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Christian Fiction May 2024
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| The Lady With the Dark Hair by Erin BartelsA portrait known as "The Lady With the Dark Hair" links 19th-century maid-turned-muse Viviana Torrens and modern-day museum curator Esther Markstrom in this well-researched dual-timeline novel by the author of The Girl Who Could Breathe Underwater. You might also like: Kristy Cambron's The Butterfly and the Violin; Melanie Dobson's Hidden Among the Stars; or Amanda Dykes' Set the Stars Alight.
Formats available: e-book |
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
Formats available: print book, large print book, audiobook, e-book, e-audiobook
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| A Love Discovered by Tracie PetersonTo retain custody of her younger sister, Marybeth Kruger agrees to a marriage of convenience with widower Edward Vogel. However, the dangers posed by Edward's new job as a frontier lawman strengthen their bond. This 1st book in the Heart of Cheyenne series offers "deeply felt meditations on letting go of grief and embracing unexpected love" (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: Mary Connealy's The Laws of Attraction; Amanda Cabot's Out of the Embers.
Formats available: e-book |
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The covenant of water : a novel
by Abraham Verghese
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, and set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, an epic of love, faith and medicine follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning.
Formats available: print book, large print book, e-audiobook, e-book
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| The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire SwinarskiEsther Larson and her fellow "Funeral Ladies" have been providing home-cooked meals and support to the bereaved families of Ellerie County, Wisconsin for 70 years. But when Esther loses her life savings to an online scammer, she finds herself in a vulnerable position. Will she allow her granddaughter, Iris, and Iris' new friend, Cooper, to help? You might also like: Jane Myers Perrine's Tales from Butternut Creek series; Virginia Smith's Tales from the Goose Creek B&B novels; or Neta Jackson's Yada Yada Prayer Group books.
Formats available: print book, large print book, e-book |
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| What We Found in Hallelujah by Vanessa MillerAs a hurricane approaches the town of Hallelujah, South Carolina, sisters Hope and Faith, who have recently returned home to help their mother, must come to terms with a painful past event: the unexplained disappearance of their other sister, Trinity, during a storm. For fans of: the Southern setting and complicated mother-daughter relationships of Amanda Cox's The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery; the family drama of Walking in Tall Weeds by Robin W. Pearson.
Formats available: e-book, e-audiobook |
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Just once : a novel
by Karen Kingsbury
Torn between two brothers—Sam and Hank, one at war and one at home, Irvel Ellis, when Hank enlists to save his brother, wonders if love can find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak.
Formats available: print book, large print book
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| The Best We've Been by Beth K. VogtIn this 3rd Thatcher Sisters novel (after Things I Never Told You and Moments We Forget), an unexpected pregnancy throws the lives of sisters Johanna, Jillian, and Payton into turmoil. For fans of: Karen Kingsbury's Baxter family series; Becky Wade's Bradford Sisters books.
Formats available: e-book |
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| If It Rains by Jennifer L. WrightSet in a vividly rendered 1935 Oklahoma, this moving and atmospheric Christian historical novel explores the bond between 14-year-old Kathryn Baile and her older sister, Melissa, and how it changes as their paths diverge during the Great Depression. Read-alikes: Susie Finkbeiner's A Cup of Dust; Ann H. Gabhart's Angel Sister.
Formats available: e-book, e-audiobook |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Manatee County Public Library System 1301 Barcarrota Boulevard West, Bradenton, Florida 34205 (941) 748-5555www.mymanatee.org/library |
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