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Annie Dunne

2002
Annie Dunne and her cousin Sarah live and work on a small farm in a remote Irish village, where a calmer sense of life prevails, but when Annie agrees to watch her nephew's two children for the summer, her peaceful life is turned upside-down and Annie begins to learn that sometimes change is a good thing.

Can't wait to get to heaven

a novel
2006
Elderly Elner Shimfissle's fall from a tree while picking figs sets off a chain of events that leaves the residents of small Elmwood Springs, Missouri, pondering the meaning of life.

Fragile beasts

a novel
2010
After the death of their father, Kyle and Klint Hayes are taken in by the wealthy town matriarch, Candace Jack. As she grows to care more and more for them, the secret from her past is threatened by their presence to be revealed.

Three tall women

a play in two acts
1995
The play lays "bare the truths of our lives--how we live, how we love, what we settle for, and how we die"--Flyleaf.

Tell me a riddle

1994
A collection of four short stories by award-winning author Tillie Olsen.

It is well with my soul

the extraordinary life of a 106-year-old woman
2010
African-American centenarian Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson, the daughter of former slaves and the oldest living Black graduate of Case Western Reserve University, shares her life and experiences.

Godmother

a novel
2009

Effie's image

2004
An elderly woman finds new meaning for her life when she volunteers at an elementary school.

Cranford

1972

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