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1) Lucky
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English
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When talented grifter Lucky Armstrong discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, she must find a way to cash in the winning ticket without the police arresting her for her past crimes.
Author
Series
Christmas hope series volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Relocating to an apartment with her two children to be closer to her mother, Gretchen offers to help clear out the home of a reclusive neighbor's recently deceased mother and discovers that the neighbor, Melissa, has two siblings and an identity that she never suspected.
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English
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"Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there's...
Author
Publisher
Köehlerbooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Evan Walls describes his experiences being a black child growing up in the racially charged 1960s. Inspired to overcome the racism and class status imposed on blacks, he dreams of a life bigger than that lived by almost everyone he knows in the small Virginia town of Canaan. He is resented by friends and family for desiring a life better than theirs. Among the smartest in his class, Evan becomes a target of white kids threatened by the forced integration...
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