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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and twenty-seven days separate her from the last time she heard her precious daughter's voice and the final moment she'd heard anyone call her Mom. Out of appeals, she can focus on only one thing--reconnecting with her daughter and making sure she knows the truth. Secrets...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Description
A tale spanning a traumatic single day follows Liz Pike, who awakens in her small-town home to discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims is an IRS audit, but she soon realizes that he has discovered the truth about her affair with another man.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012, ©2010
Language
English
Description
Flaubert's classic tale, in which the title character turns to spending and a series of affairs to combat the boredom of married life and, heartbroken and crippled by debts, takes drastic action that results in tragedy.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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The wife of pioneering surgeon and presidential candidate Ben Carson offers an intimate portrait of her husband as a family man, Christian, and patriot that shares insights into his beliefs about how all Americans are capable of remarkable achievements.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1989
Language
English
Description
Emma Bovary, the bored wife of a French provincial doctor, scans her solitude with desperate eyes, like a shipwrecked sailor searching for a white sail on the distant horizon. And when Emma's ship finally comes in, it carries with it vast and tragic consequences upon which her own life and the lives of those around her are wrecked.
10) Doc's wife
Author
Publisher
Macmillian
Pub. Date
1940
Language
English
Description
Experiences of a doctor's wife in a rural community in Iowa.
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