Laura Z Hobson
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English
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In Laura Z. Hobson's debut novel, a well-to-do Austrian family, exiled in Switzerland in the early years of World War II, struggles to survive on the charity of an American socialite As World War II rips through Europe, the Vederles have found themselves in an impossible situation. In temporary exile in Switzerland, the Vederles are caught in a bureaucratic limbo, unable to return home and unable to move on to their dreamed-of life in America. Their...
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For Dori Gray, a second chance at motherhood comes at a high priceDori Gray-married, then divorced, age forty, professional journalist-had given up hope of a child. A botched abortion left her functionally infertile, and after a string of bad relationships, Dori's prospects have seemingly dwindled to naught. Then comes the astonishing revelation that she is pregnant-by her married ex-lover. Dori's options are limited. Fearful that her doctor will...
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An original approach to the problem of anti-semitism -- a deliberate creation of circumstances which would provoke and provide spontaneous reactions in normal intercourse. Journalist Philip Green has just moved to New York City from California when the Third Reich falls. To mark this moment in history, his editor at Smith's Weekly Magazine assigns Phil a series of articles on anti-Semitism in America. Phil, a Christian, decides to adopt a Jewish identity...
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English
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When an author's newest novel becomes an overnight sensation, his brother seizes the chance at fame-however fleeting For most of his career as a novelist, Gregory Johns has toiled in relative obscurity. His books have sold modestly, and he lives comfortably enough in the suburbs with his wife and daughter. He leaves the grand gestures and extravagant parties to his more expansive brother, Thornton, an insurance salesman who moonlights as Gregory's...
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English
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In the shifting social landscape of America in the 1960s, a mother struggles to understand-and accept-her son's homosexuality Tessa Lynn considers herself independent and progressive, a liberated woman of the 1960s. And yet, when she receives a letter from her youngest son, Jeff, informing her that he is gay, Tessa is distraught. At a time when homosexuality is regarded as a mental illness, she struggles with how best to be a parent to a gay son-and...
6) First papers
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English
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The lives and fortunes of two families, close friends, on the fighting lines of the socialist, liberal movement in the United States, 1911-1920.
10) The other father
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Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
1950.
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English
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A story of family relationships that probes beneath the surface of a moral problem.
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English
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No-one remembers your past. But you do. 'Antonia, Antonia. My name is Antonia.' It's been her name for many years. But sometimes, like tonight, she forgets. Antonia has a secret. A secret so dark and so deep that she can barely admit it to herself. Instead, she treats herself to Friday night sessions of self-harm while her husband David is at the pub, and her best friend Sophie is drinking too much wine a few doors down. Nobody close to her knows...
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Studio classic ; 2
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Twentieth Century Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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A journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-semitism decides to pose as a Jew and finds out first-hand what it is like to be the victim of intolerance.