domestic fiction

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655
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domestic fiction

The Joy Luck Club

Four Chinese women, drawn together by the shadow of their past, meet in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and to "say" stories to each other. Nearly 40 years later, one of the women has died, and her daughter arrives to take her place. However, the daughter never expected to learn of her mother's secret lifelong wish - and the tragic way in which it has come true.

The legendary Mo Seto

As twelve-year-old aspiring taekwondo champion Modesty "Mo" Seto faces off against her nemesis in a movie audition, she uncovers a mysterious book and embarks on an adventure to rescue her missing father and discover hidden martial art secrets.

Nina Soni, master of the garden

After going to work with her mom, a landscape architect, Nina Soni wants to plant a garden of her own. Soon, she comes up with an idea to start a business selling the vegetables they'll grow in the garden, but things start to go sideways when she finds out that gardening is harder than she thought. With the help of her friends and family, Nina learns show to deal with rabbits, mosquitos, birds, and Japanese beetles.

Nina Soni, snow spy

Nina's new friends Priya and Nayan have just moved to Wisconsin from Florida, and they've never experienced snow before, so she can't wait to introduce them to all sorts of winter activities like snowball fights, snow angels, and building a snow fort. But when Nina notices a strange car parked outside her neighbors' house while they're out of town, she decides it's time to become a Snow Spy and discover the identity of the mysterious person.

From the desk of Zoe Washington

"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--.

Wuthering Heights

Forced by a storm to spend the night at the home of Heathcliff, Mr. Lockwood uncovers a tale of terror and hatred on the Yorkshire moors.

Sense and sensibility

Presents Jane Austen's first published novel about two sisters of different temperaments whose bad luck in love brings them to a closer understanding of each other.

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.

Ethan Frome

Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer who is married to a hypochondriac, but in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie.

Without merit

a novel
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us and November 9 comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth. In Colleen Hoover's gripping novel, reminiscent of the bestselling works of Liane Moriarty and Jojo Moyes, a young woman decides to reveal the dark secrets of her seemingly-happy family before she leaves them behind, but when her escape plan fails, she must deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth"--.

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