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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

North Carolina

A Novel

Devoted to the husband whose family took her in as an orphan, Ruth wonders about her choices and the life they will share when her husband retires as the head of a private boys' school to which the couple has given everything they have.

The Last First Day

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Elizabeth Poliner

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones). In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with children in tow and weekend-only husbands who arrive each Friday in time for the Sabbath meal. During the weekdays, freedom reigns. Ada, the family beauty, relaxes and grows more playful, unimpeded by her rule-driven, religious husband. Vivie, once terribly wronged by her sister, is now the family diplomat and an increasingly inventive chef. Unmarried Bec finds herself forced to choose between the family-centric life she's always known and a passion-filled life with the married man with whom she's had a secret years-long affair. But when a terrible accident occurs on the sisters' watch, a summer of hope and self-discovery transforms into a lifetime of atonement and loss for members of this close-knit clan. Seen through the eyes of Molly, who was twelve years old when she witnessed the accident, this is the story of a tragedy and its aftermath, of expanding lives painfully collapsed. Can Molly, decades after the event, draw from her aunt Bec's hard-won wisdom and free herself from the burden that destroyed so many others? Elizabeth Poliner is a masterful storyteller, a brilliant observer of human nature, and in As Close to Us as Breathing she has created an unforgettable meditation on grief, guilt, and the boundaries of identity and love.

As Close to Us As Breathing

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Glennon Doyle

Glennon Doyle Melton

Rhode Island

A Memoir

The highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.

Love Warrior

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Wanda E. Brunstetter

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

In Walnut Creek, Ohio, a couple's marriage is on the brink of collapse. Could a trip to an Amish antique store set them on a path of healing?

The Walnut Creek Wish

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Illinois

Protecting Your Marriage from Habits That Destroy Romantic Love

In this fifteenth anniversary edition of Love Busters, Willard F. Harley, Jr., helps couples identify and overcome the most common habits that destroy the feeling of love.

Love Busters

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Warren Adler

New York

A born housewife, Jenny Burns meets and marries New York-bound Larry and, despite her husband's warnings, befriends a bizarre cast of characters in their New York apartment building. By the author of War of the Roses. 30,000 first printing.

The Housewife Blues

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Shaunti Feldhahn

Utah

What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men

What's going on in a man's mind? Feldhahn's research reveals the inner lives of men and will open women's eyes to what the men in their life are really thinking and feeling.

For Women Only

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Double Stamdards

Strange Customs of Courtship and Marriage

Emily Giffin

Maryland

From the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with a 'perfect life' can lose it all--and then find everything.

Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance. Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma.

But Darcy's neat, perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel, the plain-Jane "good girl," steals her fiancé, while Darcy finds herself completely alone for the first time in her life...with a baby on the way.

Darcy tries to recover, fleeing to her childhood friend living in London and resorting to her tried-and-true methods for getting what she wants. But as she attempts to recreate her glamorous life on a new continent, Darcy finds that her rules no longer apply. It is only then that Darcy can begin her journey toward self-awareness, forgiveness, and motherhood.

Emily Giffin's Something Blue is a novel about one woman's surprising discoveries about the true meaning of friendship, love, and happily-ever-after. It's a novel for anyone who has ever, even secretly, wondered if the last thing you want is really the one thing you need.

Something Blue

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Texas

Love and Respect for a Lifetime

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Richard Yates

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Virginia

The devastating effects of work, adultery, rebellion, and self-deception slowly destroy the once successful marriage of Frank and April Wheeler, a suburban American couple. Reissue. 350,000 first printing. (A DreamWorks film, directed by Sam Mendes, releasing December 2008, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, David Harbour, Michael Shannon, & Zoe Kazan). (General Fiction)

Revolutionary Road

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Tama Janowitz

From the bestselling author of Slaves of New York comes a hilarious, clear-eyed, satiric novel about the sad plight of a misguided woman on the make in Manhattan. Thirty-two-year-old Florence Collins is an "aging filly-about-town"--still beautiful enough to be (sometimes) invited to the best parties and the right restaurants, but unmarried and rapidly going broke. In her world, marriage to a wealthy man is all that can save her, although Florence's hard-hearted search for security and status takes her on an inevitable downward spiral.

New York "society novels" at the turn of the nineteenth century gave us a piercing look at the world and rituals of the city's wealthy; Janowitz here casts that tradition in a fresh light, giving us a tirn-of-the-century society novel that demonstrates how little seems to have changed. In a sly and unforgettable portrait of New York's haute monde, Janowitz brilliantly evokes a young woman's struggle for love and survival in the city that is as unforgiving today as it was a hundred years ago.

A Certain Age

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John Eldredge

Stasi Eldredge

Indiana

Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of

Draws on Christian principles to counsel couples on how to promote marital health, revealing the dynamic between the different personalities of men and women.

Love and War

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Danielle Steel

"In His Father's Footsteps is an unforgettable new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestsellers have made her one of America's favorite storytellers"--

In His Father's Footsteps

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Anne Tyler

West Virginia

Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their very different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their lives, their relationship, and their family, in a compelling novel spanning three generations. 300,000 first printing.

The Amateur Marriage

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Carrie Brown

Iowa

Mary Beth Keane

Clean text and dust jacket intact. Book of the Month Club. May 2023

Massachusetts

From the bestselling author ofAsk Again, Yes, a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who must navigate the complexities of marriage, family, and longing.

Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to transform it into a bigger success, but struggles to stay afloat.

His smart and confident wife, Jess, has devoted herself to her law career. After years of trying for a baby, she is facing the idea that motherhood may not be in the cards for her. Like Malcolm, she feels her youth beginning to slip away and wonders how to reshape her future.

Award-winning author Mary Beth Keane's new novel takes place over the course of one week when Malcolm learns shocking news about Jess, a patron of the bar goes missing, and a blizzard hits the town of Gillam, trapping everyone in place. With a deft eye and generous spirit, Keane explores the disappointments and unexpected consolations of midlife, the many forms forgiveness can take, the complicated intimacy of small-town living, and what it means to be a family.

The Half Moon

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Mark Driscoll

Grace Driscoll

Missouri

The Truth about Sex, Friendship, and Life Together

A pastor and his wife provide advice and counseling on a variety of marital issues, discussing such topics as mutual respect, emotional support, finances, intimacy, and sexuality.

Real Marriage (with Participant's Guide)

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#romance #fiction #love #hardcover #nicholassparks #marriage #thewedding 

The wedding

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Award winning author James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, this books addresses the issues common in marriage today. #hardcover #family #issues #breakup #love #marriage #help

Wisconsin

New Hope for Families in Crisis

"Love Must Be Tough" offers realistic hope for troubled marriages. The principle of "tough love" is discussed in response to the most serious indicator of potential family breakup-a lack of respect. With over 1 million copied sold, this book presents God's plan to restore and maintain love.

Love Must Be Tough

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Emerson Eggerichs

The Respect He Desperately Needs

Reveals the secret to couples meeting each other's deepest needs--without love she reacts without respect, and without respect he reacts without love, and a painful, negative cycle begins.

Love and Respect

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Tayari Jones

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Nevada

"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"--

An American Marriage

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#hardcover #fiction #romance #nicholassparks #1 #adultfiction #marriage #atfirstsight 

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