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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana

His mother was an Irish immigrant, his father a Jewish peddler. But, like so many other turn-of-the-century Americans, Adam Arnring grows up determined to shape his own destiny. Handsome and skilled, he heads West and lays the foundation of what will become one of the country's greatest retail companies. But along the way, love and war will intervene, testing the ties that bind him to his brothers, and to his trusting wife.In an intimate voice that has won her scores of devoted fans, Belva Plain explores the crossroads everyone must face. For the unforgettable characters in THE SIGHT OF THE STARS, the choices that seem to divide are actually the ones that unite.

The Sight of the Stars

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New York

Harvest

Belva Plain

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

Robb Daniels, an idealistic schoolteacher, heads off to law school, leaving his hometown girl behind and embarking on a less-than-noble grab for power that will eventually destroy two families. Reprint.

Fortune's Hand

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Margaret and Adam Crane's seemingly perfect life begins to unravel when Adam begins to have an affair with a woman from his university days and his job as a computer executive is threatened by a possible takeover and downsizing. By the author of The Carousel. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Promises

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Kentucky

The Werner family saga continues as Iris and Theo's marriage dissolves, their son Steve is drawn to the charismatic son of Paul Werner's niece Meg, and Paul finds himself drawn to Theo

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Utah

It can happen in the best of families--even the Fergusons. When Lynn and Robert first meet, she's bright, fresh-faced twenty-year old; he's handsome, a bit older, a charming young executive on the fast track. From the start they fall deeply in love, thrilled by the discovery of their mutual desire. But as early as their honeymoon the gold begins to tarnish, when Robert's anger erupts into a physical assault, one for which Lynn blames herself. To all appearances Lynn and Robert are living the ultimate American dream-a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut suburb, a picture-perfect marriage, two beautiful children, a country club membership, and wonderful friends. But not even with their closest friends can Lynn reveal what is truly happening to her family. Their secret life is betrayed only is whispers of what goes on behind closed doors.

Whispers

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Louisiana

Three weeks after an elderly woman sends letters to her troubled relatives, two estranged and hostile brothers, a young couple on the verge of divorce, and a loving couple whose parents despise one another come together at the home of the family matriarch, in a story of familial conflict and reconciliation. 200,000 first printing.

Homecoming

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The Grey family, a wealthy, successful, socially elite dynasty built by patriarch Oliver Grey, is being torn apart by greed, adultery, jealousy, allegations of sexual abuse, and murder. 225,000 first printing. $225,000 ad/promo.

The Carousel

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South Carolina

Massachusetts

Hardcover reading copy of The Golden Cup by Belva Plain

Oklahoma

The Golden Cup

Michigan

Decades after her father kidnapped her from his ex-wife's home to save her from an unstable environment, a young woman struggles to come to terms with her father's criminal action and the deception that forms the foundation of her entire life.

Her Father's House

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Vermont

Crescent City

Book has a slight bend in it and an A written in ink in the inside cover. Otherwise I’m great shape. #paperback #family #drama #wwI #belvaplain 

The son of an Irish immigrant mother and a Jewish peddlar father, Adam Arnring grows up in turn-of-the-century America, determined to shape his own destiny, and heads west to build what is to become one of the country's great retail companies, in a richly textured novel spanning three generations and the history of twentieth-century America. Reprint.

Slight wear of top edge of jacket cover and mild yellowing of pages due to age, otherwise excellent condition

With unerring insight and emotional power, Belva Plain, in her extraordinary novel, tells the story of a family divided and of the proud matriarch who takes a bold last stand to unite her warring children in what may be their last Homecoming.

It is a crisp December day when Annette Byrne walks to the end of her long, curving driveway and drops five sealed envelopes into the mailbox, quickly, before second thoughts stay her hand.nbsp;nbsp;Shortly thereafter, with the holidays approaching, her estranged family will be gathered at her country estate for the first time in years.

The sons. . . two brothers embittered by a breach of ethics, honor, and trust.nbsp;nbsp;The grandchildren. . . one young couple on the verge of divorce; another, lovingly united against the parents who have tarnished their lives.nbsp;nbsp;As the ill-fated meeting hurtles toward a bitter and abrupt conclusion, not even Annette Byrne's indomitable will can heal the rift--until a shattering event alters the landscape forever.

Nevada

Jean Wright is a widow in a small New England city and the owner of a venerable glassworks company. When a tragic car accident robs her of a loved one, Jean must put aside her grief to raise the surviving child, the one-year-old Guin, as her own. As the child blossoms into an independent young woman, the two generations clash. When Guin defies the only mother she's ever known by striking out on her own-pursuing a completely different kind of career, and marrying the man she loves despite his shady antecedents-their relationship seems irreparably damaged. It is only when Guin has a child of her own, a little girl who is so very like Jean in personality, that events come full circle and these women find that the qualities that drive you apart can also draw you together. Belva Plain, who "doesn't know how not to write a bestseller" (Newsday), works her magic once again with this compelling, emotional story about women, their ties, and the bonds of loving.

Crossroads

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Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couplenbsp;nbsp;with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home innbsp;nbsp;an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is onnbsp;nbsp;the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn isnbsp;nbsp;devoted to her family and good works. But in thenbsp;nbsp;Ferguson's closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn mustnbsp;nbsp;keep from the world-and her children-at anynbsp;nbsp;cost... Not even the Fergusons's best friends, Josie andnbsp;nbsp;Bruce Lehman, know of Lynn's shame. Social workernbsp;nbsp;Josie sees her bruises distrusts thenbsp;nbsp;too-ambitious, too perfect Robert, and suspects the real causenbsp;nbsp;of the children's increasingly disturbed behavior.nbsp;nbsp;But not even Josie can pierce Lynn's wall ofnbsp;nbsp;silence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn isnbsp;nbsp;forced to face herself-and the truth-at last. Belvanbsp;nbsp;Plain's searing novel of a family's heartbreak, anbsp;nbsp;woman's courage, and a subject too often talkednbsp;nbsp;about only in whispers.

Colorado

New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain goes to the heart of what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a friend, in her powerful new novel—a story of love and betrayal that measures the limits of loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness. They met at school and have been inseparable ever since: Cecile, confident, elegant daughter of privilege; Norma, extraordinarily gifted and sadly troubled; and beautiful, ambitious Amanda, determined to rise above her humble southern beginnings. Two are married. One despairs of ever finding love. Three women. Leading their busy adult lives. Yet first and always: friends. Then something unexpected happens that forever alters their long, complicated friendship. A pivotal event, a shattering act of betrayal shifts the balance of power between husbands and wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers. And in the months that follow, each of them will look at their families, their lives--and one another--differently. And none of them will ever be the same.

Looking Back

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Georgia

A story of family . . . the Osbornes--two sisters and a brother--united by family ties but split apart by different dreams. Lara, the happy young wife, longs for the family that will make her life whole. Connie, wild and lovely, is more like her brother Eddy--bright, ambitious, and ready to seize all that life has to offer. A story of choices . . . . Connie is looking for wealth--to make or to marry. Lara, staying behind in a small Ohio town, finds everything she cherishes threatened by fate and by her own blind commitment. And Eddy, as Wall Street's "wonder boy," can make millions . . . if he ruthlessly uses his family and friends. A story of marriages . . . . Lara's held together by devotion, Connie's shattered by infidelity and betrayal, and Eddy's rocked by shame and prison. Torn by conflicting loyalties, they are a family caught in the tides of scandal . . . and swept toward a fate where dreams may end or be born again . . .

Treasures

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Eighteen years after the fact, two Southern families discover that their sons were switched at birth, and one boy is now fatally ill. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.

Daybreak

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Arkansas

Septuagenarian Iris Stern questions her beliefs about what it means to be a woman and a wife when her daughter's marriage crumbles, an event that is complicated by the revelation of a dark family secret.

Heartwood

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

Reader’s Digest: the Island Harp; the Pelican Brief; Treasures; Eye of the Storm

Dust jacket has some wear and a couple small tears. Otherwise, book is in good shape.

Tells the story of three women--the mother of a teenaged rape victim, the mother of the rapist, and the girl herself, who becomes a brilliant architect but whose career is derailed by long-dormant secrets and lies. 185,000 first printing. $185,000 ad/promo.

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