Barbara Delinsky
1) Escape
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Frustrated with her life, 32-year-old Manhattan lawyer Emily Aulenbach impulsively decides to take a personal and professional leave of absence, much to the dismay of her husband, boss, sister, parents, and friends. She gets in the car and drives, eventually reaching the New Hampshire town where she spent one college summer. Although this town is loaded with good and bad memories, she feels it's the only place where she can figure out what kind of...
2) Family tree
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Wealthy Caucasians Dana and Hugh Clarke give birth to a child that has distinctly African-American traits; and while searching their lineage for answers, they uncover secrets about both of their families.
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Picking up her sixteen-year-old daughter after a party, a woman accepts responsibility for hitting a man with the car on the way home, even though her daughter had been driving, a deception that takes on a life of its own, threatening their family and the bond between mother and daughter.
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In Flirting with Pete, bestselling author Barbara Delinsky weaves together two fascinating narratives that merge in a dramatic, highly emotional, and totally unexpected conclusion, as a daughter's struggle to win the approval of the father she never knew becomes a journey of self-discovery.
Psychologist Casey Ellis never met her father -- but that didn't stop her from following in his professional footsteps. Now he has died, and Casey is shocked...
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"Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work -and what to do when they break. Caroline MacAfee is a skilled carpenter, her daughter Jamie, a talented architect. Together they are the faces of Gut It!, a home renovation series on local public television. Caroline takes pride in her work, and in the way she connects with the show's audience. But when she is told the network wants her daughter to replace her as host-the day after...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1998
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English
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Coast Road. Where life's greatest gifts come to us by accident. Barbara Delinsky has always had a gift for creating tales of extraordinary emotional power and depth. Now this New York Times bestselling author of Three Wishes surpasses herself once again in a novel that takes readers on a journey as richly textured, colorful, and poignant as the northern California landscape in which the book is set. Rachel Keats and Jack McGill were artists, deeply...
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Mackenzie Cooper took her eyes off the road for just a moment but the resulting collision was enough to rob her not only of her beloved daughter but ultimately of her marriage, family, and friends—and thanks to the nonstop media coverage, even her privacy. Now she lives in Vermont under the name Maggie Reid, working as a makeup artist at a luxurious spa. Her only goal is to stay under the radar, and make it through her remaining probation. But...
11) Not my daughter
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Devastated by her teenage daughter's pregnancy, single mother and high school principal Susan Tate is targeted by community criticism when the pregnancies of additional teens are rumored to be part of a pact. This pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in a story of love and forgiveness as well as putting Susan's job on the line.
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Bree Miller is hit by a runaway truck, and when she awakens later in the hospital all she can remember is a bright light, an angelic smile, and a voice granting her three wishes. Her life changes dramatically after the only witness to the accident, author Tom Gates, becomes an important part of her world. She must decide what to do with the three wishes, and what their cost will be.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1999
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English
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Barbara Delinsky's powerful New York Times bestseller of hope and redemption introduces the unforgettable Blake sisters: strong, spirited Lily, and the resilient Poppy, the heroine of Delinsky's acclaimed novel, An Accidental Woman. After an unscrupulous reporter falsely accuses Boston lounge singer Lily Blake of having an affair with a newly appointed Cardinal, she's hounded by the press, fired from her job, and robbed of all public freedom. The...
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Warner Books
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[2003], c1989
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English
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Captivated by late-night disc jockey Jared Snow, prominent lawyer Savannah Smith suspects that he played a role in the kidnapping of her friend, while her twin sister Susan finds herself attracted to the detective investigating the crime.
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An enthralling and unforgettable story of a woman's search for her past, The Passions of Chelsea Kane is a beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky
After the death of her beloved adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the need to learn the truth about her birth parents. Taking a break from her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New Hampshire town where she was born, determined...
17) Shades of Grace
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English
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As an aging advice columnist shows symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, her daughter takes over the column while attempting to rebuild her own life and deal with her own daughter.
18) Twelve across
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Victoria Lesser novels volume 2
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English
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Leah Gates makes up crossword puzzles for a living--a nice, tame occupation in a safe urbane setting. Now knee-deep mud, facing lashing rain and a burned-down cabin, what was her friend Victoria thinking of, sending her up here to the wilds of New Hampshire? Woodsman Garrick Rodenheiser was stunned and wary when Leah turned up shivering on his porch, knowing it meant trouble for him. But he couldn't slam the door in her face, or shut out the storm...
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"One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family's Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone - running from the scandal that destroyed her parents' marriage, drove her and her two sisters apart, and crushed her relationship with the love of her life, Jack Sabathian.Twenty years during which she lived in New York, building her career as a photographer and raising her now teenage daughter Joy. But...
20) Commitments
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Warner Books
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[2001], c1988
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English
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The mother of a special needs son forms a bond with an imprisoned reporter that will transform their lives in this stunning novel from the bestselling author.
Sabrina Stone seems to have the perfect life, but her wildly successful investment banker husband chooses to ignore the seriousness of their son's brain injury and the strain it's putting on their marriage.
A reporter on a top-rated investigative journalism TV show, Derek McGill...