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"In the bestselling tradition of A Man Called Ove and the beloved film Love Actually, a quirky, socially awkward man goes on a quest to find his wife a last-minute Christmas gift and encounters several distractions--including bumping into his ex-girlfriend who was the one who got away. Henry Quantum has several thoughts going through his head at any given time, so it's no surprise when he forgets something very important--specifically, a Christmas...
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In the far north of Italy lies the valley of the ice-cream makers: about a dozen villages where, for generations, people have specialised in making ice cream. Giuseppe Talamini claims it was actually invented here. Every spring his family sets off for the ice-cream parlour in Rotterdam, returning to the mountains only in winter. Eldest son Giovanni Talamini decides to break with this tradition by pursuing a literary career. But then one day his younger...
43) Clara & Pig
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Clara hates Vermont. Her son moved her here due to her dementia, but it was a mistake. There's a squirrel murderer on the loose and management's ignoring her concerns. Her pet pug, Pig, hates it too, threatened by a vengeful tenant and constrained by the cold, and senior residence rules that never end.What's more, strange letters from the dead arrive in Clara's dreams. And someone's arranging her grandchildren's toys into alarming scenes outside the...
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"Mabel Beaumont's husband Arthur loved lists. He'd leave them for her everywhere. 'Remember: eggs, butter, sugar'. 'I love you: today, tomorrow, always'. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he's still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though: 'Find D'. Mabel feels sure she knows what it means. She must track down her best friend Dot, who she hasn't seen since the fateful day she left more than sixty...
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Bellman noir trilogy volume 1
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“ The Alienist set in eighteenth-century Stockholm: Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthrallingand the best historical thriller Ive read in twenty years.” A.J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window “Thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful.” Fredrik Backman, #1 bestselling author of A Man Called Ove “ Chilling and thought-provoking. Relentless, well-written, and nearly impossible to put down.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)...
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""Move over, Ove (in Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove)--there's a new curmudgeon to love."--Booklist (starred review). "Eleanor Oliphant is a truly original literary creation: funny, touching, and unpredictable. Her journey out of dark shadows is absolutely gripping."--Jojo Moyes, #1New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You. "Deft, compassionate and deeply moving -- Honeyman's debut will have you rooting for Eleanor with every turning page."...
47) Chasing Kate
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Rock bottom meets redemption in this hilarious and heartbreaking story about two unforgettable misfits on a bumpy voyage of transformation. Adulting is hard for twenty-eight-year-old Kate Denai. She's single, alone in a new city, and having the Worst. Day. Ever. Her chaotic life spirals even more out of control when she accidentally kidnaps five-year-old Sadie Beck, a pint-sized stowaway with super-sized problems. When Kate realizes Sadie may be in...
48) The trio
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"Thora, August and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically. The novel opens years later, when Hugo, long estranged from Thora and August, is visited by their daughter - who has questions about her parents which she believes Hugo can answer - and the memories...
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"Failing memory has forced Eva Gordon to move in with her granddaughter, Breezy. But Eva hates the bustle of Boston. All she wants to do is move back to her quiet, cozy Cape Cod home and be left alone. Then Breezy announces she's getting married, and they'll be moving to her new husband's rundown family farm, where he lives with an elderly uncle. They'll be one big family-but only Breezy and her new husband think it'll be a happy one. It's all too...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets The Italian Job in internationally-bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's witty and insightful comedy of errors about a group of delinquent seniors whose desire for a better quality of life leads them to rob and ransom priceless artwork.
Martha Andersson may be seventy-nine-years-old and live in a retirement home, but that doesn't mean she's ready to stop enjoying life. So when the new management of Diamond...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets The Italian Job in internationally-bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's witty and insightful comedy of errors about a group of delinquent seniors whose desire for a better quality of life leads them to rob and ransom priceless artwork. Martha Andersson may be seventy-nine-years-old and live in a retirement home, but that doesn't mean she's ready to stop enjoying life. So when the new management of Diamond...
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In the sequel to internationally-bestselling Swedish author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules, the League of Pensioners are up to their old tricks, this time swindling the biggest Vegas casinos, outsmarting a gang of young robbers, and evading the Swedish police in the name of elderly pensioners everywhere-perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
What happens in Vegas stays in...
53) Things My Son Needs to Know About the World: Las cosas que mi hijo necesita saber acerca del mundo
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective and tools he'll need to make his way in the world.
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World collects the personal dispatches from the front lines of one of the most daunting experiences any man can experience: fatherhood.
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54) Duffy and Son
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Eugene is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40. They've been living together in good-natured bachelor harmony all this time, but something has got to give. The perfect balance of wry humour and pathos, Duffy and Son by Damien Owens is a funny and heartwarming mid-lit novel about family ties and finding romance. Eugene Duffy spent his life running a little hardware shop in a small town. It was a quiet existence, even before he retired. The only drama...
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In the sequel to internationally-bestselling Swedish author Catharina Ingelman-Sundbergs The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules, the League of Pensioners are up to their old tricks, this time swindling the biggest Vegas casinos, outsmarting a gang of young robbers, and evading the Swedish police in the name of elderly pensioners everywhere. Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. What happens in Vegas stays in...
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This book is a debut novel by an Indian-American woman author. Mr. T, the old man referenced in the title, is a grumpy, grunting, 'unfriendly' man, who prefers to spend his retirement years quietly with his wife in a placid town in New Jersey, USA. But life has other plans. His wife passes away, as the novel opens. The peaceful house is now bustling with relatives and family who have landed here to support Mr. T in this trying time. After a few weeks,...
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He's dead. But he really wishes they had forgotten him.2018 Winner - Kindle Storyteller Award and IPPY Awards Gold Medalist When he was alive, Walter Augustus dreamed of lasting fame. But now that he's passed away, he's stuck in limbo until the last living soul who remembers him dies. Except just as his 200 years of perdition look like they're at an end, a stranger opens his dusty book of poems and adds another eternal verse to purgatory.Letty Ferguson...
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"When prosecco-loving Auntie Poldi retired to Sicily from Germany, she never dreamt her tranquil days would be interrupted by murder. But Sicily had other plans, and Poldi found herself honor-bound to solve the disappearance of her beloved (and cute) handyman. Now, she's finally ready for some peace and quiet--interrupted by romantic encounters with handsome Chief Inspector Montana, of course--when the water supply to her neighborhood is cut off and...
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"Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all: He's beloved by his students, popular with his coworkers, and the pride and joy of a mother who emigrated from the Congo to the UK in search of a better life. But behind closed doors, he's been struggling with the overwhelming sense that he can't address the injustices he sees raging before him--from his relentless efforts...
60) Parting the Mend
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In the literary fiction novel Parting the Mend, Steve Coleman is a man living on the last ravaged, dangling thread. Once an accomplished athlete, Steve's life has spiraled into substance abuse and fades to a destructive existence in a decrepit apartment he shares with the ghosts of his late wife and his past. When his parents die suddenly, Steve must work with his successful brother Marty, who privately deals with burgeoning addictions of his own,...