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The Longest Journey (1907) is a novel by English author E.M. Forster. Despite its critical success, the novel was a commercial failure for Forster, but has since grown in reputation and readership to help cement his reception as one of twentieth century England's most talented writers.
Rickie Elliot enters Cambridge as a young man, exploring his interests in poetry and art and joining a circle of intellectuals centered around, a philosopher named...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Quinn and Graham's perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes, and secrets that they have built up over the years are now tearing them apart. The one thing that could save them might also be the very thing that pushes their marriage beyond the point of repair. All Your Perfects is a profound novel about a damaged couple whose potential future hinges on promises made in the past. This is a heartbreaking page-turner...
6) Mr. Fox
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Riverhead Books
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English
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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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A novel set against the three decades of Afghanistan's history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban, which tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite their nineteen-year age difference and initial rivalry as they suffer at the hand of a common enemy: their abusive husband.
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Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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In this provocative and ambitious book, Squire unravels the turbulent history and many implications of the institution of marriage. The author delves into the many ways men and women have come together and what the state of their unions has meant for history, society, and politics.
10) The widow
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Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 1
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English
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"Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on when more bad things began to happen. . . But that woman's husband died last week. And Jean doesn't have to be her anymore. There's a lot...
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M. Evans
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
isunderstood as advocating a group marriage or out of marriage sex, this book does address some of the key elements that a couple need to have in their relationship in order to get the most out of it. Specifically talks about how to rethink jealousy, independence, open vs. closed marriages, realistic expectations, marriage myths, a heavy dose of communications, productive fighting, role flexibility, open companionship, equality, identity, trust, and...
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English
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In Getting the Love You Want, Dr. Harville Hendrix presents the relationship skills that have helped hundreds of thousands of couples replace confrontation and criticism with a process of mutual support that facilitates healing and growth. This extraordinary practical guide describes the revolutionary technique of Imago Relationship Therapy, which combines a number of disciplines--including the behavioral sciences, depth psychology, social learning...
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[2023]
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English
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"Margaret Atwood has established herself as a beloved cultural icon and one of the most visionary and canonical authors of her generation. In this collection comprised of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine--Atwood speaks to our times with her characteristic wit and intellect. Of special significance are the seven works revolving around the long-term married couple Tig and Nell....
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RockHill Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
Between February and November is a story that delves into the messy uncertainty of a long-term marriage. It takes place in a modern-day lakeside town in Vermont. That February morning started out like any other; Layla Ranker got her kids ready for school and her husband off to work before she went off to work herself. It went downhill from there. An unfortunate event brought her two towns away from home where she happened to see her husband Alan with...
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Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A family's old, beloved dog takes a final road trip to help his humans find forgiveness and healing. Meg Gorton finds herself alone and lonely in Florida. Three years earlier, she had packed what she could fit into her sister's car, told her estranged husband, Gary, where he could find her, and asked him to take care of Moses, their beloved black Labrador. For years, she'd tried to talk Gary into moving away from Woodstock, Virginia. They both needed...
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Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2013], �2013
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English
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Escaping the busy confusion of his homeland and moving to an almost-uninhabited lakeshore where he plans on living simply and raising a family, a man descends into rage, obsession, and an abstract sense of reality when his wife suffers multiple miscarriages.
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