Ruby and Olivia

Ruby and Olivia
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Publisher: Puffin Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0147512913

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Quiet Olivia and brash Ruby are paired at a camp for troublemakers to work in an old mansion and must unite when strange things begin to happen.

Ruby

Ruby
Author: Ann Hood
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2014-01-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1480466867

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DIVDIVA grieving young widow and a pregnant teenager find an uncommon friendship in a luminous, deeply moving novel /divDIV After a college student speeding in a blue Honda Civic kills her husband of less than a year, Olivia is completely lost. One hot summer day, she walks into the beachfront Rhode Island cottage she and David bought the previous August—the place where they had planned to someday start a family—and finds a stranger sitting at her kitchen table. /divDIV Pregnant fifteen-year-old Ruby is looking for a safe haven for herself and her baby-to-be. Olivia takes her in, desperate to assuage her grief through human connection, even with a troubled teenager. But Ruby has something else that Olivia wants. When she agrees to let Olivia adopt her unborn child, Olivia’s life begins to change in ways she never imagined./divDIV A story of love, loss, and unexpected friendship, Ruby introduces two women who help each other move on with their lives in a world where there are no easy answers./divDIV/div/div

The Ravaged

The Ravaged
Author: Norman Reedus
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1094166820

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New York Times bestseller Los Angeles Times bestseller USA Today bestseller The highly anticipated debut novel from Norman Reedus, acclaimed star of The Walking Dead “This country wasn’t built on good—only fought for with good intentions.” Jack’s dying mother told him, “Run and never look back.” He spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America, where people with nothing teach him what matters. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father’s death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Stories from his father’s life help ease the struggles of small-town Americans. Hunter discovers a secret past. Seventeen-year-old Anne flees Tennessee after her older brother attacks her. She whacks him with a skillet and hops a freight to Alabama with her best friend. Living hand to mouth, they build friendships, uncovering something they never had: family. The Ravaged is a fast-paced, up-in-your-face novel of gritty realism, exploring three different personal quests with eerily parallel outcomes.

Starting from Scratch

Starting from Scratch
Author: Susan Gilbert-Collins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439155607

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Why is someone who just defended her doctoral dissertation still wasting her time at her childhood home, two months after her mother’s funeral, making coq au vin and osso buco? Olivia Tschetter, the youngest of four high-achieving South Dakotan siblings, is not returning to “normal”—or to graduate school— quickly enough to suit her family. She wants only to bury herself in her mother’s kitchen, finding solace in their shared passion for cooking. Threatened with grief counseling, Olivia accepts a temporary position at the local Meals on Wheels, where she stumbles upon some unfinished business from her mother’s past—and a dark family secret. Startling announcements from two siblings also challenge the family’s status quo. The last thing she needs is a deepening romantic interest in a close but platonic (she thought) friend. But while Olivia’s mother is gone, her memory and spirit continue to engage Olivia, who finds herself daring to speak when she would never have spoken before. Told with humor and compassion, Starting from Scratch explores the shifting of family dynamics in the wake of shattering loss and the healing power of cooking.

Captive

Captive
Author: Donna K. Ford
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1635552168

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Greyson Cooper is exactly where she wants to be in life when she sets out on a section hike of the Appalachian Trail. When she’s abducted and placed into slavery in a fight club, she isn’t about to be a part of their barbaric plan and does everything she can to upset the ranks, even if it costs her her life. Olivia Danner has worked hard for everything she has. All that’s left is her dream job and someone to share her life with. But her plans are cut short when a man who wants her as his personal prize kidnaps her. Together in captivity, Olivia and Greyson become players in a game of deceit and violence. To survive and escape, they will have to figure out whom they can trust. If they can get out alive, the next challenge will be forging a path to lasting love.

Fighting for Dignity

Fighting for Dignity
Author: Sarah S. Willen
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-05-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0812224906

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Fighting for Dignity explores the impact of a mass deportation campaign on African and Asian migrant workers in Tel Aviv and their Israeli-born children. In this vivid ethnography, Sarah Willen shows how undocumented migrants struggle to craft meaningful, flourishing lives despite the exclusion and vulnerability they endure.

Special Delivery (Main Street #8)

Special Delivery (Main Street #8)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545295726

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There's a new member of the family in this touching new Main Street story...Flora and Ruby's Aunt Allie has always wanted to have a baby . . . and now, suddenly, it's happening! Allie's adopting -- and the baby is on its way. Suddenly, a quiet neighborhood Thanksgiving has turned into a huge event -- and Flora and Ruby are about to get their first cousin!

A Sister's Bond

A Sister's Bond
Author: Kay Brellend
Publisher: Piatkus
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2017-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0349415277

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'Vividly rendered' Historical Novel Society 'A fantastic cast of characters' Goodreads 'Thoroughly absorbing' Goodreads Based around the WW1 female factory workers at Barratt's Sweet Factory and inspired by true stories from the author's grandmother, A Sister's Bond celebrates the everyday heroism of families who fought to survive against all odds . . . ____________________ Wood Green, North London, November 1913: The storm clouds of war gather overhead, while one brave girl fights to save her family . . . After her mother dies, Livvie Bone knows it's down to her to protect her younger siblings from their drunken father. But life on the worst street in London is dark and dangerous, and one night she needs protection herself. When the mysterious Joe Hunter steps in to help her, Livvie's fascinated by him, in spite of his unsavoury reputation. Then Livvie is offered the chance to work at the Barratt's Sweet Factory. Livvie's fragile beauty hides a formidable strength of character, and it doesn't take long for the factory manager, Lucas, to notice her. He is a sophisticated, wealthy man of the world and he can open doors to the kind of life Livvie has only dreamed of. Suddenly she has a chance to better herself - and to help her family. But time is running out, for war is approaching, sweeping everything and everyone up in its remorseless path. What life will Livvie choose - and what kind of world will be left to her when the fighting ends? ______________ A heartwarming saga about love, duty and desire by the bestselling author of The Street and East End Angel.

Rosie and Ruby

Rosie and Ruby
Author: Patricia Dixon
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504070003

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The bonds of family face the ultimate test in this novel of class divisions and buried secrets among three interrelated households. Together with her feckless, self-centered mother, Ruby lives one step away from poverty on a rundown estate in Manchester. In the quiet suburbs of Cheshire, Ruby’s cousin Rosie leads a charmed, middle-class existence—even as she feels suffocated by her own domineering mother. Then there is Olivia, a member of the elite Cheshire set, rattling around in her sprawling mansion, attending charity functions and hosting infamous bridge nights. Olivia’s errant son Marcus lives his life in the fast lane, maximising the perks of the family firm, well away from the watchful eyes of his disapproving mother. When Ruby meets Marcus, her life begins to crumble—and one by one the secrets she has kept are exposed. Can Rosie and Ruby’s bond survive? And in Ruby’s hour of need, will her cousin keep her promise, and come to her rescue? Rosie and Ruby was previously published under the title Three Mothers.

Staying Together (Main Street #10)

Staying Together (Main Street #10)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545356148

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After a big fight, sisters Flora and Ruby must come together in this stirring installment of Main StreetFlora and Ruby have always gotten along as sisters, but now they're coming apart. They're starting to fight all the time and nobody -- not their friends, not their grandmother -- knows what to do. It's all a part of growing up, but it's not an easy part. And Flora and Ruby are going to have to learn how to stay together... with a little help from their friends.