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With "incantatory prose" that "sweeps over the reader like a dream" (Philadelphia Inquirer), Hoffman follows her celebrated bestseller The Probable Future with an evocative work that traces the lives of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span of two hundred years.
In a rare and gorgeous departure, beloved novelist Alice Hoffman weaves a web of tales, all set in Blackbird House. This small farm on the
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Minerva Louise volume 1
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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A hen has fun exploring the house with the red curtains.
5) Pudmuddles
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1993.
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English
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After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Pudmuddle move into their backwards house where they live happily until they discover certain deficiencies--there is no basement and the roof has blown off.
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Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live in a magical house in an enchanted town hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, that's every child except one, Mirabel. But when this ordinary child discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, she may be her family's last hope.
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"Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. Includes his companion essay, 'Memories of My Grandmother'."--
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2018.
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English
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"As summer beckons, Evie's family gathers once more at the beautiful old riverside house they all adore. But when Evie discovers a secret that threatens their future, a shadow falls over them all: this summer by the river could be their last together"--
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nina Reilly Series comes KEEPER OF THE KEYS, a superb standalone thriller that will keep you turning pages into the dark of night For single-mindedly ambitious, but troubled architect Ray Jackson, a nightmare begins one muggy California night when his wife, Leigh, disappears. Theres no ransom note, no messages, no bodynobody knows if Leigh is dead or alive. Suddenly, when a strange womanKathleen, an old...
12) Ravenscliffe
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[2014]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
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English
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"For fans of Downton Abbey... The peaceful beauty of the English countryside belies the turmoil of forbidden love and the apprehension of a changing world for the families of Netherwood. Yorkshire, 1904. On Netherwood Common, Russian émigré Anna Rabinovich shows her dear friend Eve Williams a gracious Victorian villa--Ravenscliffe--the house Anna wants them to live in. There's a garden and a yard and room enough for their children to play and...
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"Physician Bess Codman has returned to her family's Nantucket compound, Cliff House, for the first time in four years. Her great-grandparents built Cliff House almost a century before, but due to erosion, the once-grand home will soon fall into the sea. Though she's purposefully avoided the island, Bess must now pack up the house and deal with her mother, a notorious town rabble-rouser, who refuses to leave. The Book of Summer unravels the power and...
16) Green Bear
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English
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Green Bear changes the color of his house to match the changing seasons.
17) Good-bye, house
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Pub. Date
[1994]
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English
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A child says goodbye to the old house before moving with Mama and Papa to a new home.
20) My house
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Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Describes a house in different weather and light conditions.
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