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[2023]., Adult, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group Call No: FIC FIN Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 1952, Detroit, Michigan. Bertha Harding dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys; she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When her father is accused of being part of the Communist Party by the House Un-American Activities Committee, life comes crashing down on the family. Disgraced and shunned, the Hardings move to a small town to start over where the only one who knows them is their Uncle Matthew. When Bertha gets a chance to try out for the Workington Sweet Peas, she packs her bags for an adventure she'll never forget. Her sister Flossie remains with their mother, learning to deal with their new life. -- adapted from back cover and perusal of book.
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[2019]., Adults, Revell Call No: FIC FIN Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "After Annie Jacobson's older brother is deployed to Vietnam during the war, tragedy at home brings their estranged father home without welcome. As tensions heighten, Annie and her family must find a way to move forward as they try to hold both hope and grief in the same hand"--
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2015, Adults, Kregel Call No: CF FIN Availability:1 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: Ten-year-old Pearl doesn't understand a lot of things - why her sister's brain doesn't work right, why the preacher yells so much, why Jesus and the president seem to have forgotten all about Oklahoma. But she does know who she is: Pearl Spence, daughter of the esteemed town sheriff. Generous and always ready to help in a crisis, the Spences bring hope to the desolate town, and Pearl is proud of her family. She knows who she is, she knows she is loved, and even in unrelenting hardship, life feels secure. Not even the dust that sweeps incessantly across Red River can quench her hopes and dreams. But someone else seems to know who she is, too, and he makes Pearl uneasy. From the moment the mysterious hobo steps off the train and stares at her with his cold eyes, Pearl's secure world begins to unravel. How does Eddie know her name? Why does he seem to hover everywhere she turns? And why does he act like he knows something about her family that she doesn't? Pearl is determined to avoid him, but Eddie is bent on forcing his way into her life and disrupting her family's shaky tranquility. The more he badgers Pearl, the greater her confusion, until the storm within her rivals the swirling of dust and dirt without.
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2014., Adults, White Fire Publishing Call No: FIC FIN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Middle Main, Michigan has one stop light, one bakery, one hair salon... and one funeral home. The Eliot Family has assisted the grieving people in their town for over fifty years. After all those years of comforting other, they are the ones in need of mercy. Olga, the matriarch who fixes everything, is unable to cure what ails her precious daughter. She is forced to face her worst fears. How can she possibly trust God with Gretchen's life. A third generation mortician, Evelyn is tired of the isolation that comes with the territory of her unconventional occupation. Just when it seems she's met a man who understands her, she must deal with her mother's heartbreaking news. Always able to calm others and say just the right thing, she is now overwhelmed with helplessness as she watches Gretchen slip away. They are tasting only the drought of tragedy... where is the deluge of comfort God promises? -- provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Adults, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group Call No: FIC FIN Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When Mindy announces that she is returning to Vietnam to find her birthmother, it inspires her father, mother, and sister to recall the events of her adoption at the end of the Vietnam War during Operation Baby Lift. In this beautiful time-slip story, Mindy's family reexamines what it means to grow together beyond genetic code"--
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2021., Adults, Center Point Large Print Call No: LP FIN Edition: Center Point Large Print edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In 1975, three thousand children were airlifted out of Saigon to be adopted into Western homes. When Mindy, one of those children, announces her plans to return to Vietnam to find her birth mother, her loving adopted family is suddenly thrown back to the events surrounding her unconventional arrival in their lives. Though her father supports Mindy's desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that he'll lose the daughter he's poured his heart into. Mindy's mother undergoes the emotional rollercoaster inherent in the adoption of a child from a war-torn country, discovering the joy hidden amid the difficulties. And Mindy's sister helps her sort through relics that whisper of the effect the trauma of war has had on their family-- but also speak of the beauty of overcoming. Told through three strong voices in three compelling timelines, The Nature of Small Birds is a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code"--
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2017., Adults, Kregel Publications Call No: FIC FIN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Pearl Spence Volume: #3Summary Note: "Pearl Spence has finally settled into a routine in Bliss, Michigan, far from her home in Red River, Oklahoma. Like all the other kids, she goes to school each day, plays in the woods, and does her chores. But there's one big difference: Mama is still gone, and doesn't seem to have a thought for the family she's left behind."--from publisher's description.
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[2020]., Adults, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group Call No: FIC FIN Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: "Betty Sweet is still recovering from the loss of her husband when she becomes the temporary guardian of a five-year-old nephew she never knew she had. As they struggle to move forward, they build a relationship upon the foundation of storytelling and its special kind of magic"--
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2017., Adults, Kregel Publications Call No: FIC FIN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Pearl Spence novels Volume: #2Summary Note: "Pearl Spence has been through more in her young life than most folks could handle. But through it all, her family has been by her side. They may not be perfect, but they love her and they all love each other, come what may. That's the one thing Pearl no longer questions. But then a devastating tragedy throws the whole family into a tailspin -- and signals the beginning of the end of her secure life. Now the Spences are fleeing their Oklahoma wasteland for an unknown life in Depression-era Michigan. Pearl isn't sure she'll ever see home or happiness again. Will any trail of crumbs be powerful enough to guide her back to the dependable life she once knew?" --from back cover.
