-year-old son, Timmy, the intended target? Or was Johnny abducted by a stranger? Laurie and Alex, along with Johnny's parents and Leo Farley, Laurie's father and a retired NYPD detective, are determined to track down every lead." -- Page [4] cover.
Author: Tricia Stirling Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545695759 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 183
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"I used to be one of those girls. The kind who loved to deliver bad news . . . who'd flirt with your boyfriend. But now when I cast spells, they're always for good." 16-year-old Lacy believes that magic and science can work side by side. She's a botanist who knows how to harness the healing power of plants. So when her father dies, Lacy tries to stay with her step-mother in Chico, where her magic is good and healing. She fears the darkness that her real mother, Cheyenne, brings out, stripping away everything that is light and kind.Yet Cheyenne never stays away for long. Beautiful, bewitching, unstable Cheyenne who will stop at nothing, not even black magic, to keep control of her daughter's heart. She forces Lacy to accompany her to Sacramento, and before long, the "old" Lacy starts to resurface. But when Lacy survives a traumatic encounter, she finds herself faced with a choice. Will she use her powers to exact revenge and spiral into the darkness forever? Or will she find the strength to embrace the light?
Author: Sandra Benitez Publisher: Coffee House Press ISBN: 1566892848 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 115
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Winner, Discover Great New Writers Award. Winner, Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. "Profound.... a quietly stunning work that leaves soft tracks in the heart."--The Washington Post BookWorld "Merits placement beside some of the mesmerizing new literature with its roots in Latin America."--The New York Times Book Review
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Author: Debra Ginsberg
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker
Author: Jayson L. Woodward
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Author: Tricia Stirling
Author: Sandra Benitez