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Language
English
Description
"A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley"--
Bertha Truitt has always been an enigma to people in Salford, Massachusetts. She was discovered unconscious in a cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century-- nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her...
Publisher
Phoenix, Oregon Film, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A funny and bittersweet story about two friends, a graphic novelist and a chef, who seize an unlikely opportunity to reinvest their lives, quitting their service industry jobs to restore an old bowling center and serve the 'world's greatest pizza' "--Publisher's website (https://phoenixoregonmovie.com/) viewed July 30, 2020.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press, and imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center. Amy is the new girl at school, who tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after and does not want to live above her uncles funeral home. Then Miles and Amy meetin the most unexpected way ... and it is the beginning of everything." --
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Caroline 'Chuck' Wilson has big plans for spring break, but then her dad asks her to spend vacation working the counter at Bigmouth's Bowl, her family's failing bowling alley. And Chuck finds out her dad is way behind on back rent, meaning they might be losing Bigmouth's, the only thing keeping the family in San Francisco. When her ex-best friend, Beckett Porter, propositions Chuck with a plan to hustle bowlers for cash, she accepts. She has a nagging...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesnt officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months - a town of trailers and segregated houses, 24-hour cafeterias, and constant security checks. There, June joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know they are helping to win the war, but must ask no questions...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this dazzling debut, Lara Avery crafts a story of heart, humor, and hope, as a young widow learns that her late husband signed her up for a dating service before his death, propelling her on an uplifting journey of possibility, second chances, and falling in love again...with life. Robin Lindstrom spent her first year as a young widow cocooned in the safe haven of the Minnesota farmhouse she'd once shared with Gabe, the love of her life - the...
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