Books written by Lesley Kagen
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Every Now and Then: A Novel
Six decades later, Biz, now a bestselling novelist, remembers that long ago summer and how it still haunts her and her lifelong friends in Every Now and Then, a story about the ties that bind us, the timelessness of grief and guilt--and the ...
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The Undertaking of Tess
Her wavy red hair is piled high on her head in a French twist. She's freshened up her make-up too. Instead of her usual red lipstick, she's got on a really pink shade that I've never seen before. I almost say to her, “You rang, Madam?
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Whistling in the Dark
After promising on her father's deathbed to protect her sister, Troo, young Sally O'Malley finds she and her sister are on their own--with their mother hospitalized, their stepfather descending into alcoholism, and their big sister ...
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Good Graces
Miss Bertha, she had me call up Mr. Cooper to come over last week.” He is the man Mr. Gary Galecki picked out to make sure his mother's bills are paid. He also signs Ethel's paycheck that comes in the mail every Friday from his office ...
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Land of a Hundred Wonders
“Ya know, ya could—” “Shhh. Hear that?” “Eeee... eeee... eeeeeee. Eeee... eeee... eeeeeee.” “Cooper's Hawk,” Grampa says with a lot of know-how, because not only is he a whiz at whittling, he watches birds, and can tell the.
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Every Now and Then: A Novel
Six decades later, Biz, now a bestselling novelist, remembers that long ago summer and how it still haunts her and her lifelong friends in Every Now and Then, a story about the ties that bind us, the timelessness of grief and guilt--and the ...
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Tomorrow River
From the national bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark.
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Tomorrow River
When her mother's bizarre disappearance in the summer of 1968 triggers her twin sister's traumatic inability to speak, eleven-year-old Shenandoah is prompted to discover the truth of her mother's fate when her alcoholic father cruelly ...
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The Resurrection of Tess Blessing
... holding Tess's hand in the curtained exam room, but it's not doing much good to keep her steady. She's barely recovered from this afternoon's surgery. Her surgeon shows up ten minutes later wearing a leather jacket, creased jeans, and a ...
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Whistling In the Dark
Funny, wise and uplifting, Whistling in the Dark is the story of two tough and endearing little girls...and of a time not so long ago, when life was not as innocent as it appeared.