young women

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The mill on the Floss

Young Maggie Tulliver's loyalty to her beloved older brother, Tom, and to the rest of her family, is tragically tested when she falls in love with the son of her father's bitterest enemy.
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Sense & sensibility

Two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic love, and their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters, and true love finally triumphs.
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Belle

a retelling of "Beauty and the Beast"
Puts a new spin on the familiar story of Belle, a kind-hearted young woman who saves her father by agreeing to go live in the castle of a Beast.
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Milkman

a novel
In an unnamed town in Northern Ireland during the 1970s, the middle sister of a family stands out because she's different: she reads while walking, and takes French night classes in the city. When a local paramilitary named Milkman starts pursing her, rumors spread that incite violence. Although nothing happens between them, the middle sister's inaction has consequences for all of them.
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Safe haven

Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding so that she can put down roots and find true love.
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Stay

Impulsively buying a puppy on the Internet after the heartbreak of watching the love of her life marry another, Van is dismayed when her purchase produces a one-hundred-pound German shepherd whose unlikely friendship introduces her to a ruggedly handsome veterinarian.
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Pride and prejudice

In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
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Girlish

". . . explores life topics that include gender equality, body positivity, self-esteem, relationships, friendship, and even dealing with the mixed bag of the internet and social media"--Provided by publisher.
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Pride and prejudice

Mrs. Bennet hunts for husbands for her five daughters, who offer no help themselves.
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Emma

A supremely self-assured young lady determined to arrange her life and the lives of all around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fantasy.
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