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The lives of three troubled girls, of three different generations, intertwine: "Evocative . . . [The] protagonists are distinctive and sympathetic." -Publishers Weekly
An Eliot Rosewater Award Nominee
Shortlisted for a Cybil Award
Spanning from the late 1970s to 2009, this novel follows the stories of three young women raised by single mothers in upstate New York. Madeline eats compulsively and tries to be ultra-responsible as she copes...
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The latest in the best-selling series, starts the day right with over 280 recipes for every kind of breakfast food imaginable. It s classic Maryana Vollstedt: every delicious dish is so easy to make you can hit the snooze button again and again. From classic blue-plate specials of Corned Beef Hash and Eggs to an innovative brunch of Spicy Orange Pancakes, here are frittatas and omelets, quiches and stratas, casseroles and skillet entrees, sandwiches...
3) Quick Bang
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Norma Blaze is off limits to her brother's best friend, Stone Jenkins. But that doesn't stop him from eating at Norma's café every evening. The Blue Plate Special is good, but Stone craves more forbidden fruit and only has eyes for Norma. When a huge storm hits Summer Island, Stone checks up on Norma as the lights go out, and the two finally let their desires take over. Just as they think they've reached their happily ever after, someone crashes...
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ALMOST ENGAGED, ALMOST IN LOVE?
For years, waitress Joleen Wheeler had longed for Prince Charming to come in, order the blue-plate special and sweep her off her feet. So when a rich politician proposed, it seems as though her Cinderella dreams had come true. But Joleen wasn't in love...
THE BLACK-SHEEP BROTHER.
Then she met her almost-fiancé's brother, Jake Landon, who was everything his brother wasn't-rough around the edges, arrogant, the black...
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Elvis Presley Boulevard chronicles the trip we've all taken – or wanted to take – into the country that confounds its admirers and delights even its critics. Mark Winegardner, a young Ohioan, spent the formative summers of his wonder years touring the States with his family in a succession of recreational vehicles. Much later, only months before his wedding, he undertakes another transcontinental odyssey, this time without benefit of license plate...
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A waitress discovers an unknown illness infecting the food industry and attempts to spread awareness along with the cure.
If there were ever a time to recommend a special of the day, this book is the red, white, and blue-plate special Americans want to order. This diary reveals the cause, diagnosis, and remedy for "VIP Syndrome," a condition coined by the author as a food server's greatest occupational hazard. Learn the symptoms of VIP Syndrome,...
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Once upon a time, salad was iceberg lettuce with a few shredded carrots and a cucumber slice, if you were lucky. A vegetable side was potatoes-would you like those baked, mashed, or au gratin? A nice anniversary dinner? Would you rather visit the Holiday Inn or the Regency Inn? In Grand Forks, North Dakota, a small town where professor's moonlight as farmers, farmers moonlight as football coaches, and everyone loves hockey, one woman has had the answers...