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• Nothing Gold Can Stay

  Stories

  Rash, Ron, 1953-

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  In the title story, two drug-addicted friends return to the farm where they worked as boys to steal their boss's unusual but valuable war trophies. In the Trusty, a convict sent to fetch water tries to sweet talk a farmer's young wife into helping…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Man

  a Novel

  Greene, Amy, 1975-

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  In the summer of 1936, the Tennessee Valley Authority plans to build a dam in a Tennessee town at the same time a little girl goes missing--possibly stolen by a drifter determined to blow up the dam.

• The Moonshiner's Daughter

  Everhart, Donna,

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  A young woman in 1960's North Carolina resents the moonshining operation her family has conducted for generations, blaming it for her mother's death. When her father insists that moonshining is in her veins, Jessie devises a plan to destroy the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

  a Novella

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  This is an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family's efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go. "Isn't that the best of all life's ages, an old man thinks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bridge of Sighs

  Russo, Richard, 1949-

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  Louis Charles Lynch (also known as Lucy) is sixty years old and has lived in Thomaston, New York, his entire life. He and Sarah, his wife of forty years, are about to embark on a vacation to Italy. Lucy's oldest friend, once a rival for his wife's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Serena

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  In 1929, just as the Depression has hit, newlywed couple George and Serena Pemberton, move from Boston to North Carolina to build a timber empire. Although Serena proves herself to be an important part of their success, overseeing crews and handling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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