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McKenzie, Catherine Spin 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044181. ISBN #0062115359 / 9780062115355. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McKenzie, Catherine Spin 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044181. ISBN #0062115359 / 9780062115355. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary At once comic, heart-breaking, and life-affirming. Tish Cohen, author of Town House Imagine if Bridget Jones fell into a million little pieces, flew over the cuckoo s nest, and befriended Lindsay Lohan along the way, and you are beginning to grasp the literary roller coaster ride that is Catherine McKenzie s Spin . Leah McLaren, author of The Continuity Girl How far would you go to get what you wanted? That s the question author Catherine McKenzie addresses in Spin a delectable debut novel that takes readers into the connected worlds of pop culture, tabloid journalism, and celebrity rehab. The story of a newbie undercover gossip reporter who follows a troubled starlet into a rehab clinic intending to dig up all the dirt she possibly can, Spin is smart, hip, utterly engaging contemporary fiction in the vein of Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin.
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McKenzie, Nancy Grail Prince 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103383. ISBN #0345456483 / 9780345456489. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McKenzie, Nancy Grail Prince 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103383. ISBN #0345456483 / 9780345456489. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The wheel is turning and the world will change. . . . And a son of Lancelot, with a bloody sword and a righteous heart, shall renew the Light in Britain before the descent of savage dark. . . . So spoke the Lady of the Lake. Now her grim prophecy is coming true. King Arthur lies dead, struck down along with Mordred, his son and heir, and the greatest knights of Camelot. Of that peerless company, only Lancelot survives, a broken man who has turned his back on Britain and his forbidden love of Guinevere. Yet one knight, scarcely more than a boy, fights amid the ruins to keep Arthur s dream alive: Galahad, the son of Lancelot. Before his death, Arthur swore the young knight to undertake a quest: a search for the scattered treasures of an ancient king. On the recovery of these powerful relics a grail, a spear, and a sword hinges the future of Britain. But it is the past that torments Galahad. He cannot forget or forgive his father s betrayal of his king. Nor can he banish thoughts of the intoxicating Dandrane, sister of his friend Percival, from his mind. Yet only a man pure in heart can fulfill the prophecy of the Lady of the Lake. Not since The Mists of Avalon has an author so brilliantly reimagined and brought to life the enduring Arthurian legends. Weaving back and forth through time, from Arthur s mighty reign and commanding influence to Galahad s ultimate quest to preserve the destiny of a nation, The Grail Prince is an unforgettable epic of adventure and romance, of clashing swords and hearts set in a magical world as deadly as it is beautiful.
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McKenzie, Nancy Prince Of Dreams: A Tale Of Tristan And Essylte 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103376. ISBN #0345456505 / 9780345456502. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McKenzie, Nancy Prince Of Dreams: A Tale Of Tristan And Essylte 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103376. ISBN #0345456505 / 9780345456502. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It is a generation after the fall of Camelot. The legendary figures of Britain s brief but shining renaissance Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere are gone but not forgotten. Their memories live on in song and story. But Arthur s dream of a united Britain is fading fast. The hard-won alliance of independent kingdoms is fracturing. Sensing weakness, defeated enemies are returning. Such is the world of Tristan, Prince of Lyonesse. Born with the soul of a poet and the heart of a warrior, Tristan has been pushed aside by his uncle, Markion, who is determined to succeed King Constantine. Because he shares Markion s dream of restoring the faded glory of Camelot, Tristan supports his Uncle s claims to the High King s throne, against the better judgment of his friends. Markion dispatches Tristan as his trusted agent to fetch his new bride, the daughter of King Percival. As soon as Tristan sets his eyes on the beautiful Essylte, and Essylte sees the handsome Tristan, a fateful love blooms between the two young people, a love that knows no law but its own fierce and imperious demands. Now, torn between duty and desire, Tristan and Essylte will risk everything their lives, their souls, Britain itself to be together. . . . This powerful tale of love, betrayal, and redemption has echoed down the ages. Acclaimed author Nancy McKenzie brings it stunningly to life for a new generation.
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McKenzie, Nancy Queen of Camelot Del Rey 2002 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105508. ISBN #0345445872 / 9780345445872. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McKenzie, Nancy Queen of Camelot Del Rey 2002 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105508. ISBN #0345445872 / 9780345445872. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Guinevere comes alive a strong, resourceful, and compassionate woman, accessible to modern folk . . . McKenzie makes a quantum leap in defining the character of Guinevere as a real, flesh-and-blood woman. The Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot triangle comes alive as well believable, poignant, and bearing the seeds of tragedy. KATHERINE KURTZ On the night of Guinevere s birth, a wise woman declares a prophecy of doom for the child: She will be gwenhwyfar , the white shadow, destined to betray her king, and be herself betrayed. Years pass, and Guinevere becomes a great beauty, riding free across Northern Wales on her beloved horse. She is entranced by the tales of the valorous Arthur, a courageous warrior who seems to Guinevere no mere man, but a legend. Then she finds herself betrothed to that same famous king, a hero who commands her willing devotion. Just as his knights and all his subjects, she falls under Arthur s spell. At the side of King Arthur, Guinevere reigns strong and true. Yet she soon learns how the dark prophecy will reveal itself. She is unable to conceive. Arthur s only true heir is Mordred, offspring of a cursed encounter with the witch Morgause. Now Guinevere must make a fateful choice: She decides to raise Mordred, teaching him to be a ruler and to honor Camelot. She will love him like a mother. Mordred will be her greatest joy and the key to her ultimate downfall. Return to a time of legend the days of Guinevere and Arthur and the glory that was to become Camelot
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McLain, Paula Paris Wife 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109519. ISBN #0345521307 / 9780345521309. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLain, Paula Paris Wife 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109519. ISBN #0345521307 / 9780345521309. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness until she meets Ernest Hemingway and her life changes forever. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group the fabled Lost Generation that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking and fast-living life of Jazz Age Paris, which hardly values traditional notions of family and monogamy. Surrounded by beautiful women and competing egos, Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history, pouring all the richness and intensity of his life with Hadley and their circle of friends into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises . Hadley, meanwhile, strives to hold on to her sense of self as the demands of life with Ernest grow costly and her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Despite their extraordinary bond, they eventually find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriage a deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything they ve fought so hard for. A heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty, The Paris Wife is all the more poignant because we know that, in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyo
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McLain, Paula Paris Wife 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133559. ISBN #0345521315 / 9780345521316. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLain, Paula Paris Wife 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133559. ISBN #0345521315 / 9780345521316. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920s as a wife and as one s own woman. Entertainment Weekly A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness until she meets Ernest Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group the fabled Lost Generation that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self as her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Eventually they find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriage a deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything they ve fought so hard for. A heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty, The Paris Wife is all the more poignant because we know that, in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER BEST HISTORICAL FICTION GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People Chicago Tribune NPR The Philadelphia Inquirer Kirkus Reviews The Toronto Sun BookPage Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
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McLain, Paula The Paris Wife Ballantine Books 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091587. ISBN #0345521307 / 9780345521309. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLain, Paula The Paris Wife Ballantine Books 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091587. ISBN #0345521307 / 9780345521309. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness until she meets Ernest Hemingway and her life changes forever. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group the fabled Lost Generation that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking and fast-living life of Jazz Age Paris, which hardly values traditional notions of family and monogamy. Surrounded by beautiful women and competing egos, Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history, pouring all the richness and intensity of his life with Hadley and their circle of friends into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises . Hadley, meanwhile, strives to hold on to her sense of self as the demands of life with Ernest grow costly and her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Despite their extraordinary bond, they eventually find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriage a deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything they ve fought so hard for. A heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty, The Paris Wife is all the more poignant because we know that, in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyo
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McLaren, Kaya The Firelight Girls: A Novel (Reading Group Gold) St. Martin's Griffin 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135178. ISBN #125001977X / 9781250019776. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLaren, Kaya The Firelight Girls: A Novel (Reading Group Gold) St. Martin's Griffin 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135178. ISBN #125001977X / 9781250019776. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The summers you spend at summer camp are indelibly etched on your heart. But what happens when the camp you love is about to close? Can you ever really say goodbye to the place that made you who you are? These are the questions that plagues Ethel, the seventy-year-old former camp director who is nursing a broken heart after losing the love of her life as she now faces the impending closure of the camp on Lake Wenatchee that she called home. It's also a question that inspires change in forty-year-old Shannon, who spent the summers of her youth as a vibrant, capable camp counselor and is now directionless after watching her career implode. And there's Laura, who has lost all intimacy with her husband and doesn't know if she can save what seems to be gone forever. Finally, Ruby, who betrayed Ethel years ago and hasn't spoken to her since, hopes this will be her chance to make amends. When the four women learn that a homeless teen has been hiding at camp, they realize camp is something much more immediate for all: survival. And so the three generations of women search for a way to save the place that saved them all, finding in the process a way back to themselves and each other in The Firelight Girls , Kaya McLaren's novel of love and loss, heartbreak and healing.
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McLarty, Ron Memory Of Running 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076264. ISBN #0143036688 / 9780143036685. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLarty, Ron Memory Of Running 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076264. ISBN #0143036688 / 9780143036685. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Every decade seems to produce a novel that captures the public s imagination with a story that sweeps readers up and takes them on a thrilling, unforgettable ride. Ron McLarty s The Memory of Running is this decade s novel. By all accounts, especially his own, Smithson "Smithy" Ide is a loser. An overweight, friendless, chain-smoking, forty-three-year-old drunk, Smithy s life becomes completely unhinged when he loses his parents and long-lost sister within the span of one week. Rolling down the driveway of his parents house in Rhode Island on his old Raleigh bicycle to escape his grief, the emotionally bereft Smithy embarks on an epic, hilarious, luminous, and extraordinary journey of discovery and redemption.
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McLaughlin, Emma; Kraus, Nicola Citizen Girl hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045911. ISBN #0743266854 / 9780743266857. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLaughlin, Emma; Kraus, Nicola Citizen Girl Washington Square Press 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042966. ISBN #0743266862 / 9780743266864. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McLaughlin, Emma; Kraus, Nicola Citizen Girl Washington Square Press 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042966. ISBN #0743266862 / 9780743266864. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Another biting satire from Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, authors of the 1 New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries . Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four-year-old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done...whatever that may be. Sharply observed and devastatingly funny, Citizen Girl captures with biting accuracy what it means to be young and female in the new economy. A personal glimpse into an impersonal world, Citizen Girl is edgy and heartfelt, an entertaining read that is startlingly relevant.
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Mclaughlin, Emma; Kraus, Nicola The Nanny Diaries St. Martin's Press 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067934. ISBN #0312278586 / 9780312278588. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Mclaughlin, Emma; Kraus, Nicola The Nanny Diaries St. Martin's Press 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067934. ISBN #0312278586 / 9780312278588. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless-bordering on masochistic Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived pre-schooler Must love getting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family Must enjoy the delicious anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay Mostly, must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employers Hermes bag. Those who take it personally need not apply. Who wouldn't want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day. When the Xs marriage begins to disintegrate, Nanny ends up involved way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity and, most importantly, her sense of humor. Over nine tense months Mrs. X and Nanny perform the age-old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude. The Nanny Diaries deftly skewers the manner in which America's over-privileged raise les petites over-privileged-as if grooming them for a Best in Show competition. Written by two former nannies, this alternately comic and poignant satire punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.
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McMahon, Jennifer Island Of Lost Girls Harper 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or864301. ISBN #0061445886 / 9780061445880. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMahon, Jennifer Promise Not To Tell HarperCollinsPublishers 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or780588. ISBN #0061143316 / 9780061143311. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMahon, Katharine The Rose of Sebastopol Putnam Adult 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091346. ISBN #0399155465 / 9780399155468. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMahon, Katharine The Rose of Sebastopol Putnam Adult 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091346. ISBN #0399155465 / 9780399155468. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The 1 UK bestseller comes to America a sweeping historical novel about love, war, betrayal, and discovery. In 1854, beautiful, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale s nursing corps. A headstrong idealist, longing to break out of the rigid confines of life as a young lady, Rosa is determined to make a difference in the world. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa s cousin, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, in her London sewing circle, and in the letters she receives from her fianc , Henry a celebrated surgeon who has also volunteered to work within the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill and is sent to recuperate in Italy, Mariella impulsively decides she must go to him. But upon her arrival at his lodgings, she makes a heartbreaking discovery: Rosa has disappeared without a trace. Following the trail of her elusive cousin, Mariella s epic journey takes her from the domestic restraint of Victorian London to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol, where she encounters Rosa s dashing stepbrother, a reckless cavalry officer whose complex past and future is inextricably bound up with her own. As Mariella s quest leads her deeper into the dark heart of the conflict, her ordered world begins to crumble and she finds she has much to learn about secrecy, fait
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McMahon, Katharine The Rose of Sebastopol Berkley 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1136012. ISBN #0425232220 / 9780425232224. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMahon, Katharine The Rose of Sebastopol Berkley 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1136012. ISBN #0425232220 / 9780425232224. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The 1 international bestseller about love, war and betrayal from the author of The Alchemist's Daughter In 1854, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale's nursing corps. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa's cousin, the war is contained within the letters she receives from her fianc , Henry, a celebrated surgeon who also has volunteered to work in the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill, Mariella impulsively takes an epic journey to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol. What she finds there, as her world beings to crumble, is that she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness, and love...
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McMillan, Terry Day Late And a Dollar Short 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091708. ISBN #0451211081 / 9780451211088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMillan, Terry Day Late And a Dollar Short 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091708. ISBN #0451211081 / 9780451211088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Much-heralded and long awaited, Terry McMillan's tour-de-force novel introduces the Price family-matriarch Viola, her sometimes-husband Cecil, and their four adult kids, each of whom sees life-and one another-through thick and thin, and entirely on their own terms. With her hallmark exuberance and cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page.
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McMillan, Terry Getting To Happy Viking 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or916346. ISBN #0670022047 / 9780670022045. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMillan, Terry Getting To Happy Viking 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or916346. ISBN #0670022047 / 9780670022045. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale --the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel-its publication was a watershed moment in literary history. McMillan's sassy and vibrant story about four African American women struggling to find love and their place in the world touched a cultural nerve, inspired a blockbuster film, and generated a devoted audience. Now, McMillan revisits Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin fifteen years later. Each is at her own midlife crossroads: Savannah has awakened to the fact that she's made too many concessions in her marriage, and decides to face life single again-at fifty-one. Bernadine has watched her megadivorce settlement dwindle, been swindled by her husband number two, and conned herself into thinking that a few pills will help distract her from her pain. Robin has an all-American case of shopaholism, while the big dream of her life-to wear a wedding dress- has gone unrealized. And for years, Gloria has taken happiness and security for granted. But being at the wrong place at the wrong time can change everything. All four are learning to heal past hurts and to reclaim their joy and their dreams; but they return to us full of spirit, sass, and faith in one another. They've exhaled: now they are learning to breathe.
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McMinnies, Mary The Visitors Harcourt, Brace And Co. 1958 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1006791. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMinnies, Mary The Visitors Harcourt, Brace And Co. 1958 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1006791. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Visitors are a British couple, their two children and their nanny who are sent to live in Krakow in the early years of Iron Curtain Poland. The story centers on Millie, the wife, a pretty, spoiled and self-centered Englishwoman who gets in over her head dabbling in the black market, though it started out as a humanitarian effort to get desperately needed medicines into the country.
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McMurtry, Larry Boone's Lick Simon & Schuster 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1003154. ISBN #0684868865 / 9780684868868. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMurtry, Larry Boone's Lick Simon & Schuster 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1003154. ISBN #0684868865 / 9780684868868. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Boone's Lick is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry's return to the kind of story that made him famous -- an enthralling tale of the nineteenth-century west. Like his bestsellers Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, Comanche Moon, and Dead Man's Walk, Boone's Lick transports the reader to the era about which McMurtry writes better and more shrewdly than anyone else. Told with McMurtry's unique blend of historical fact and sheer storytelling genius, the novel follows the Cecil family's arduous journey by riverboat and wagon from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. Fifteen-year-old Shay narrates, describing the journey that begins when his Ma, Mary Margaret, decides to hunt down her elusive husband, Dick, to tell him she's leaving him. Without knowing precisely where he is, they set out across the plains in search of him, encountering grizzly bears, stormy weather, and hostile Indians as they go. With them are Shay's siblings, G.T., Neva, and baby Marcy; Shay's uncle, Seth; his Granpa Crackenthorpe; and Mary Margaret's beautiful half-sister, Rose. During their journey they pick up a barefooted priest named Father Villy, and a Snake Indian named Charlie Seven Days, and persuade them to join in their travels. At the heart of the novel, and the adventure, is Mary Margaret, whom we first meet shooting a sheriff's horse out from underneath him in order to feed her family. Forceful, interesting, and determined, she is written with McMurtry's trademark deftness and sympathy for women, and is in every way a match for the worst the west can muster. Boone's Lick abounds with the incidents, the excitements, and the dangers of life on the plains. Its huge cast of characters includes such historical figures as Wild Bill Hickok and the unfortunate Colonel Fetterman whose arrogance and ineptitude led to one of the U.S. Army's worst and bloodiest defeats at the hands of the Cheyenne and Sioux as well as the Cecil family itself based on a real family of nineteenth-century traders and haulers . The story of their trek in pursuit of Dick, and the discovery of his second and third families, is told with brilliance, humor, and overwhelming joie de vivre in a novel that is at once high adventure, a perfect western tale, and a moving love story -- it is, in short, vintage McMurtry, combining his brilliant character portraits, his unerring sense of the west, and his unrivaled eye for the telling detail. Boone's Lick is one of McMurtry's richest works of fiction to date.
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McMurtry, Larry Desert Rose Simon and Schuster 1983 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141051. ISBN #0671461435 / 9780671461430. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMurtry, Larry Evening Star 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002210. ISBN #0684857510 / 9780684857510. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMurtry, Larry Evening Star 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002210. ISBN #0684857510 / 9780684857510. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Larry McMurtry's Terms of Endearment touched readers in a way no other story has in recent years. The earthy humor and the powerful emotional impact that set this novel apart rise to brilliant new heights with The Evening Star. McMurtry takes us deep into the heart of Texas, and deep into the heart of one of the most memorable characters of our time, Aurora Greenway -- along with her family, friends, and lovers -- in a tale of affectionate wit, bittersweet tenderness, and the unexpected turns that life can take. This is Larry McMurtry at his very best: warm, compassionate, full of comic invention, an author so attuned to the feelings, needs, and desires of his characters that they possess a reality unique in American fiction.
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McMurtry, Larry Folly And Glory 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127201. ISBN #0743262727 / 9780743262729. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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McMurtry, Larry Folly And Glory 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127201. ISBN #0743262727 / 9780743262729. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary As this final volume of The Berrybender Narratives opens, Tasmin and her family are under irksome, though comfortable, arrest in Mexican Santa Fe. Her father, the eccentric Lord Berrybender, is planning to head for Texas with his whole family and his retainers. Tasmin, who would once have followed her husband, Jim Snow, anywhere, is no longer even sure she likes him, or knows where to go to next. In the meantime, Jim Snow, accompanied by Kit Carson, journeys to New Orleans, where he meets up with a muscular black giant named Juppy in whose company they make their way back to Santa Fe. But even they are unable to prevent the Mexicans from carrying the Berrybender family on a long and terrible journey across the desert to Vera Cruz. Starving, dying of thirst, and in constant, bloody battle with slavers pursuing them, the Berrybenders finally make their way to civilization, where Jim Snow has to choose between Tasmin and the great American plains, on which he has lived all his life in freedom, and where, after all her adventures, Tasmin must finally decide where her future lies. With a cast of characters that includes almost every major real-life figure of the West, Folly and Glory is a novel that represents the culmination of a great and unique four-volume saga of the early days of the West; it is one of Larry McMurtry's finest achievements.
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