Mary-Beth Hughes
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Faith, a mother of two young children, Cece and Connor, is in need of summer childcare. As a member of a staid old beach club in her town and a self-made business consultant, she is appalled when her brother-in-law sends her an unruly, ill-mannered teenager named Lee-Ann who appears more like a wayward child than competent help. What begins as a promising start to a redemptive relationship between the two ends in a tragedy that lands Faith in a treatment...
Author
Language
English
Description
In "Pelican Song," a thirty-year-old modern dancer who moonlights as a movie ticket taker visits her parent's picturesque home to discover that her stepfather has begun mistreating her too-accommodating mother. "Horse" follows maladjusted honeymooners in Atlantic City whose romantic weekend is saved from emotional catastrophe. A holiday in New York City turns from shopping sprees to a young girl's sharp discovery of her father's secret life in "Rome."
With...
Author
Language
English
Description
National best-seller Wavemaker II is a heart-stopping story of what happens when one man takes a fall for another, leaving his family in disarray. Mary-Beth Hughes's novel is flawlessly executed, full of rich, nuanced characters and sensuous detail. It is the summer of 1964 when Hughes drops us into the splintering world of the Clemens family, poised for collapse when Will Clemens is sent to prison for refusing in court to rat on the notorious McCarthy-era...
Author
Language
English
Description
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson (Robert Lowell) starts hanging around with shady characters. After falling in love with lounge singer, Kitty Reed (Mary Beth Hughes), Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he confronts the truth, his past, and his parents.
5) Cat crew
Author
Series
Dog Squad volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Fred, a stray dog who became the star of the show Dog Squad, is working on a new show called Cat Crew-but when he notices the felines acting strange, he wonders if the cat crew is being electronically controlled"--
